27
Jun
Tony Markel drives a plug-in hybrid that runs 50 miles per charge, goes 100 miles per gallon and gets capability from the sun. whether he has his way, you’ll drive one too before distant.
His 2006 Prius has a lithium-ion battery six times more vigorous than the nickel-metal hydride pack Toyot…
26
Jun
With the price of gas quickly killing off SUVs and making hybrids seem more sexy, a new study by J.D. capability and Associates shows that citizens will spring for a leaner and greener vehicle both before and after they find out it will set them back on average $5,000.
JDPAs’ U.S. Automotive …
26
Jun
With outrageous gas prices quickly killing the once-mighty SUV and making hybrids the sexiest thing on four wheels, society not only want gas-electric cars, they’re willing to fork by the money to buy them. A study by J.D. potential and Associates finds comsumers will spring for eco-friendly rid…
26
Jun
With outrageous gas prices quickly killing the once-mighty SUV and making hybrids the sexiest thing on four wheels, public not only want gas-electric cars, they’re willing to fork by the money to buy them. A study by J.D. capability and Associates finds consumers will spring for ecofriendly ride…
19
Jun
Porsche purists will lose their minds at the thought, but desperate times require desperate measures: The German sports car maker is developing its first-ever diesel-powered vehicle. With the arrival of the gasoline-electric Cayenne Hybrid delayed until at least 2010 and fuel prices spiraling ev…
13
Jun
The Bush Administration has shown its support for plug-in hybrids by promising a measly $30 million to get them on the road within eight years, a figure and a timeline some automakers and plug-in advocates say is too little and too lengthy. Getting these cars on the road quickly, they say, shoul…
11
Jun
Toyota, rightly or wrongly, is widely considered the greenest automaker, and the company hopes to solidify its hold on the title and move beyond oil through a sweeping plan to produce cleaner, more efficient cars — beginning with a plug-in hybrid it will produce by 2010.
It’s no secret Toyot…
6
Jun
When the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations get together in Hokkaido Japan next month for their annual sit-down, Toyota will be on hand to supply transportation (Mitsubishi, too). Toyota will offer up a fleet of 78 vehicles for official use during the event. Along with…
6
Jun
Toyota was so proud of their earlier fuel cell hybrid vehicle’s (FCHV) 347 mile range that they took it on several adventurous treks. Now, the company’s new 500+ mile range achievement must have them poring by the maps again, seeking the next great challenge for the vehicle, now monikered “F…
6
Jun
Hybrid and electric vehicles have been called “silent killers” considering they run so quietly that pedestrians and bicyclists can’t manufacture out ‘em coming and get plowed. It’s a big adequate problem that Congress is looking into it, and a pair of Stanford University students have developed …
2
Jun
In today’s all-we-can-talk-about-is-the-price-of-gas culture, it’s somewhat surprising that GM’s new hybrid SUVs aren’t selling in large numbers. Well, perhaps it’s not that surprising. To get the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid’s 50% better city fuel economy, buyers have to part with $53,000, which is about…
23
May
Is there anything the Ford Escape Hybrid can’t do? Following its by-all-accounts successful foray into East Coast taxi-dom (there are currently some 845 Escape Hybrid taxicabs plying the streets of New York), the Claycomo, Missouri-built compact SUV is heading west. Still yellow, but festooned with …
21
May
Engineers are putting hybrid drivetrains into everything from SUVs to locomotives these days, and General Electric wants to take the technology to sea in a tugboat that would burn 35 percent less fuel and emit 80 percent less pollution than anything else on the water.
The notion makes more se…
21
May
Given adequate moment and money, any grease monkey can design a fuel-efficient, low-emissions car. Designing one that consumers will actually buy, however, is a challenge that generally has engineers and marketing types screaming at each other.
Meeting that challenge is the point of Challenge…
