Plug-In Car Sales Breach 600,000 Units
Barely four years after their debut, the sales of plug-in cars zoomed 20% in the last four months, reaching at least 600,000 worldwide, according...
Volvo Polestar Focuses on Turbodiesel Hybrid Electric Vehicles
With the release of the Volvo V60 PHEV, new ground was broken in the automobile market, becoming the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid electric...
2014 Honda Accord PHEV Has Impressive Real World Fuel Economy Statistics…
…except that you need to learn how to drive. Some people get into a new vehicle, and the first thing they complain about is...
Toyota Reports 1 Million Priuses Sold In The US
As a quick reminder, the Prius is Toyota's response to the demand of cutting down on emissions. It has come a long way since its first sale in Japan in 1997 and its international introduction in 2001. These days, Toyota celebrates having sold 1 million of these â€Ã…“cars of the future†in the US. This comes after the March announcement of 3 million Prius cars sold globally.
DIY Hybrid Battery Repair Using Baking Soda
We’ve been talking about how expensive hybrid batteries are, and this can be a major problem for owners of hybrid vehicles, especially as they...
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Light Hybrid Vehicles May be The Next Best Thing
To reduce emissions and increase fuel economy, hybrid vehicles are a pretty good option that aren't nearly as expensive as pure electric vehicles.
In the...
Are Ford’s New Hybrids Failing to Deliver Economy?
With all the hype on the increased fuel efficiency of vehicles being released these days, it's good to see that they are living up...
Fisker Automotive’s DOE Loan Bought by Hong Kong Investor, Richard Li
It seems that Fisker Automotive just might get that second chance it's been needing since it stopped making cars over a year ago and...
New Urban Electric Folding Bicycle Has No Chain
British designer, Mark Sanders, Dutch e-bike expert Han Goes, and Korean auto suppliers Mando Corp and Meister, have come together to design the world's...
Will Prius Be U.S. Top-Seller by the End of the Decade?
Since its foundation, Toyota relied on some guiding principles such as developing advanced technologies and offering amazing products and services that responded to the needs of customers from the whole world, or working with business partners in order to achieve long-term growth and mutual benefits.
