Rare earth metals that is Toyota is facing a potential shortage of rare metals that could limit production of hybrid cars according many news stories recently. As it turns it out, China is hording natural resources, rare earth metals in this instance, it deems important to long term viability. Likewise, there are hints that exports could [...] [...]
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> Subscribe to the HybridCars.com Market Dashboard August 2009 Hybrid Car Sales Numbers For August, we offer an abbreviated version of our Hybrid Market Dashboard. The full dashboard will return next month. Hybrid sales were nearly 50 percent higher than a year ago, compared to the overall car market which was up by only 1 percent. [...] [...] The Ford Fusion hybrid According to a recent Consumer Reports survey, 81 percent of new car buyers would consider a vehicle from the Big 3, while only about 50 percent would consider an Asian or European vehicle. Interestingly, however, the most recent month of auto sales data does not correspond with this survey. In August, for instance, [...] [...] “We all have to abide by the same laws of physics. When forced to do that, and do it in an economically responsible manner, you find out pretty quickly who is just talking and who has serious proposals out there.” Greg FrenetteFord manager of battery electric vehicle applications Ford is scheduled to introduce the all-electric Ford [...] [...] Dependent upon hydrogen? I’ve been following Mazda’s hydrogen vehicles for some time simply because if hydrogen moves forward, Mazda might have the perfect interim technology: vehicles that can run on both hydrogen and gasoline. Thus, infrastructure problems could be somewhat alleviated. However, an even better idea is Mazda’s hybrid version of this concept. Much like GM’s Chevy [...] [...] |
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