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0Study: West coast cities dominate Greenest Car Shoppers list 1366669920
Cars.com has released a list of the ten US cities with the most environmentally conscious car shoppers. Not surprisingly, west coast spots made up the bulk of the locations. The site found its results by compiling data pulled from visitors who shopped for hybrids or other green cars. While ...
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Report: China considering upping hybrid car incentives 1363031100
Bloomberg reports China may be set to step up subsidies for hybrid and fuel-efficient new automobiles. The country's industry minister, Miao Wei, said, "New-energy vehicles are the future. Fuel-efficient cars are now," while speaking with reporters at the National People's Congress. So far, the ...
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A decade on, survey suggests buyers still don't understand hybrid cars 1300280400
In this year's State of the Union address, President Obama proclaimed that there would be one million electric vehicles on the road in the United States by 2015. Toyota recently celebrated the building of the company's three millionth hybrid worldwide. More and more automakers are turning to the ...
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Meet the man who quietly profits from every hybrid sold 1288702680
Alex Severinsky is a Russian man who came to the United States in 1978. He graduated from Ukraine's Kharkiv University of Radioelectronics in 1967 before moving on to an Electrical Engineering Ph.D. from Moscow's Institute for Precision Measurements in Radioelectronics and Physics in 1975. That's ...
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J.D. Power says global battery demand may be overhyped 1288614540
As per usual whenever there's great change afoot, finding the shelter of reality among competing storms of He Said/She Said isn't easy – it will probably take us another ten years to find out what's really true right now. J.D. Power and Associates has added more data to the mix with its ...
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Report: China forcing foreign automakers to give up EV secrets? 1284993060
So you want to sell your foreign cars in China? If you're an automaker, it might cost you a whole lot do so. A report in The Wall Street Journal claims that the Chinese government wants to force foreign companies to divulge their electric vehicle technology secrets in order to sell their products ...
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Hybrid sales plummet 40% in August; Prius records 37.5% decline 1283607180
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image galleryOne month of dreary sales figures doesn't signal the end of the hybrid, but the numbers reported for August hint that without a rise in gas prices, hybrid vehicle sales will likely continue to suffer. Overall hybrid sales dropped ... -
Report: Lotus bringing a pair of front-engine hybrids to Paris Motor Show 1283455920
Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid – Click above for high-res image galleryIn addition to the pair of Evoras being introduced at this year's Paris Motor Show, Lotus will also be unveiling two front-engine hybrid vehicles, in keeping with the automaker's promise to offer more gasoline/electric sports ... -
2011 Lincoln MKZ hybrid officially rated at 41 mpg city / 36 mpg hwy 1276700460
2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid – Click above for high-res image galleryIn what should be a surprise to no one, the 2011 Lincoln MKZ Gybrid has been officially certified by the EPA as the most fuel efficient luxury sedan in the U.S. market. Given that the MKZ is really little more than a very ... -
More details on the 2011 Le Mans technical regulations, now with hybrid power 1276457400
Peugeot 908-HY hybrid prototype – Click above for high-res image galleryOn Thursday, June 10, the Automobile Club de L'Ouest (ACO), which organizes the 24 Hours of Le Mans, held its annual press conference and announced new technical regulations for the 2011 event as well as the European ...

