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Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid steps out of the Volt’s shadow
Auto Info World | July 23rd 2008 by Jason
Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid steps out of the Volt’s shadow The 2010 Chevrolet Volt may be taking center stage in General Motors’ lineup of incredibly fuel-efficient future vehicles, but Larry Nitz – GM’s Executive Director of Hybrid read more
GM partners with electric utilities for plug-in centers
Auto North | July 23rd 2008
General Motors Corp. is partnering with three Canadian and more than 30 U. S. electric utilities on a network aimed at speeding up the commercialization of plug-in vehicles. The Detroit automaker announced that it is working with B. C. Hydro, Manit read more
Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid steps out of the Volt’s shadow
Left Lane News | July 23rd 2008
The 2010 Chevrolet Volt may be taking center stage in General Motors’ lineup of incredibly fuel-efficient future vehicles, but Larry Nitz – GM’s Executive Director of Hybrid Powertrain Engineering – doesn’t want us to forget about GM’s ot read more
Boyda: Drill Here.
Boyda Bloc | July 21st 2008
The below text was sent out of Congresswoman Nancy Boyda's press office and we thought you all might be interested in reading it:Letter to the Editor – Energy: the Great Debate By: Congresswoman Nancy Boyda The much needed debate about our nation' read more
California Mandates Plug In Car Sales
Hybrid Car Review | July 20th 2008 by tayif
California Air Resources Board has decided automakers must sell at least 66,000 plug-in hybrid cars between 2012 and 2014. At the same time, they cut back on the number of electric cars or fuel-cell vehicles to 7,500 (it was 25,000 per year). See the read more
2009 Ford Fiesta Warm-Hatch Unveils
Horisly's Space | July 16th 2008 by kenny.lee
Ford will reveal a warm-hatch version of the new Fiesta at the London motor show next week.The Fiesta Zetec S is powered by a 120PS 1.6-litre engine giving the car a 0-62,ph time of 9.9 seconds. The new powerplant is more efficient than the outgoing read more
2009 Ford Fiesta Warm-Hatch Unveils
The Automotive Source | July 16th 2008 by Jason
Ford will reveal a warm-hatch version of the new Fiesta at the London motor show next week.The Fiesta Zetec S is powered by a 120PS 1.6-litre engine giving the car a 0-62,ph spell of 9.9 seconds. The new powerplant is other efficient than the outgoin read more
Hybrid Fest: World's Biggest Hybrid and Green Car Show
Horisly's Space | July 16th 2008 by kenny.lee
Next weekend in Madison, Wisconsin, hundreds of green car lovers will gather together at an event called HybridFest in order to check out new technology from the green automotive industry.The show activities officially start on Saturday, but Friday a read more
Chrysler plans electric vehicles, could be ready in 3-5 years
Best Green Blog | July 15th 2008 by diego
Chrysler LLC's answer to the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt could be three to five years away, the Free Press has learned.The Auburn Hills automaker launched a special division within the company last fall called ENVI -- pronounced like "envy" -- to read more
Hybrid upgrade developed
Wise Car | July 14th 2008 by Motor Trade Insider
A hybrid vehicle upgrade has been unveiled by car designer MIRA. The removable battery pack upgrades existing vehicles without the need for a plug-in, potentially enabling owners to save 61 per cent on fuel costs and lower tailpipe emissions by 39 pe read more
Interview: Future Cars Will Be Like Trains
24 cars blue sky | July 13th 2008 by skycheng
Youichi Hori, professor of Electrical Control System Engineering, Department of Informatics and Electronics at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo- With the development of automotive electronics, how will cars change in th read more
Hybrid Conversion Kits
Paul E. Zimmerman.com | July 11th 2008 by Paul E. Zimmerman
I just read an article on Yahoo! Finance about hybrid car conversion kits. These kits will convert hybrids into "plug-in electric cars" that can get better range and speed from a battery that one can recharge off of a standard electric outlet. The ot read more
A Concept Car?
A Greener Me | July 9th 2008
Hybrid vehicles seem to be popping up all over nowadays, or perhaps I’m just noticing them more. This got me thinking. What if we could merge hybrid technology with E85 technology? I’ve heard that the Toyota Prius gets up to 50 MPG. What if you read more
International Survey Shows Differing Views of Hybrids Based on Ge…
HybridMile.com | July 8th 2008 by Bart Dabek
A recent study published by TNS Infratest reveals cultural chasms related to hybrid, plug-in and electrical vehicles. The market research firm contacted 1,000 motorists each from the United States, Germany, China, France, England, Japan, Austria and read more
DOE and Sweden Sign MOU to Advance Market Integration of Plug-in…
NewsBlaze Top Stories | July 7th 2008 by Alan Gray
Proof of concepts to support PHEV development and introduction, e.g., vehicle instrumentation, vehicle-to-grid/home hardware and smart charging systems; read more
Plug In, Drive
GreenStrides | July 7th 2008 by JoyceB
The evolution of hybrid cars will be plug-in hybrids. In the coming years (I can’t use the word “soon” because 2010 looks to be the earliest the cars will be available to the general public.), automakers will bring “plug-in t read more
Sweden Pushes For Plug-in Hybrid Cars
Hybrid Car Review | July 5th 2008 by tayif
Sweden is working to expand on its own research and development of plug-in cars by investing $40 million into reducing fuel consumption and emissions. The Swedish State and the Swedish Energy Agency will be working with Volvo, SAAB, energy company Va read more
Ford Delivers 88 MPG Hybrid
Sunset Ford Dealer Blog | July 2nd 2008 by AC Jones
You’ve probably heard of the Department of Energy’s new requirements and incentives for automakers to make plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Ford has heard and listened. As a result, the automaker has delivered a high-quality PHEV read more
Ener1 Joins the American Stock Exchange
Hybrid Car Review | June 30th 2008 by tayif
Ener1, Inc. has been listed under the symbol HEV at the American Stock Exchange.Ener1, a subsidiary of Enerdel, received a $6.5 million investment from the USABC, the US Advanced Battery Consortium, consisting of Chrylser, Ford, GM and the US Dept of read more
Michigan Grants $5 Million to Study PHEVs
Hybrid Car Review | June 30th 2008 by tayif
The state of Michigan granted a $5 million award to the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute, GM and DTE Energy Company to study plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) through July 31, 2010.The Michigan Public Service Commissio read more
New upcoming cars
Auto Info World | June 29th 2008 by Jason
Tomorrow's Motor Is Today's MotorGee-whiz technologies like fuel cells and electric cars may eventually dominate our roads. But the internal combustion engine, a technology that is over 100 years mean, will keep powering most automobiles for a while- read more
The VW golf twin Drive Plug-in type hybrid prototype revealed
car news | June 28th 2008 by li wei
In a German government project called “Fleet test: electric drive vehicles”, VW revealed yesterday a Golf prototype with a plug-in hybrid drive engine of the next generation called “TwinDrive”. The research project tests the efficient use of read more
Can you spot the attitude difference?
Fair or Unfair | June 27th 2008 by infire
Lynne Kiesling 1. Peugeot and Mitshubishi enter an electric car alliance, striving toward plug-in hybrid vehicles. The same article notes that Bosch and Samsung have entered into an alliance to develop better lithium-ion batteries. 2. ; from a speech read more
VW Golf TwinDrive: 174Hp & 94 MPG Plug-in Electric Hybrid
Carascoop | June 26th 2008
In cooperation with the German government, VW announced that it will start testing a fleet of 20 vehicles equipped with a new plug-in hybrid drive... Visit Carscoop for the full story, other content, and more... read more
Electric Car 2.0, Will They Make It To The Market?
tech life | June 26th 2008 by azreen
The car is a modified Toyota Prius with an extra battery installed in the spare-tire compartment. Conventional hybrids like the Prius run on an electric motor part of the time, but the electricity they use is generated by a gasoline engine and by cap read more
Hybrid Cars and Gasoline - A Simple Comparision
All About Hybrid Cars | June 25th 2008
Most people have heard about hybrid vehicles, but many people so not understand them. What makes them so different from gasoline vehicles? Why are people so interested in them? How do they compare to a gasoline vehicle? The answers to these questions read more
McCain calls for energy conservation
Kones of power | June 24th 2008 by Kones
Sen. John McCain on Tuesday told voters that energy efficiency "should begin at home" and for once we’ve got a politician actually offering a plan."Every year the federal government buys upwards of 60,000 cars and other vehicles, not including read more
DOE Awards Ford, GM, and GE $30 Million to Develop Plug-In Hybrid…
Hybrid Car Review | June 24th 2008 by tayif
The DOE is awarding $30 million in grants to GM, Ford and GE (plus partners) to develop Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) capable of traveling 40 miles without recharging. With 70% of the US traveling 40 miles or less every day, the DOE hopes t read more
Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Can Cut National Fuel Consumption In Half
the seed | June 19th 2008 by Caroline Luley
ScienceDaily (Oct. 15, 2003) - Recently, Toyota Motor Corp opened the production site of its gasoline-electric hybrid cars to journalists for the first time. Many leading auto makers have questioned the benefit of developing these vehicles, arguing t read more
Toyota To Display Plug-In Prius
Toyota Car Lovers Online | June 16th 2008
Toyota showcased a prototype plug-in Prius hybrid at Legislative Plaza on today, June 16, during a field hearing on electric drive vehicles entitled for by the Congressional TVA Caucus.According to news, the prototype Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle read more