Electric Car Blogging

Coulda been a contender?
In last week’s safest hybrid vehicles post I took a shot at Toyota’s goose egg.
Turns out that Toyota didn’t have any of its hybrid cars tested, nor many of its regular vehicles. The IIHS only tested the Camry, Yaris and Rav4, as Toyota decided that providing more vehicles – at the manufacturer’s [...] [...]

Last month, GM engineers took the pre-production Chevy Volt on a test drive along I-80 near Toledo, Ohio.

The [...] [...]

A past Toyota hybrid coupe concept
For years now Toyota has brought up the possibility of expanding the Prius brand, and one such possibility that has been tossed around is a hybrid sports coupe. Toyota even showed off a hybrid coupe concept at the North American Auto Show in 2007.
According to rumors, however, this new sporty [...] [...]

Where’s an American competitor?
Perhaps you’ve seen the recent Chevy commercial where Howie Long wonders why Asian automakers have a fuel efficient reputation when GM sells some similar vehicles with better highway fuel economy?
Why? Well, because they have better fleet fuel economy.
This year Honda came in first at 23.6 mpg. Hyundai was second at 23.4, while [...] [...]