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Government to support natural gas hybrids

A platform for a new round of hybrid tax credits?
Buy a Toyota hybrid today and you will not qualify for any clean vehicle tax credits. That might soon change however, except your hybrid will have to be a natural gas hybrid.
In addition to funding natural gas engines for conventional vehicles and building infrastructure for natural [...] [...]

Ford’s 2010 Lineup Focuses on Efficiency

Ford Motor Co. unveiled plans today for higher fuel efficiency across its 2010 lineup. The company said the new vehicle lineup will improve fuel economy by about 20 percent compared to 2005 levels.

Approximately 54 percent of Fusion Hybrid buyers did not previously own Fords.
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Toyota still cautious on lithium technology

Next step for plug-ins unclear
Toyota is still on track to release a pilot fleet of 500 plug-in Prius hybrids this year, but the automaker is not yet certain what the next step will be for lithium-powered plug-in hybrids.
Yoshimi Inaba, chairman and CEO of Toyota Motor Sales USA, told the DetroitNews, that Toyota isn’t yet [...] [...]

FORD FOCUS EARNS IIHS ‘TOP SAFETY PICK’

The 2009 Ford Focus coupe delivers up to 35 mpg and features six standard air bags, standard ABS and available stability control – features that helped it earn a “Top Safety Pick” award from IIHS. Focus will be among the first vehicles to offer MyKey, which allows parents to limit the top speed and [...] [...]