2010
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Our colleagues take the latest Mazda3 for a spin and come back smiling, just like the car
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Toyota Pushes Up Next-Gen Prius Test Leases from 2010 to late 2009So, you're a die-hard Prius fan eager to get your hands on one of the 500 PHV test lease vehicles Toyota has promised for next year? Hold on to your butt... Toyota has announced they'll be leasing the third-generation Prius plug-in hybrid by the end of THIS year, months ahead of schedule. There...
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High Volume Fisker for 2011?
Fisker Automotive is making some audacious claims about their future vehicle lineup. They've already committed to producing the Fisker Karma sedan for 2010, and the Karma Convertible for 2011. Now they're planning a third Karma-based vehicle and a high volume entry level model. CEO, Henrik Fisker...
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Consumers Want U.S. To Lead In Hybrids, But Are Much Less Likely To Buy One
Most survey respondents urge the US to lead in hybrids and battery research, but only a quarter would pay more to buy a hybrid car
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2010 Toyota Prius Marketing Theme: Harmony Between Man, Nature And Machine
Surreally harmonious landscapes, solar bus shelters, huge public flowers, living billboards--welcome to the 2010 Prius marketing machine!
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2010 Honda Insight Is Country's Best-Selling Car...In Japan
Score one for the new Honda Insight; it outsold every other car in its home country last month
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Everything at GM is undecided at this point. At least almost everything. GM has decided that the progress made on the 2-mode plugin hybrid powertrain and is simply too much to lose. Though Saturn support will be ending, the engineering behind the planned Saturn VUE plug-in hybrid will live. The vehicle was set to debut in early 2011 and still will. What will change is the nameplate. GM must figure out what brand will be best suited for the new plug-in hybrid crossover. Candidates now include Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC. Both Chevrolet with the Equinox, and GMC with the Terrain...
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Nielsen Says Most Insight Buyers Compare to Prius--But Not the Other Way Round
Is there a danger for the 2010 Honda Insight if it's always compared to the Toyota Prius, but Prius buyers ignore the Insight?
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2010 Honda Insight: The Hybrid For Everyone or At Least Nearly Everyone
We Drill Down to See If the Honda Really Has the Edge
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2010 Chevy Equinox To Get 32 MPG Highway, While GM Will Axe 12 of Its 20 Highest-Mileage Vehicles
High highway mileage is a laudable metric, but only if lots of those cars actually make it onto customers' driveway
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AFS Trinity Heads To Washington With 150 mpg Plug-in Saturn Vue Looking For Funds
AFS Trinity, the group that touts their 150 mpg Saturn Vue plug-in around the country is made at least their second trip to Washington D.C. in hopes of securing funds from the Department of Energy (DOE for short). In January of this year, AFS applied for $2.5 billion in loans from the DOE. The...
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2010 Ford Fusion Travels 1,445 Miles On One Tank—World Record Material?
Ford Pulls Ahead of the Competition
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Honda began selling its new second generation 2010 Insight in the US in late March. By the end of April those cars were just barely getting to dealerships. Yet, according to just-released April sales results, the automaker has already sold 2096 of the hybrids. This compares to 3361 Civic Hybrids. Total Honda sales for the month was 101,029, down 25.3%, but also meaning that the new barely available Insight has already made up 2% of the automakers sales. Toyota sold 8385 Prius' over the same month, a decline of 61.5% from the year prior. Honda says it expects to sell 100,000 Insights per year...
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Is Mercedes-Benz Moving Away From the Two-Mode Hybrid?
Although neither system has reached the market, Mercedes-Benz may be opting to develop its mild-hybrid technology rather than the shared Two-Mode system
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April's Most Popular Posts: It's 2010 All Over, Again
The upcoming 2010 Toyota Prius continues to spur interest on the site
John Voelcker -
2010 Ford Focus: We Take a Ride and Drive With the New MyKey Safety Feature
Will Ford's New Safety Feature Change the Way Teens Drive?
Jonathan McGrew -
Fusion Hybrid Finally Runs Out of Gas: 1445.7 Miles on Single Tank, 81.5 mpg!
At 9:08 yesterday morning, a team of drivers managed to surpass the 1,000 mile mark in a production 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. An astounding feat considering that all of the miles were driven on only one tank of gas. But with 1/3 tank of fuel left, the team pushed on. At 5:37 am this morning, they...
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2010 Kia Soul: Just Another Box or Step Above the Rest?
The New Kia Soul Tries to Out Shine the Cube and xB
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Lexus has announced pricing for its 2010 RX 450h hybrid cross-over, which will go on sale here in the U.S. later this spring. The front-wheel drive model will have a base price of $41,660. The all-wheel drive model will start at $43,250. These figures actually reflect a slight decrease in pricing from the 2009 models (a decrease of $420 for the FWD and $230 for the AWD). The 2009 and 2010 prices include shipping fees of $875 and $825, respectively. Lexus has made several improvements on the first generation RX hybrid, bringing the total horsepower to 295, an increase of 27, or about...
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PriusChat Earth Day Live Chat on 2010 Prius Offers Two Small Bits of News
We'd hoped for just a little more news when the PriusChat faithful got a chance to ask questions of Prius Product Manager Doug Coleman
John Voelcker -
2010 Toyota Prius: The Earth Day Ride and Drive in Detroit
A Green Test Drive for a Green Day
Jonathan McGrew -
Lexus RX450h Luxury Hybrid SUV Priced At $42,500
The hybrid version of the most popular Lexus can run you more than $50,000 if you get all the goodies
John Voelcker -
2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Packs Its Bags and Hits the Road: Get the Mountain Driving Exclusive
See How the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Fairs In the Mountains of Colorado
Jonathan McGrew -
2010 Prius Priced Aggressively To Keep Toyota On Top
With a new base model of the 2010 Prius for just $21,750, Toyota isn't ceding any ground to Honda
John Voelcker
