Electric Car Blogging

Is the Sonata the right play?
Hyundai has yet to sell a hybrid in the US, and it’s first hybrid will be the Sonata hybrid. Without a unique hybrid, can Hyundai really compete in the hybrid cars segment?
Certainly, Hyundai’s debut of its Blue Drive Hybrid system at the LA Auto Show – featuring lithium polymer batteries [...] [...]

Mostly a marketing tool for the next decade
I don’t hate GM. Still, now that US taxpayers are into GM for many tens of billions of dollars, it’s hard not to look at GM in anything other than a critical light. And, unfortunately, it’s very easy to find criticism with GM.
Last week a JD Power supplier [...] [...]

But the General is not prepared
The University of Michigan released a new study today suggesting that fuel efficiency isn’t the big burden many have proclaimed it to be for automakers. Instead, pent up demand for fuel efficiency will result in strong demand for such vehicles.
Unfortunately, however, the report also notes that GM is the least [...] [...]