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Official: Nissan Leaf sales up again in February, Chevy Volt dips deeper
12 hours ago...
Nissan managed to buck the industry's overall trend of lower sales in
February with double-digit growth throughout its lineup. That includes a
12th month of record sales for the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle, with
the year-over-year numbers up more than a skosh. The February ledger for
the Chevy ...
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Official: Ford hit by lawsuit over hybrid technology from, surprise, Paice
4 days ago...
The name Paice will be familiar to anyone who's been deep in the
weeds of hybrid history, but it will probably be new to anyone who
simply drives one. The key part of the story is something called
"HyperDrive," which is the name given to a gas-electric powertrain
technology developed by Alex ...
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Exclusive: Why the $142M Fisker sale won't help DOE loan get its $168M back
7 days ago...
At the beginning of 2014, it looked like Hybrid Tech Holdings LLC was
going to buy the remains of Fisker Automotive for $25 million. Just
before that sale was to take place, however, Wanxiang stepped in and an
auction was therefore scheduled for the middle of February. After 19
rounds of ...
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Report: Toyota increasing Yaris Hybrid production to 222,000 this year in France
7 days ago...
More fuel economy means more factory workers and more production for
Toyota's most popular model in Europe. That simple equation explains why
the Japanese automaker is boosting annual production of its gas- and
hybrid-powered Yaris compact vehicles at its French factory. The new
number will be ...
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Report: Honda ending CR-Z, Insight sales in Europe
10 days ago...
Death by diesel? That may be the epitaph of the Honda Insight and
CR-Z in Europe, where the Japanese automaker will discontinue sales of
the two hybrid models before to the 2015 model-year. A Honda spokesman
confirmed the discontinuation to Automotive News, and information on
those models has ...
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Report: Toyota Prius remains best-selling vehicle in California, wireless charging tests underway
11 days ago...
About one in every nine new cars in the US are sold in the
California. If we're just looking at the four Toyota Prius hybrid
variants, then the number becomes closer to one in three. Tesla Model S
battery-electric vehicle sales? Try one in 2.7.
For the second straight year, the Prius was the ...
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Official: Obama announces higher semi truck MPG standards for March 2016
13 days ago...
As promised in the State of the Union address, President Obama has
delivered more details on the higher fuel economy standards his
administration is working on for big trucks. The proposed plan, which
Obama called "ambitious" in his speech today, will be applied to medium
and heavy-duty vehicles ...
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Official: Qatar University women's team wins Hybrid-Electric Challenge in Abu Dhabi [w/video]
15 days ago...
An energized student team from Qatar University has won the
first-ever TAQA GCC Hybrid-Electric Challenge, which was held in Abu
Dhabi late last month. And, as race organizers took pains to point out,
it was an all-female team that claimed the top spot.
The squad, called Team Gernas 114, ...
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Report: Wanxiang wins bid for Fisker at $149.2 million
16 days ago...
Fisker Automotive has been sold, ladies and gentlemen. According to
Automotive News, Wanxiang from China won the company after a few tense
days of bidding between it and Hybrid Tech Holdings from Hong Kong. The
winning bid came in at $149.2 million, which, rather interestingly, is
almost six ...
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Report: Honda Odyssey hybrid under consideration in Japan, but not US
18 days ago...
"Over time you can expect to see broader application of our two motor
hybrid system" - Sage Marie
The idea of a hybrid minivan is not new, at least in Japan. Toyota sells
the Estima - the world's first hybrid minivan, it has been available
since 2001 - and the Aphard hybrids there. The US is ...
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Report: Fisker assets will be auctioned tomorrow, here's the situation today
20 days ago...
The remains of Fisker Automotive - which might not even include the
name and logo - are supposed to finally be sold off tomorrow, but the
scene before the auction is anything but clear. As as reminder, the two
bidding parties are Wanxiang and Hybrid Tech Holdings. Hybrid Tech was
denied an ...
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Official: SsangYong arranges 7 seats into XLV diesel hybrid concept for Geneva
20 days ago...
SsangYong has designed some vehicles that were not exactly 100
percent pleasing to the eye. Powered by a mild-hybrid drivetrain, does
the company's new concept vehicle put a little more beauty in the eyes
of green-car-enthusiast beholders?
That's the question that the South Korean automaker's ...
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Official: Honda Fit, Vezel Hybrids recalled in Japan; US vehicles not affected
20 days ago...
Honda has announced a good-sized recall of two popular
Japanese-market hybrids: the Fit Hybrid and the Vezel Hybrid are both
headed back into the garage. The problem this time around lies in the
software program that controls the 7-speed dual clutch transmission
(DCT) that could "cause a delay in ...
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Video: Cadillac confident attitude will attract the elite to ELR plug-in hybrid [w/video]
21 days ago...
Cadillac is not going to pull any punches when it comes to promoting
its plug-in hybrid ELR. In the real world, the company is showing off
the Wreath And Crest's coupe with Chevy Volt technology at exclusive
events with "groups whose members are affluent, green-minded and have an
appreciation for ...
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Exclusive: Toyota's Bob Carter says seat heater stop-sale due to inconsequential compliance error
23 days ago...
Last week, Toyota let it be known that a number of its more-popular
vehicles were subject to a "stop-sale" order due to faulty seat heaters
on these vehicles. No injuries were reported, but the problem affected a
lot of models, including the 2013 and 2014 Camry, Camry Hybrid, Avalon,
Avalon ...
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By The Numbers: January 2014: Happy blue year?
24 days ago...
Green-car enthusiasts are probably hoping that Toyota's Super Bowl ad
with the Muppets will pay for some brand equity with the Japanese
automaker because soft demand for the company's batch of hybrids
continue to sink US green-car sales.
Green car sales plunged almost 14 percent from last ...
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Chicago: Toyota's Bob Carter says far fewer stations needed in shift from gas to hydrogen
25 days ago...
Toyota's Bob Carter has been talking about green cars for years, but
it's only been recently that his comments have really caught widespread
attention thanks to his disparaging remarks about electric vehicle
supporters like Elon Musk and Carlos Ghosn and optimism about hydrogen.
Speaking at the ...
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Official: 2014 Honda Civic Hybrid now available nationwide, CNG model in 37 states [UPDATE]
27 days ago...
As promised, the 2014 Honda Civic is about to get a little green
update. A hybrid gas-electric version will join the standard 2014 Civic
in Honda showrooms nationwide tomorrow and a natural gas-powered model
will join the party on February 15th, but only in 37 states.
Both new models will get the ...
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Official: Nissan Leaf sales get January jump as Chevy Volt trends downward
28 days ago...
The cold January sales dip hit both the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy
Volt last month, but when compared 2014 to 2013's
first-month-of-the-year sales totals, one of the two early plug-in
vehicles obviously came out on top.
The top Leaf market also shifted away from Atlanta for the first time
in ...
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Official: Camry, Avalon Hybrids involved in stop-sale of 50,000 Toyota vehicles
1 month ago...
A number of popular Toyota vehicles can currently not be sold thanks
to something called a "stop-sale" order. The reason is that the seat
heater on these vehicles - which include the 2013 and 2014 Camry, Camry
Hybrid, Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, Sienna, Corolla, Tacoma and Tundra models
- "does not ...