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Lexus CT hybrid confirmed for next year

The CT 200h hybrid Yesterday, Lexus announced that the CT 200h hybrid will be available for sale in the US next year. Too bad Toyota’s best looking hybrid to date will be too expensive for most hybrid consumers. [...]

FORD MOTOR COMPANY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES BY ETHISPHERE

Ford Motor Company has been recognized as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute, a leading business ethics think tank. [...]

SHUTTING DOWN COMPUTERS AT NIGHT SAVES FORD MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS

At Ford Motor Company, the commitment to energy efficiency and saving money now starts at the office computer. [...]

China’s BYD Offers Plug-in Hybrid to Individual Buyers

BYD’s F3DM plug-in hybrid. By this time next week, China’s BYD will become the first automaker to offer a mass-produced plug-in hybrid to individual buyers. That sounds like a major milestone, but the realities of such an event tell a different story. Despite fears that BYD and other Chinese carmakers will quickly dominate the [...] [...]

The hybrid pickup truck is dead

Dead after years of development The Dodge Ram hybrid pickup truck is dead, well kind of. Thanks to a $48 million dollar government grant, work will continue on a plug-in version of the Dodge Ram. Of course, if the hybrid version can’t sell because of cost, can a plug-in version be any more economical? Ultimately, citing the [...] [...]

EV pricing: Mitsubishi’s electric car economics

How can this cost $51,000? The Mitsubish i-MiEV is a terribly unimpressive car, at least in terms of body design, styling and comfort. The few times I’ve been in the 100 mile EV, I’ve wondered why anyone would buy such a vehicle for more than $20,000. Yet, the i-MiEV costs $51,000. By 2012, Mitsubishi hopes to sell [...] [...]