Time to fix Honda's hybrid image. How bad is Honda’s battery problem? Are Honda Civic hybrids unreliable because of bad battery packs? That’s the focus of some class action lawsuits against the automaker. And, while Honda has tried to remedy this problem with a software upgrade, for many the software upgrade has only made the performance of [...] [...]
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All the benefits of a Prius, with more space. The Toyota Prius has racked up nearly 1 million sales since its introduction in 2000, and is now Toyota’s third-best selling passenger car. Yet, the familiar 50-mpg Prius gets crossed off the shopping list of many consumers who say the quintessential hybrid is just not quite [...] [...] Toyota's answer to higher gas prices. Hybrid demand primed to skyrocket Amidst rising gas prices, sales of Toyota hybrid cars jumped 63.5 percent this February compared to this time last year, led by a 70 percent increase in Prius sales. Add in Lexus numbers and total hybrid sales were up 50.2 percent. And yet significantly higher gas prices [...] [...] Just not based on mainstream technology? A good niche solution, but just not for average car buyers? “When you are looking at purely dollars and cents, it doesn’t really make a lot of sense. The Volt isn’t particularly efficient as an electric vehicle and it’s not particularly good as a gas vehicle either in terms of fuel [...] [...] Here we go again. Three years after oil peaked at $147 a barrel, and gas prices zoomed past $4 a gallon, the price of oil has returned to triple digits. The numbers provide a snapshot of our current situation. $3.29 a gallon The average price of a gallon of gas on Friday, up from $3.11 [...] [...] SANTA ROSA, Calif., Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Electric car pioneer ZAP (OTC Bulletin Board:ZAAP.ob — News), headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, and its majority owned subsidiary Jonway Automobile, are pleased to announce the appointment of Benjamin Zhu (Zhu Li Dong) as the Chief Financial Officer of ZAP and Jonway Automobile. Benjamin Zhu joins ZAP [...] [...] |
 
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