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When the 2010 Honda Insight goes on sale Tuesday, comparisons to the Prius will only intensify

The clever, tiny Toyota iQ may appear on US roads as a Scion

Used to be that potential hybrid buyers worried about whether the electric components were tough enough. Well, the growing number of Toyota Prius taxis should set that worry to rest. Our colleagues at AllSmallCars noticed a Prius leading the Yellow Cab fleet in Denver's St. Patrick's...

Toyota announces plans to partner with a French utility company to begin road testing its upcoming plug-in Toyota Prius. Toyota will partner with French utility company EDF to begin testing its plug-in Prius in france.  EDF has begun the process of creating hundreds of charging stations in...

The iconic Toyota 2-seat sports coupe known as the MR-2 is set to make a comeback. The new incarnation will actually be Toyota's first foray into the hybrid sports coupe realm. This new niche has already one member planned, the Honda CR-Z hybrid. Toyota vice president Masatami Takimoto said that...

Changing from 11 MPG to 50+ MPG is Bigger Than You Might Think

The faster and harder you drive the Tesla Roadster, the lower its range gets. Shock, surprise!

The rhetoric and distrust around sensible

The economy is rough out there, and saving money is on everyone's mind. We even saw a suggestion that Toyota should offer a cheaper Prius--without the expensive hybrid system. Which made us wonder: Would it still be a "Prius" if Toyota sold the same car, minus the hybrid system? Clearly the company...

Last week, I test drove a fossil fuel-powered Camry so that last night, when I test-drove the Camry hybrid, I would have a baseline for comparison. I ought to have used the Ford Fusion hybrid for that. Outside, the hybrid looks much the same as the standard Camry, except for the hybrid badging. The...

Just for its looks, the Aptera 2e has gotten a ton of press--but now we show you what it's like to drive.

Stefan Jacoby is the CEO of Volkswagen Group of America. He told Automotive News it is his view that it will take electric cars 35 year to gain a significant share of the global automotive market. The obstacle? Infrastructure. Jacoby argues "What would happen if 50 million new electric customers...

Confirming rumors, VW says it will sell the Polo--a model smaller than the 2009 Volkswagen Rabbit--in the US, probably starting in 2011. Launched at the recent Geneva Motor Show, the subcompact Polo got good reviews for its fuel economy, features, and build quality. But in a surprise, the company...

Toyota's Certified Used Hybrid program takes away the worry about powertrain reliability

German composite plane maker, Flight Design, will introduce a hybrid engine for light planes at the Aero Show in Friedrichshafen, Germany next month. The concept uses a Rotax engine in combination with an electric booster designed with the help of Franz Aircraft Engines. The booster provides an...

The three finalists for the World Green Car award have been chosen.  The top three finalist were selected from a list of twenty finalists.  The World Green Car is awarded to a car that has made significant strides in making a lower impact on the environment through high fuel efficiency, creative...

One of our favorite small cars goes west, gaining power, equipment, and a facelift in the process

Willet Kempton of Philadelphia currently has the only vehicle in portions of 13 states that has the ability to take electricity in to charge its batteries, and when needed, give electricity back to the electric company to supply power for homes and other uses. Kempton completed his conversion of a...

According to R.L. Polk & Co.'s director of industry analysis Lonnie Miller, when he asked a group of over 300 people in Detroit a question about how many of those present drove hybrid vehicles, only three hands went up.  On average, throughout the U.S. 2.5% of people own hybrid vehicles.  If...

Ford Reveals the Newest In the Line of iosis Concepts