Time to take action? Hybrids and natural gas today, plug-ins tomorrow A new study on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment demonstrates that hybrid cars and natural gas vehicles offer significant potential to reduce CO2 emissions that “can be put to use immediately”. So, why are we putting off until tomorrow what can already be [...] [...]
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Plug-in Prius to outsell conventional Prius by 2030 Plugging into Toyota’s hybrid focus At a conference in Detroit last night, Toyota announced that 6 new hybrid cars would be launched in 2012, along with a plug-in version of the Toyota Prius, as well as two electric cars. While most details have yet to be revealed, plug-in Prius pricing [...] [...] Bigger is better? No responsibility for foreign oil dependence? When it comes to Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), US automakers rank in the bottom of the barrel. Why? More important, do the Big 3 have any responsibility for the excessive foreign oil dependence they’ve helped to create? Certainly, there is plenty of blame to go around. Many consumers have [...] [...] According to announcements made yesterday by Toyota Executive Vice President Takeshi Uchiyamada, the company plans to introduce six new hybrid vehicles by the end of 2012. Two of the new hybrids would be Toyota vehicles and two would be Lexus luxury models. The company did not spell out which models would be offered as hybrids—so [...] [...] |
 
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