US dependent upon on China for 17 critical rare earths Can rare earth activities in US catch up in time? For a few years now worries about a rare earth metal shortage have been growing. Several times this topic has been covered on this blog regarding rare earths and hybrid cars, most recently in: Just how important [...] [...]
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Except the hybrid versions. As red, white and blue as it gets Essentially, every foreign brand saw their sales get hammered in August, and while US automakers also experienced declining sales, sales of pickup trucks continue to post gains. Without big gas guzzling pickup trucks, the Big 3 would be seeing a lot of red. Cars.com has put together [...] [...] Camry hybrid just can't compete Camry sales, but not the hybrid, lead way Sales of Toyota hybrid cars dropped from 17,504 hybrids in July to 15,444 hybrids in August, as the Toyota Prius dropped from 14,102 sales in July, to 11,799 sales in August. Despite some of the best lease deals ever on the Toyota Prius, hybrid sales [...] [...] A University of Michigan Auto Researcher says it’s possible to triple fuel economy of cars—without plugging them in. In a new study released today, John DeCicco (who has been a contributor to this site) shows that optimizing internal combustion engines plus rising adoption of “grid-free hybrids” will enable new fleet efficiency to reach 52 MPG by [...] [...] Will demand outstrip supply? Final pricing rests with the dealer Nissan has been taking reservations on the Nissan Leaf for a while now, but the automaker is just about ready to turn those reservations into orders according to Straightline. However, final pricing needs to be negotiated with the dealer. Thus, are dealer markups a possibility? A few weeks ago [...] [...] |
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