Electric Car Blogging

Purely seeking drama for ratings?
After days of questions about whether ABC altered evidence in an important report the TV station ran on the Toyota ‘unintended acceleration’ recalls, and seized upon by Congress, were ‘doctored’, finally an answer. Turns out the automaker used fake footage to dramatize their story, as Gawker.com states was used to [...] [...]

Purely seeking drama for ratings?
After days of questions about whether ABC altered evidence in an important report the TV station ran on the Toyota ‘unintended acceleration’ recalls, and seized upon by Congress, were ‘doctored’, finally an answer. Turns out the automaker used fake footage to dramatize their story, as Gawker.com states was used to [...] [...]

Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Car Incentives

Federal Tax Credits for PHEVs and EVs

Federal Tax Credits for Hybrids and Clean Diesels

Region by Region Incentives for All Electric-Drive Vehicles

In a few weeks, Ford will become the third auto company to see federal incentives for its hybrid gas-electric cars completely vanish. Tax credits for Honda hybrids bit the [...] [...]

60 percent want hybrids to be superior in every way
According to a new Accenture Study taken in the US, Canada, Germany, France and Italy, 6 out 10 consumers will only buy a hybrid when it is “superior to gasoline-only models in every way.” Likewise, just 36 percent of consumers cited higher gas prices as a [...] [...]

But what about the price?
The Volkswagen Touareg hybrid, VW’s first hybrid vehicle, is a “home run” and “its technology a considerable advancement for hybrids in general” according to MotorTrend. But why?
Is it the diesel hybrid technology that most impresses MT? The 375 horsepower or the 425 feet of torque? Maybe it’s the 7700 pounds of [...] [...]