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Sonata: Hybrid sedan slayer

The cheapest hybrid sedan around? Let the hybrid price wars begin Sedans aren’t the biggest sellers when it comes to hybrid cars. However, if hybrids are to ever achieve more than 3 percent market penetration, then sales of hybrid sedans will probably have to increase significantly. Fortunately, with the Hyundai Sonata hybrid poised to hit the market as [...] [...]

NASA and Boeing Look to Hybrid Jets for Possible Fuel Savings

Over the next half century, international air travel is expected to as much as triple. But with more flights and more flyers comes a rising environmental and consumer cost to flying. So what’s being done to make air travel more efficient? In the short run, the answer is actually building larger aircraft. The Airbus 380, [...] [...]

Toyota hybrid patent suit over

Import block potential over No stop for Toyota hybrids now. The Paice LLC patent lawsuit against Toyota hybrid cars is now over. Paice and Toyota agreed that they have shared parts, but that Toyota developed its parts independently from Paice, and all lawsuits have been dismissed. Consequently, any potential import block is now officially over. [...]

Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Road Manners: First Reviews

Before the end of this year, Hyundai will put its first hybrid on the market. As we’ve reported, the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid represents another compelling high-mpg mid-size sedan for hybrid shoppers. The gas-electric Sonata stacks up against the Ford Fusion Hybrid and Toyota Camry Hybrid. In fact, Automotive News today claimed, [...] [...]

China primed to reshape the US auto market

America to become more like China The most important auto market in the world For the first 6 months of this year, more cars were sold in China than in America, yet the potential of the Chinese market has barely been tapped. Thus, automakers are quickly pouring resources into China in a race that won’t just affect [...] [...]