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PluginCars.com To Take First Drive of Production Nissan LEAF

Behind the wheel of the LEAF. The all-electric Nissan Leaf is one of the most anticipated cars to hit the market in generations. We were among the group of media to test early production “mule” prototypes of the LEAF in April 2009 (for the New York Times). We were behind the wheel of another prototype [...] [...]

The March Towards Fuel Efficiency: Trading Econoboxes for Hybrids

The 2010 Toyota Prius beats the 1986 Chevy Sprint on fuel efficiency by 2 MPG. Which would you rather drive? The Environmental Protection Agency’s newly published list of fuel economy greatest hits, 1984 to 2010, divides the top 10 fuel-sippers into two broad categories. The first group includes small stripped-down econoboxes from the mid-1980s [...] [...]

An EV issue: So few hybrid incentives, so few buyers?

Why buy a hybrid? Will EVs be any different? Back in 2005, when Anthony Pratt of JD Power made his hybrid powertrain forecast for 2010, I thought he was nuts. Turns out, I was the fool. Nevertheless, the hybrid market is what is it is — less than 3 percent of overall vehicle sales today — and the lack [...] [...]