Electric Car Blogging

Will American automakers ever offer a ,000 Prius-contender?
Within about the next year Toyota and Honda believe they will, combined, begin selling 1,000,000 hybrid cars per year. American automakers on the other hand, combined, won’t even sell 100,000 hybrids.
Certainly, American automakers have future products intended to leapfrog the Toyota Prius, but how realistic are those plans?
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Can a sporty hybrid sell?
Honda Executive Vice President Koichi Kondo has confirmed that the Honda CR-Z hybrid will go on sale early next year and that the new hybrid will cost more than ,000. Sometime thereafter, according to Kondo, the Honda Fit hybrid will follow.
Finally, in the next year or so, Honda believes it will [...] [...]

Mild hybrids just aren’t selling
With inventory backing up on GM’s mild hybrid vehicles, such as the Chevy Malibu and Saturn Aura hybrids, the General – or is it the Government – will stop producing these vehicles until they can be replaced with an upgraded mild hybrid system. The new mild hybrid system, to be launched [...] [...]

Lamborghini wants to be a greener luxury brand.

It’s a sign of the times when ultra-exotic carmakers veer in a greener direction. In the past 12 months, Ferrari, Bentley, and even Rolls Royce have put forth plans to become [...] [...]