Still all about the battery? All about power How much will the electricity cost when you plug your car into the grid? That depends on a number of factors. Thus, utilities such as Southern California Edison are offering tools like the “Plug-in Car Rate Assistant” to help consumers understand the costs of plugging in, and how plugging [...] [...]
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The $400,000 hybrid The ultimate green toy InsideLine is offering some spyshots of what they claim is a plug-in hybrid version of the LFA. No real details available, but considering that the standard LFA costs $375,000, how many more details are needed? [...] Not a final design. Shouldn’t blog about this hybrid? BMW is working on what appears to be a new hybrid prototype. Obviously, that’s a pretty normal affair for an automaker, it’s the marketing campaign around this hybrid that is so odd. The development of this hybrid prototype will be documented via the www.dontblogabouthis.com website. How tricky. Anyway, very few [...] [...] So, why are sales declining? Still all about gas prices though? Hybrid cars and other green vehicles are hot according to Autobytel’s “What’s Hot Now Report” with 57 percent of those surveyed being interested in buying a green vehicle in the next 12 months, mostly for economic reasons. Still, gas prices are the big wild card. 80 percent of [...] [...] The best hybrid in the luxury segment? Ford’s most significant hybrid niche? Ford has been producing great hybrid cars for years. Unfortunately, Ford just hasn’t been producing enough of them to cause a whole lotta excitement. While the Lincoln MKZ hybrid won’t help challenge Toyota’s hybrid sales all that much just yet, it could put Ford on track [...] [...] Xcel Energy and a coalition of its customers have been selected to be among the first in the country to receive the all-electric Ford Transit Connect Electric commercial van. Azure Dynamics Corp., a hybrid electric and electric power train innovator for the commercial truck market, has named Xcel Energy to its “Lead Customer” program to [...] [...] Will SEMA go hybrid? Damn right a CR-Z hybrid is better than a Mustang, right?!? Only one hybrid is up for this year’s “Hottest Vehicle” award at SEMA. The Honda CR-Z hybrid will challenge the Chevy Camaro, the Ford Mustang and a number of other conventional vehicles at this year’s show, set for November 2 — 5 [...] [...] Helped by the hybrid. The hybrid effect grows Hybrid cars. Can’t even make up 3 percent of market share. Until gas costs $15.00 — I’m exaggerating — per gallon, hybrids simply won’t be cost-effective compared to other vehicles and that means limited share. While it still might take time for hybrids to gain serious consumer acceptance, there is [...] [...] |
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