Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda As late as last year, Mazda declared it wouldn’t offer alternative powertrains in order to meet its goal of reducing the fuel economy of its vehicles by 30% by 2015. Now, Mazda CEO Takashi Yamanouchi has announced the automaker will begin offering both hybrids and electric vehicles in [...] [...]
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Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Jaguar, Land Rover, Rumormill Jaguar is apparently planning to attack the upstart Fisker Karma head-on with an extended range electric version of the all-new XJ. The completely reworked XJ is due to arrive in July and hit dealers in December with a look heavily influenced by the smaller XF. A year [...] [...] Filed under: Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Government/Legal, Green, Chevrolet, GM, Earnings/Financials Aside from the bridge loans supplied to GM by the federal government, GM had applied for .3 billion from the Energy Department. Of that amount, .6 billion was meant to be devoted to building the Chevy Volt and two derivatives of it, as well as a third [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Government/Legal, Green, Chrysler, LLC., Ford, GM 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid – Click above for a high-res gallery As part of the Obama administration’s 7 billion stimulus package, the federal government plans to spend 0 million to replace its current fleet of vehicles with more fuel efficient models. About 5 million will be used to [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green Click above for a high-res gallery of the Fisker Karma It’s probably a bit premature to be talking about future models from Fisker, considering the automaker’s plug-in Karma and Karma S have yet to hit the market, but that’s never stopped us before, right? According to Russell Datz, head PR man at Fisker [...] [...] Filed under: New York Auto Show, Coupes, Hybrids/Alternative, Sports/GTs, Green, Supercars, Bentley Bentley Continental Supersports – Click above for a high-res gallery The Continental Supersports has been priced, with Bentley having decided that 7,000 is fair compensation for exclusive access to green, luxurious speed. The ethanol-capable Conti is not only a sign of Bentley technology to [...] [...] Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hybrids/Alternative, SUVs, Green, Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz ML 450 hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery The road to production for the Mercedes-Benz ML450 hybrid hasn’t always been smooth, but now that the Germans have shown off the new SUV here at the New York Auto Show (following its early debut at [...] [...] Can Honda sell 100,000 Insights per year? “In spite of government and advocacy groups touting the benefits of smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles, Americans seem to have an insatiable feeling that bigger is better,” claims AutoTrader research data according to MSNBC’s Dan Carney. In recent years, automakers have built a lot of PR hype around their green offerings, [...] [...] |
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