2009 April 28 | Electric Car Blogging

UPDATE: Ford Fusion Hybrid travels 1,000 miles with 1/3 tank left, team still going

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Ford

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
The team that set out this past weekend to cover 1,000 miles on a single tank of gasoline succeeded and then some. When the team of race drivers, engineers and hyper-milers crossed the 1,000-mile mark a little after 9:00 am [...] [...]

Rumormill: BMW Z2 concept to debut in Frankfurt featuring fuel-saving technology

Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Auto Show, Convertibles, Coupes, Hybrids/Alternative, Sports/GTs, Green, BMW, Rumormill

Late last month, the internet rumormill went wild with speculation that BMW would introduce a new Z2 concept vehicle at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Separate sources are now confirming those reports, though the production version isn’t likely to hit the [...] [...]

Ford’s huge hybrid opportunity: Can Ford compete?

Can you compete with the king or not?
I still can’t believe the early sales data coming in on the 2010 Toyota Prius. Even before the Prius actually launches, Toyota will have already sold more of these new hybrid cars than Ford will sell in all of 2009, despite the hype around the new Fusion hybrid.
Yet, [...] [...]

2010 Prius orders rolling in, ROLLING

Toyota’s cure for the auto recession?
By June Toyota will be producing 50,000 Prius hybrids per month, a 25 percent increase in production from Toyota’s original plans.
GreenCarCongress reports, “Pre-orders for the new hybrid began in April, and exceeded 40,000 early last week. They are expected to keep climbing to anywhere between 60,000 and 70,000 before the [...] [...]

Hybrids in Motorsports Shift into High Gear

Green technologies and programs are being introduced in NASCAR, Formula One, Formula Three, Champ Car, and Le Mans.

The WorldFirst F3 racer [...] [...]

Mercedes-Benz F-Cell caught in the wild

We had a random encounter with this hydrogen-powered F-Cell vehicle.
(Credit: CNET)

While out testing the very stylish Aston Martin DB9 Volante in the Santa Cruz Mountains recently, we ran across the car’s opposite, a Mercedes-Benz F-Cell research car. We caught up with the F-Cell (easily) and followed it to a vista point, where we cornered its [...] [...]

‘Late Show’ with the Tesla Model S

(Credit: CNET)

If you’re eager to see more of Tesla’s upcoming sedan, the Model S, tune in to “Late Show with David Letterman” on Wednesday night. Tesla CEO Elon Musk will be a guest on the show, using the platform to tout his company and the promise of …
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
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Honda and Nissan Consider Plug-in Hybrids

Honda and Nissan have been banking on fuel cells and electric cars as the long-term strategy for sustainable mobility. Company executives are now warming up to plug-in hybrids.
Since their introduction in the US in late 1999, hybrid cars have been repeatedly dismissed as a “bridge technology”—a euphemism for a short-lived second-rate technology that briefly [...] [...]

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