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EV plans and the best new Ford hybrid

Coming late 2011 EVs, PHEVs and HEVs If you want to be one of the first to own the Ford Focus electric car, you’ll need to live close to one of the following cities: Atlanta, Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Orlando, Fla., Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; [...] [...]

GM Will Unveil Buick LaCrosse Hybrid in Los Angeles

2012 Buick LaCrosse eAssist, which uses mild hybrid technology to improve fuel efficiency by 25 to 30 percent. General Motors will take great pains to avoid using the H word when it unveils the gas-electric Buick LaCrosse this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Instead, it will call the system “eAssist,” to avoid any [...] [...]

Buick LaCrosse foreshadows GM’s latest hybrid effort

A nice improvement in fuel economy eAssist defines GM’s lithium-powered mild hybrids When GM killed its BAS mild hybrid powertrain, found in vehicles like the Chevy Malibu and Saturn Vue hybrids, the company promised an upgraded mild hybrid powertrain that would use lithium. The first taste of that new hybrid powertrain has been revealed. The 2012 Buick LaCrosse [...] [...]