Green Cars Showcased In Sacramento At Green California Summit and Exposition
Sacramento will be the host of hybrid cars, EVs and many new green technologies as the Green California Summit and Exposition takes hold of the Californian city. On Thursday and Friday, State and...
View ArticleReduced Summer Shutdown To Answer Demand For Ford’s Products
Ford is seeing a strong demand for many of its products, including its hybrids, and will increase production accordingly. Ford said it will add an additional 200,000 units of annual straight-time...
View ArticleEcho Joins Calstart And Acquires Additional Financing
Echo Automotive, Inc. announced end of May it has joined Calstart, North America’s advanced transportation technologies consortium, with the goal of accelerating awareness and adoption of bolt-on...
View ArticleToyota Chairman Calls For 5 Million Hybrids In The US By End Of 2016
Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada predicted yesterday that hybrid vehicles will play a larger role in the future development of automotive propulsion systems than widely recognized....
View ArticleThe Hybrid Shop Showcasing Technology At SEMA
In a move to grow its network of dealer partners, The Hybrid Shop (THS) announced it will exhibit its new method of battery pack conditioning for hybrids at the 2013 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. THS...
View ArticleGen Y Interested In Hybrids
Hybrids and alternative powertrain vehicles are catching the attention of Gen Y. According to Craig Giffi, vice chairman, Deloitte LLP, and automotive practice leader, Gen Y consumers are showing a...
View ArticleSilicon Carbide Tested By Toyota To Save Energy In Its Future Hybrids
Toyota announced it is using one of the hardest materials in nature, silicon carbide, to develop a semiconductor chip it hopes will improve the fuel efficiency of its hybrids, such as the Prius, by as...
View Article48 Volts Hybrids Are Focus Of The Week
The Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) will focus on the affordable 48 volts “intelligent electrification” of next generation hybrid vehicles at the 14th European Lead Battery Conference...
View ArticleToyota UK Sales Fueled By Hybrids
September sales numbers being fed from the UK show Toyota’s hybrids are proving popular. Britain’s drivers are opting for hybrid vehicles in increasing numbers. Toyota said sales results for September...
View ArticleVincentric Study: Hybrids Are Worth It
Seven of the 29 hybrid vehicles offered in Canada promise lower cost of ownership than their conventionally-powered equivalent. This info came yesterday when automotive cost-of-ownership data research...
View ArticleThe Netherlands to Consider Banning Non-EVs
If you want to buy a new car and live in the Netherlands, you may soon have to go EV. Well, within the next decade, anyway. A motion recently passed in the lower house of the Dutch Parliament would ban...
View ArticleFerrari CEO Takes a Tesla for a Test Drive
Electric cars are known for ferocious acceleration, and so are Ferraris. Ferrari CEO Sergio Marchionne took a Tesla for a spin, and acceleration aside, he found it wanting. Indeed, he called it...
View ArticleChina Considering Supporting Hybrid Vehicles, Not Depending on Plug-ins
China may be ready to support hybrid vehicles, instead of counting on plug-ins, as the pathway to reduce tailpipe emissions and dependence on imported oil. The Chinese government wants one in four...
View ArticleAnalyst Forecasts PEVs Will Make Hybrids Obsolete Soon in the UK
Improvements in plug-in electrified vehicle coming to market soon could make traditional hybrids obsolete in the U.K., warns an automotive analyst. Battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles...
View ArticleHybrids Replacing Diesels in European Market, Says Renault-Nissan CEO Ghosn
Renault-Nissan will be bringing its new hybrid technology with “e-Power” transmission to Europe to respond to diesel’s decline in the market, CEO Carlos Ghosn said yesterday in Paris. The “e-Power”...
View ArticleDeveloping Hybrid Technology Now Part of Toyota’s ‘Greener’ Campaign
Toyota is hedging its bets to meet increasing global emission standards, with expanded development of its gasoline-hybrid technology now added to the list. The automaker said today it will expand the...
View ArticleNissan Note e-Power Hits Japanese Streets
Japanese car buyers now have a new kind of hybrid model to choose from. The Nissan Note e-Power, for now available only in Japan, is a series hybrid that uses its 1.2-liter 3-cylinder engine as a...
View ArticleToyota Hybrid Sales Pass 10 Million Worldwide
Toyota has just passed the 10-million mark for hybrid sales worldwide. The Prius is Toyota’s most well-known hybrid, and of course the world’s first mass-market hybrid, but the company now sells much...
View ArticleLexus Revealing LS 500h Hybrid Sedan at Geneva Motor Show
Lexus says it will be unveiling the 2018 Lexus LS 500h hybrid sedan next month at the Geneva Motor Show. It will follow the next-generation Lexus LS 500 that was shown in January at the Detroit Auto...
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