Hybrids
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Disappointingly, the battery pack in the 2010 Toyota Prius is almost identical to the one in its predecesors--but we don't expect that to be the case forever.
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Lightning Hybrids at 2009 Denver Auto Show: 100 MPG? We Can Do That
A Local Colorado Company Adds Competition to the Hybrid Market
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30 Days of the 2010 Toyota Prius: Day 11, Engine and Electric Motors
Smaller, lighter, more powerful electric motor/generators and a larger gas engine give the 2010 Toyota Prius better performance AND better mileage
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30 Days of the 2010 Toyota Prius: Day 10, Controls and Gauges
Drivers of the new 2010 Toyota Prius see most information at the base of the windshield, which improves safety
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2009 Denver Auto Show: Line of 500 People Watch Ribbon Cutting
Green Ribbons Aren't the Only Green Things at the 2009 Denver Auto Show
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30 Days of the 2010 Toyota Prius: Day 9, Cabin and Interior
Much nicer materials and more luxury, along with marginal increases in most dimensions, make the 2010 Toyota Prius cabin a pleasant place to spend time
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Ford Shares Their Plans for a Sustainable Future
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30 Days of the 2010 Toyota Prius: Day 8, Body and Aerodynamics
It may look the same, but every facet of the 2010 Toyota Prius shape has been improved, all toward lowering air drag to improve mileage
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Statewide Green Car Convoy Shows Its Stuff to Northern Colorado
Clean Diesels, Hybrids, E-85s Oh My
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Honda Insight Ad to Warm the Cockles of Your Heart
As the Honda Insight nears its launch, advertisements touting its green cred are about to hit the airwaves. Starting in Belgium tomorrow and throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia thereafter, a new TV commercial called, "Let it Shine," will air. The theme of the commercial is that...
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Next Generation Infiniti M Will Be Offered As A Hybrid
It took a long time for Nissan to jump on the hybrid bandwagon. So long, in fact, that their only model currently offered as a hybrid, the Altima, still uses Toyota's technology. That will change in 2010 as Nissan rolls out the Infiniti M Hybrid for their luxury brand. The rear-wheel drive M will...
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Yellow Cabs Go Green in Denver: 2009 Toyota Prius Joins the Cabby Fleet
Changing from 11 MPG to 50+ MPG is Bigger Than You Might Think
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German composite plane maker, Flight Design, will introduce a hybrid engine for light planes at the Aero Show in Friedrichshafen, Germany next month. The concept uses a Rotax engine in combination with an electric booster designed with the help of Franz Aircraft Engines. The booster provides an extra 40-horsepower which is used during takeoff and climbing. The hybrid system is lighter than a traditional system of similar power, so the concept would theoretically offer higher payload for light aircraft. Flight Design plans to test the new system this year by modifying an existing plane...
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UK Gives Land Rover $37 Million
What does an iconic SUV maker need to survive the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression? $37 million according to the U.K. government. That's how much Land Rover will receive to develop a 'green' SUV. With sales down 22% last month in the U.K., the government is standing behind it's car...
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Ford Celebrates Production of 100,000th Hybrid
Ford Motor Company celebrated the production of their 100,000th hybrid at their Kansas City Assembly Plant today. The company, which plans to increase hybrid car production this year with the incoming Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan models, used the day as an opportunity to plug their gas-electric...
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Infiniti Essence: Hybrid Concept with Sex Appeal
We're suckers for fast hybrids even if they'll never make it to production. That's exactly what Infiniti Europe has on display at the Geneva Motor Show with the Essence Concept. It's a 592-horsepower rear-wheel drive, gasoline/electric hybrid coupe and its curves should make Beyoncé jealous...
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We Hail Hybrids' Hundredth Birthday, But Were They Really Born in Belgium ?!?!?
Today we celebrate a unique anniversary. One hundred years ago today, US Patent No. 288,181 was granted to Henri Pieper for a "Mixed Drive for Autovehicles"--what we now call a hybrid-electric vehicle. Here's the odd part: Monsieur Pieper describes himself as "a loyal subject of the King of...
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More Details on Italdesign's Fastest Hybrid Concept Car
More details have emerged about Italdesign's latest hybrid supercar concept expected to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The numbers are staggering. Italdesign claims that the car will tear through 0 to 62 mph in under four seconds and achieve a top speed of 186 miles per hour. That's...
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Angelina Jolie wasn't the hottest thing on TV last night during the Oscars. Luxury electric car maker Fisker ran two 60 second spots during the Academy Awards preview show on KTLA-TV in Los Angeles. Don't get your hopes up if you live outside of L.A. though. According to public relations chief, Russell Datz, the ads were targeted to an audience that, "...we think would most appreciate an environmentally friendly luxury vehicle." Datz went on to say that Fisker has no plans for a comprehensive ad campaign. The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sports sedan is expected to launch in 2010 at a base of...
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Idle-Stop: The Low-Cost 'Micro-Hybrids' We Can't Buy
Our traffic just isn't congested enough to bring us the simple idle-stop systems that are sweeping through Europe
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Another Giugiaro Hybrid Concept Ready For Geneva
The name Fabrizio Giugiaro is synonymous with fast, stylish cars. The styling director at Italdesign knows how to make car fans drool. In 2006 there was the Giugiaro Mustang Concept with 500 horsepower, a glass roof and doors hinged at the bottom of the A-pillar that tipped forward when opened. At...
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Cops Conserve: NYPD Buys Altima Hybrids
NYPD is about to roll out some Nissan Altima Hybrids for serious on-duty action. As part of a $1.1 million pilot program, the police will put 40 Altima Hybrids on the road within the next two weeks. Eighteen of the hybrids will be marked patrol cars, twenty will be unmarked and the remaining two...
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Honda's Self-Loving New Website - Words of Hybrid
The Honda Insight is one of the most attention-getting new hybrids on the auto show circuit right now and its web presence just got a boost. Words of Hybrid gives anyone with a hankering for more Honda hybrid info a new destination. The site details the storied history of Honda's gas-electric...
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Dodge Ram Hybrid In The Works
Utterly disappointing sales haven't dissuaded Chrysler from working on new hybrids. Yesterday at the Chicago Auto Show, the troubled American automaker announced that a hybrid Dodge Ram pickup is still planned. It's expected that the new pickup will use the same two-mode hybrid system previously...
Robert Scardino