Electric Car Blogging

The 2010 Honda Insight has as many critics as it does admirers. Photo via dsix.

What’s the biggest obstacle to mainstream adoption of greener cars? Cost. The new generation of super fuel-efficient high-tech vehicles—including hybrids, clean diesels [...] [...]

Another reason to dislike GM?
Not that long ago, but before the gas price boom of 2008, GM’s Bob Lutz stated that GM could have used a fraction of one year’s marketing budget to produce a Toyota Prius competitor. Instead, GM invested that money into ads promoting its latest round of gas guzzlers as Toyota went [...] [...]

But, it’s not quite as good as it sounds
Sales of Ford hybrid cars were up 91 percent in June compared to last June, largely thanks to the new Fusion hybrid. Then again, last year at this time, supplies of the Escape hybrid were so low that I’m not quite sure this number is as impressive [...] [...]

Dead on arrival?
Boy, read MotorTrend or AutoWeek this morning and one might think the world has crashed on the king of hybrid cars and it’s Toyota Prius.
An optional, upgraded head lamp has been faulty and potential class action lawsuits are in the works. Yet, from what I’ve been able to determine, this is a problem [...] [...]