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Ford, Yahoo! Launch Focus Electric Online with ‘Plugged In’ – Yahoo!’s First Reality Competition Series

Ford and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), the premier digital media company, today announced a new program to promote the launch of America’s most fuel-efficient five-seat car, the Focus Electric, with “Plugged In,” Yahoo!’s first reality competition series [...]

Chevy Volt – A pioneering effort, minimally, according to Burns

The Volt was always worth the effort, but was it ever enough? Volt versus self-driving cars There are far more people in the automotive world that I haven’t met, compared to those I have met. And, whether good or bad, I’ve met far more experts from GM than any other automaker, and one of the coolest — [...] [...]

When Lifecycle Costs Are King

By Philippe Crowe Vincentric announced today the winners of its 7th annual Best Fleet Value in America awards. To determine the 2012 Vincentric Best Fleet Value in America awards, Vincentric analyzed over 2,700 vehicle configurations in 20 different lifecycle cost scenarios, using eight cost factors including depreciation, fees and taxes, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, opportunity cost, and [...] [...]

Yahoo! Series Built Around Electric Focus

By Philippe Crowe Ford’s Focus Electric launch will be promoted through “Plugged In,” Yahoo!’s first reality competition series. Beginning in May and timed to the availability of Focus Electric in multiple U.S. markets, the series will be broadcasted exclusively on Yahoo! Screen. read more [...]

EPA Grants First Application Approval for E15

By Huw Evans As part of the Clean Air Act and laid out Environmental Protection Agency regulations, fuel manufacturers are required to register their products and additives with the EPA before they can be produced, shipped and sold for use in motor vehicles. Therefore, in the case of E15 (gasoline with a 15 percent ethanol content) [...] [...]

Hybrid loyalty study an outrageous lie. For morons only

Toyota Prius loyalty about same as best-selling Camry? OK. Not a lie, but a deceptive load of crap Have you heard about the new hybrid loyalty study? Almost 2/3’s of hybrid owners won’t reconsider another hybrid. Of course, no where in the study is such a claim made. It’s just that many in the press care little [...] [...]

Former GM R&D Head Predicts Driverless Cars By 2020

By Jeff Cobb GM is experimenting with electric pods, but the vision, assuming it comes to pass, calls for regular styled vehicles as well. Looking into the tea leaves – that is, citing transportation and demographic trends – a former General Motors R&D head has said that by 2020, self-driving vehicles will be available. The 2020 vision [...] [...]

Buy a hybrid car once, but not twice? Skewed and undersupplied?

Just 20 percent of Honda hybrid owners bought another hybrid in 2011 Could two car families and limited hybrid supplies be skewing the results? Pretty scary Polk study regarding hybrid car buyers, at least at first glance. According to Polk just 35 percent of past hybrid buyers shopping in 2011 bought another hybrid, although Toyota Prius buyers [...] [...]