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Ford Motor Company June and Year-to-Date Sales Up 7%; Escape Sales Best Ever, While Fusion Posts June Record

Ford Motor Company’s U.S. sales are up 7 percent so far this year, with 1.14 million vehicles sold. June sales also increased 7 percent from last year, with 207,759 vehicles sold. [...]

Fisker and Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Collaborate on Sustainability

By Jeff Cobb As the first recipient of a Karma in July 2011, and an equity investor in Fisker Automotive, Leonardo DiCaprio has further committed to a mutual promotional arrangement via his non-profit organization dedicated to global sustainability. Today Fisker said DiCaprio and his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation will participate in conversations on Fisker’s plans to advance [...] [...]

Is it better that millennials drive hybrids, or not at all?

Who needs a license with self-driving Google cars? Is the US economy still too coupled to the auto industry? For a few years now there have been some scary reports coming out of the auto press, at least scary to some folks. Basically, it seems millennials, for a number of different reasons, just don’t seem all that [...] [...]

June Sales: Toyota Prius not yet ready to take on the Camry

How many units could a sporty Prius move? A serious Prius price decline is still needed Before the end of this decade, Toyota believes the Prius family of hybrid cars will outsell Toyota’s best selling Camry. And based on Prius sale’s growth this year and the fact that there are still more than 7 years left in [...] [...]

Volt Records Second-Best Sales Month While Leaf Still Looks Withered

By Jeff Cobb The Chevy Volt recorded its second-highest sales month since its December 2010 launch with 1,860 units sold, of which 90 percent were to retail customers. Its all-time high was in March, with 2,289 units sold. And though GM has said it is “not in a race” with sales against Nissan’s Leaf which was launched [...] [...]

Mitsubishi i plug-in electric car fairly safe

Just don’t get hit on the passenger side. Four out of five NHTSA stars OK. Let’s cut straight to the chase on this one because there is no easy way around this. No way of being polite. The Mitsubishi i feels a little fragile and therefore, not the safest. Of course, here in America we’re used to [...] [...]

Chevy Volt sales good, but way below forecasts

Not living up to the hype yet California HOV access still providing a lift for the Volt If you could imagine the perfect car for today, it would be one that would enable most to meet all their driving needs using nothing but cheap, off-peak electricity, but that is still backed up by a gasoline engine. Add [...] [...]

Japan Discovers 200 Years’ Supply of Rare Earth

By Bertel Schmitt For two years, the world was worried about a possible rare earth shock triggered by the crafty Chinese. Since they are withholding the dirt that’s essential for magnets, motors, and generators, an electrified world will be on its knees – or so the theory went. The opposite happened. Right when everybody was ready to [...] [...]