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NYPD is about to roll out some Nissan Altima Hybrids for serious on-duty action. As part of a $1.1 million pilot program, the police will put 40 Altima Hybrids on the road within the next two weeks.  Eighteen of the hybrids will be marked patrol cars, twenty will be unmarked and the remaining two...

First Ten Days of Sales Double the Sales Goal for the Entire Month

Swiss carmaker Rinspeed has announced that it plans to unveil a new and unique all-electric car it is calling the iChange at the Geneva Auto Show in March. They state it is more than a "clever concept car" and rather symbolizes the dramatic change towards electrification the entire auto industry is...

One man is trying to stir up anti-import feeling in a small Michigan town

Can little dimples all over your car improve its aerodynamics?

Yesterday, while discussing their 2008 financial numbers, Paris-based Valeo announced their partnership with Michelin to develop and produce pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Michelin, from central France (Clermont-Ferrand), will provide their Active Wheel technology, which will make...

A new Swiss extended-range electric car takes minimalist design to the max

We got a little link love, from Autoblog yesterday and the day before from Wired, so we figured we'd return the favor. To get your weekend going, we feature a Prius that's either a treat or a travesty--you be the judge. As the opening credit on the video says, it's "a Swedish Toyota Prius that...

The Honda Insight is one of the most attention-getting new hybrids on the auto show circuit right now and its web presence just got a boost. Words of Hybrid gives anyone with a hankering for more Honda hybrid info a new destination. The site details the storied history of Honda's gas-electric...

Those of us not lucky enough to be ZAP insiders haven't yet seen a running version of the Alias roadster, but if we register as dealers, we might: ZAP plans to preview the street-ready Alias during their sales and service training seminar that begins on February 20th. The Alias is set to go on sale...

No, they didn't drive it, but a few weeks ago, CAR magazine got the first-ever ride in a Tata Nano

LA City Council votes to end free parking perks for hybrids due to municipal cash crunch

Yet another automaker, Volkswagen, has jumped on the electric car bandwagon.  This time the Germany-based company has reported it will team up with Toshiba to manufacture an electric version of the subcompact Up! concept car.  A letter of intent was signed Thursday. Per Volkswagen the objective...

Utterly disappointing sales haven't dissuaded Chrysler from working on new hybrids. Yesterday at the Chicago Auto Show, the troubled American automaker announced that a hybrid Dodge Ram pickup is still planned. It's expected that the new pickup will use the same two-mode hybrid system previously...

 Yesterday we found out from Tesla CEO Elon Musk that the upcoming Model S electric sedan would be publicly unveiled on March 26th.  Today we have the first official teaser image of the car. The car is expected to be an all-electric 4-door 5-seater costing just under  $60,000. Looking good so...

Ford's new V6 EcoBoost engine lowers fuel economy while raising power; it'll appear first in the 2010 Taurus SHO

The Prius as a symbol of peoples' views about hybrids--and a lot of other issues too--comes to the fore in these 10 ads

You know how fast news ricochets around the web, right? Tesla founder Elon Musk claimed today that the company expected to receive funds from its $350 million loan application submitted to the Federal Department of Energy. There's just one problem with the story: Tesla HAS NOT been awarded those...

Automaker will also be profitable mid-year

The Silicon Valley electric carmaker says it's highly likely to turn the corner by the middle of 2009