Posted in alternative fuel, Battery-powered vehicles, Budget-friendly, Electric cars, Hybrids, Toyota on Dec 30th, 2009
Toyota has announced that it will reveal its newest car, a subcompact hybrid, on Jan. 11, the first day of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Toyota subcompact hybrid’s name has not been announced yet, but Toyota has expressed interest in using the Prius name for a line of cars rather than […]
Posted in Automotive, Hybrids on Mar 9th, 2009
Remember last summer when people were on waiting lists to buy new Toyota Prius hybrids? Even used hybrids were selling close to what a new one would cost. When gas was in the $4 a gallon range, hybrid was the way to go. But now that gas is near or less than $2 a […]
Posted in Automotive, Hybrids, Toyota on Feb 19th, 2009
The Toyota Prius Hybrid has already made its mark as being a very fuel-efficient vehicle. According to Toyota’s Web site, a brand new 2009 Prius Hybrid can achieve 48 mpg in the city and 45 mpg on the highway. For some, those numbers just aren’t good enough. They feel the need to juice up their Prius a little bit. […]
Posted in Diesel, Hybrids, Technology, Trucks, Uncategorized on Jan 23rd, 2009
Soda-pop king Coca-Cola recently announced that it will acquire 185 new hybrid trucks this year. That number effectively doubles what was already the largest commercial fleet of diesel-electric delivery vehicles in North America. The company now has a total fleet of 327 of these hybrid vehicles setting the standard in clean commercial fleet transportation. The […]
Posted in Hybrids, Lexus, Luxury vehicles, Technology, Toyota on Jan 22nd, 2009
Lexus is taking great strides to be seen as the premier provider of affordable hybrid luxury. The company’s landmark LS460h took the hybrid stereotype and shattered it. It’s Rx350h proved it could work for a luxury SUV too. Lexus was proving that there was no limit to the application possibilities of hybrid technology. Now the […]
Even though Toyota has just announced the arrival of an all new Prius hybrid, the company has recently been revealed plans to keep selling the older Prius along the new model. Japan’s Nikkei business paper claims Toyota plans to keep the outgoing Prius on sale as a way to counter the threat of Honda’s new […]
Posted in Hybrids, Technology, Toyota on Jan 13th, 2009
The third installment of Toyota’s landmark Prius series broke cover recently at the Detroit Auto Show. The new Prius uses the newest version of Toyota’s Synergy-Drive system. Over 90% of the system is new or redesigned with a reduction in weight being the main focus. Toyota claims its efforts have resulted in a system that […]
Ford is gonna stick it to Toyota and Honda. While the Japanese pride themselves by being the first to market with hybrid vehicles, Ford has just released a ringer in the 2009 Ford Fusion Hybrid. Forget the new Mustang, this could be the car that helps Ford stay afoat during these trying times. Why is […]
Lexus has been pretty much alone in the luxury hybrid SUV market for quite some time now. That’s ok, they like it that way anyways. The company is now on the eve of unveiling their newest line of RX vehicles, and wouldn’t you know it, there is a new hybrid RX too. Now called the […]
Posted in Automotive, Electric cars, Hybrids on Dec 16th, 2008
Chinese auto manufacture BYD Auto has announced plans that it will show a production version of the company’s first plug-in electric hybrid, called the F3DM. What’s most shocking though, is that they are able to put their car on the market a full two years ahead of General Motor’s Volt project. The F3DM uses an […]
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