A Cruze to better fuel economy The Toyota Prius is rated at 48 mpg highway by the EPA, the Honda Insight 43 mpg. According to GM, the Chevy Cruze should achieve about 40 mpg highway, prompting CNN’s Peter Valdes-Dapena yesterday to claim, “The automaker’s new Chevrolet Cruze ECO will get very high gas –mileage without relying on [...] [...]
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The Mercedes S400 hybrid was the first hybrid from the luxury carmaker. Mercedes, and other luxury brands, will increasingly go hybrid. Great hybrids. Big jumps in MPG. But luxury, all too often, means low volume. The field of hybrid gas-electric vehicles is expected to triple from about 20 today to 60 or more by the [...] [...] Today, the 500,000th Ford Focus to be built by Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company (CFMA) rolled off the assembly line at Ford’s joint venture plant, in Chongqing, China. The popular Focus continues to extend its global success and has become Ford’s best-selling model in China. The 500,000th model is a 1.8-liter silver, 4-door sedan. [...] Helping deliver on Ford Motor Company’s commitment to class-leading fuel economy and exceptional driving quality, production is launching today of the PowerShift dual-clutch automatic transmission for the 2011 Ford Fiesta. [...] Ford’s next hybrid It’s all just a rumor right now, but it seems highly probable that Ford will debut the Lincoln MKZ hybrid at the upcoming NY Auto Show. However, considering that the MKZ is built on the same platform as the Ford Fusion hybrid, such a rumor isn’t that hard to believe. [...] Japan set to go hybrid crazy? Bloomberg is reporting that Japan’s Office of Ministry is considering goals to make hybrid cars and plug-in vehicles 50 percent of new car sales by 2020 and 70 percent by 2030. Sounds like a great way to ensure that Japanese automakers maintain their hybrid leadership on the way to plug-in domination. [...] Chevrolet will use the 2010 New York Auto Show, kicking off this week, to formally unveil the Cruze Eco—a conventional gas-burning car that could give hybrids a run for the money. When it hits dealerships in late 2010, it will be the only conventional US model to break 40-mpg, either on the highway or [...] [...] A car even for gear heads? Yesterday, a Porsche GT3 R hybrid took 6th place in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring’s ADAC Westfalenfahrt qualifying event. According to InsideLine, of the 160 cars participating, the Porsche hybrid was one of two stand out entries. Porsche hybrids? Whatever, right? Even if every Porsche were a hybrid little benefit to [...] [...] |
 
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