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OK, so the Japanese threw a party and many of the guests didn't show up. That doesn't mean there weren't some tasty morsels served up at the Tokyo Motor Show.
Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underlining the Japanese automaker's ambitions to make green technology more widespread.
General Motors will introduce a Buick crossover sport utility vehicle powered by a plug-in rechargeable system in 2011, a top GM production executive said Thursday.
Toyota's hugely popular Prius hybrid ranked as Japan's top-selling car in July, clinching the spot for the third consecutive month as tax breaks boosted sales of green vehicles, an auto industry group said Thursday.
ELKHART, Ind. - In the empty factories and laid-off workers in this struggling section of the Rust Belt, entrepreneur Wil Cashen sees "unimaginable potential.”
Former Republican presidential nominee John McCain is getting a new set of wheels.
As the car crept up to them, the students didn’t react. It wasn’t until it was about to run them over that they even knew it was there. And that was only because it hit their white canes.
Instead of calling its hybrid the “Prius,” Latin for “first,” a change in strategy at Toyota could be summarized by renaming the car “Plurimus,” for “most,” because Toyota’s new plan is to make the 2010 Prius the company’s technology flagship car, equipped with all the gadgetry the company can muster.
Honda's Insight, billed as the cheapest gas-electric hybrid on the market, ranked as the top-selling vehicle in Japan for April — the first time a hybrid has clinched that spot.
A hybrid vehicle will be the official pace car for the first time in NASCAR during next month's Coca-Cola 600.
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The smart set here in New York has long declared the SUV dead.
Orders for the hybrid Insight have totaled 18,000 since it hit the Japanese auto market about a month ago, outpacing Honda's target and underlining the success of the new affordable and ecological vehicle, the company said Tuesday.
During boom times, value can go out of style, as dedicated followers of fashion pursue the latest trends and jockey for position in the social order with their accoutrements.
With our freshly minted new president's inaugural call for shared sacrifice still echoing in the ears of the nation's consumers, we might expect that shoppers would be ready squeeze into tiny, fuel-efficient transportation boxes. Driving spartan, minimalist vehicles could be the Obama-era version of the Victory Garden.
With all the talk about a new fleet of electric cars coming down the pike, Jacob in Denver is wondering: Is the nation's power grid really ready for all these vehicles?
Just a few years ago, the world’s automakers took a scattershot approach to the growing need for alternative-fuel technologies, pursuing strategies for everything from hydrogen fuel cells to ethanol, biodiesel and natural gas.
The curious dichotomy of the 2009 Detroit auto show is that, while the showmanship has diminished from years past (no Dodge Ram cattle drive past the Cobo Center, for instance), in other ways hype is still at an all-time high.
The Detroit auto show is rarely a frugal affair. Costumed dancers, spectacular pyrotechnics and the hottest celebrities all have been used in years past by automakers hoping to make a splash launching their newest vehicles. The no-expense-spared spectacles on the many stages of the city's cavernous Cobo Center often have had the grandeur of full-scale Broadway productions.
Ford Motor Co.'s much ballyhooed 2010 Fusion Hybrid will get 41 city miles per gallon and 36 mpg on highways, based on final certification figures from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the company said Monday.
Battery maker turned car company BYD Co. has launched China's first homegrown hybrid vehicle for the retail market, seeking an edge over its crisis-stricken international rivals.
The show, as they say in the Los Angeles entertainment industry, must go on. In the case of this year’s Los Angeles auto show, that means carmakers are touting their latest wares during a global economic crisis that threatens the very existence of the domestic auto industry.
Honda is bringing back the defunct Insight nameplate for a hybrid-only vehicle planned for the Japanese, European and North American markets early next year, as the automaker strives to play catch-up with rival Toyota in hybrids.
Time was when hybrid gas-electric vehicles appealed only to the greenest car consumers more concerned about saving the environment than saving on gasoline bills. Gas prices hitting $4 a gallon have changed all that.
With the price of gasoline hitting daily records and the shaky economy hitting consumers in the pocketbook, a sport utility vehicle that seats eight and gets over 20 miles per gallon would seem to be a promising product.
Polar Bear Grizzly Bear = ?What do you get if you cross a polar bear with a grizzly brown bear?
Tesla Totaled by a PirusNow here is something you don't see every day -- a Tesla totaled by a Pirus. As bad as it looks everyone is OK.
Gallery: 10 Cars Way Too Far Ahead of Their TimeA hybrid in 1899? Yep! --- a lot of stuff we think of as "new" isn't so new after all.
Bizarre creature born in Africa - Was this a half-man half-goat hybridA bizarre creature has been born in Zimbabwe which looks like a human-goat hybrid! Experts are puzzled by the reports and photos published in African newspapers.
BMW's hybrid vision: Sleek, cool, green and cook as fark Not only is it green but BMW's new concept hybrid offering smacks of cool.
Shortage of Rare Earth Metals Could Limit Hybrid ProductionSlow battery output is already slowing Prius production; now, it appears a shortage of rare earth metals found in hybrid vehicles and other products could cost other hybrid automakers problems as well.
Vermont Secretary of State: Corporations Division: L3CVermont State Website with information relating to the formation of an L3C. A low-profit LLC is a new type of company, called an "L3C." Vermont is the first state to enact this new type of company.
The race is on: 100 miles on just 1 gallon - The Boston GlobeAs part of the second Boston GreenFest, seven teams will attempt to drive their homemade cars from Greenfield to Boston City Hall Plaza, a distance of 100 miles, using just 1 gallon of gasoline.
BMW unveiling two big hybrid models at FrankfurtThe BMW ActiveHybrid X6's power train starts with a 400 hp twin-turbocharged V8 gasoline engine and adds two electric synchronous motors delivering 91 hp/192 lb-ft and 86 hp/206 lb-ft, respectively. Maximum system output is 480 hp, and peak torque reaches 575 lb-ft.
Volt will Get 230 Miles Per Gallon in City Says GMGeneral Motors Corp. said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius. More Articles
The Human Dog Hybrid-Hybrids Gone Wild!We here at Fileunderi LOVE urban legends, and here is one of the better ones to come down the pike in the last few months.
FedEx converts 92 delivery trucks to diesel hybridsI've said over and over again, along with a lot of other people, that hybrid technology would make the biggest environmental impact if used in delivery trucks, municipal vehicles, and mail trucks.
Infant Snatched From Crib by Dog in Kentucky on July 20 Remains in Critical ConditionIn addition to discussing the infant's condition, this article includes details about the dog, how it could get an infant out of a crib, how it might get into a room even if a door was closed, etc.
New varieties to solve climber shortage and low yield in coconutKOCHI: Hybrid and dwarf palms may finally be the answer to a vexing problem faced by Kerala, the largest producer of coconuts in the country
Wolf-hybrid Dog Carries Off Infant In Jessamine County, Kentucky a wolf-dog hybrid carried an infant out of a home on July 20, 2009, injuring it critically, according to an early report from the weekly Jessamine Journal's website.
The More Hybrid Drivers the Better?"Theoretically, it seats 6.75 billion," the ad for the new Honda Insight hybrid car states.
Toyota Launches First Hybrid Car Under Lexus Brand Toyota Motor Corp launched Tuesday the first dedicated hybrid model under its upscale Lexus brand, aimed at capitalizing on surging hybrid sales as the company tries to return to profitability.
Eco Yachts - Smug on the High SeasGoing green on the vast blue oceans is by no means an easy task. Once you really embark on a long journey and add luxury and comfort to the ride, you inevitably end up polluting the environment.
GM hybrid -- old news! here's one from 1969I stumbled across this last night -- I had the info a while back but it went away when the computer crashed. This 1969 Stirling and electric Opel shows that these designs have been in the works for a very long time.
Chrysler submits $448 million electric car plan U.S. automaker Chrysler LLC said on Tuesday it submitted proposals totaling $448 million to the U.S. Department of Energy to research and develop electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid models.
Will the stars align for Scuderi's high-efficiency split-cycle engine?Scuderi is the latest to take a stab, recently unveiling a prototype of a split-cycle engine that relegates the "suck" and "squeeze" strokes to one cylinder, and the "bang" and "blow" strokes to another - for a claimed efficiency improvement of up to 50%, emission reductions of u …
Fear, but Few Facts, on Hybrid EMF RiskThere is a legitimate scientific reason for raising the issue.
Fuji-Heavy-to-Sell-Hybrid-Car-Introduce-New-DieselSubaru's parent, Fuji Heavy Industries, is working on new hybird and diesel engines that could see daylight by 2012.
Hybrids Are DifferntJapan car manufacturers don't seem enthusiastic about plug in hybrids.
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