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If only we could all drive a Fisker plug-in. LOL! Or just an oxymoronic phrase for rich wankers? If you’re going to buy a luxury vehicle, there is no doubt that buying a green luxury vehicle is better than buying a traditional luxury vehicle. But can luxury ever really be sustainable, or green? To be honest, I’d like to [...] [...]
Too Prius-like to challenge the crossover segment Just a larger Prius, not really a crossover? I haven’t been the biggest fan of the Toyota Prius v, although I could have easily been one of its biggest advocates. All Toyota needed to do was add a third row of seating, and I would have been all over this [...] [...]
The HybridCars.com monthly sales dashboard is a collaboration of HybridCars.com and Baum & Associates, a Michigan-based market research firm focusing on automotive issues including the hybrid and electric vehicle market. The Chevy Volt was heads above all other plug-in vehicles in June, and has been scoring consistently above 1,000 units per month since February and following [...] [...]
By Philippe Crowe In the quest to deliver better fuel efficiency, Ford engineers have more than 25 patents pending for the $295 Auto Start-Stop option on the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion. Ford says the best technology will improve your life by doing its job effectively and then getting out of the way. read more [...]
BYD’s electric dreams still more dream than reality Still an important market for the development of plug-in cars though The Chinese government has both over-estimated Chinese demand for plug-in vehicles, as well as the capabilities of the domestic Chinese auto industry to build quality electric cars. Consequently, a new Pike Research study finds that China will fall [...] [...]
By Larry E. Hall Among auto manufacturers, Honda has always marched to the tune of a different drummer. More than 45 years ago when oil was $3 a barrel, it began working on fuel economy, keeping it out of step with competitors for a long time. While the industry rushed to build bigger and brawnier cars, [...] [...]
The Silverado hybrid hasn’t been successful, yet At least in terms of PR and marketing In my opinion, if one really wanted to change the auto industry, there would be one simple focus: pickup trucks. As go pick up trucks, so go US automakers and US fleet fuel economy. Of course, that’s no easy nut to crack. Pickup [...] [...]
Another great hybrid utility offering At least better than the bigger Prius v While many have mocked Toyota over the last few years for not rushing into plug-in vehicles, plug-in sales suggest that it was Toyota that was the wiser. Instead of plug-ins, Toyota extended the Prius family and now both the c and the v Prius [...] [...]
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