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After talks with EnerDel fell through, A123 has reached a multi-year supply agreement with Fisker Automotive.  In addition, A123 intends to invest $23 million in Fisker Automotive - $13 million of that in cash.  This is a huge coup for A123, who missed their first big opportunity to supply...

Automotive sales totals for 2009 are trickling in and one aspect of sales remains obvious, hybrids are a hit.  Some sources may site an overall decrease in volume for hybrid sales and suggest that buyers are not interested in hybrid vehicles, however this one sided point of view is wrong. A closer...

BMW, well known for delivering the ultimate driving machine, has ventured into hybrid vehicles with some impressive offerings including the ActiveHybrid X6 which was reviewed recently on this site.  Rather than follow other hybrid powertrain variants, BMW is no focusing on developing a new hybrid...

666 Road Racing Ltd., designers / producers of high tech material and laminate components for high performance motorcycles, has now signed up for TTXGP series electric motorcycle racing. In 2009, they were contracted by Mavizen, the designers / racers of the winning electric motorcycle at the TTXGP...

Last weekend, we finally got the chance to drive the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. By and large, we liked it; see our full First Drive report for more details. Riding shotgun was Andrew Farah, the chief engineer for the 2011 Volt. During our ride and after, we asked him five questions--just as we did Volt...

Green Vehicles Inc. of San Jose, CA, is set to unveil the 2010 Triac, a highway-capable, 3-wheeled electric vehicle at the North American International Auto Show, in the Electric Avenue area. Based on feedback from their 2008 prototype and 2009 "early adopter" customer sales, the 2010 Triac boasts...

Ford was on a roll at this year's Detroit Auto Show. It launched its new 2011 Ford Focus compact sedan and hatchback, which got rave reviews, and its 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid won North American Car of the Year. The company added a late-breaking press conference on Monday to make a further...

Peugeot has been quietly working on a hybrid concept vehicle that it will officially unveil at the Geneva Motor Show this year.  Images as well as specs for this vehicle have been released well ahead of the unveiling and the vehicle appears promises both on paper and in the looks department. Many...

The automotive market in Japan has very few similarities to the automotive market here in the States.  Japanese buyers tend to select compact, fuel efficient vehicles whereas here in the states we still like gas guzzling, large vehicles.  The difference between the buying habits of both nations...

Only four electric vehicles really matter at the Detroit Auto Show: the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the 2012 Nissan Leaf, and the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, plus the current 2010 Tesla Roadster. They're on sale, or destined for volume production. The rest fall into two categories:  low-volume...

Yesterday's Chevrolet press conference at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show was a pretty muted affair. While Chevy unveiled one concept car--the Aveo RS--the photos and details had been released several days before, so there seemed to be little real news. The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze was also there, but it...

Say "luxury hybrid," and very few people think of Cadillac. Sure, the Escalade Hybrid large luxury sport-utility vehicle has been around for a few years, but Cadillac has no hybrid sedans. That may be about to change, if the Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept unveiled this morning at the Detroit Auto...

Tesla Motors will be showcasing a major milestone in their production history at the North American International Auto Show.  Tesla Roadster VIN 1,000 will be making it's debut at Cobo Hall, signifying Tesla Motors' impressive feat of producing / selling 1,000 highway capable electric vehicles...

An auditing and advisory firm called KMPG conducted research via survey and found that auto industry leaders believe that conventional hybrid vehicles will be the most important alternative fuel technology for at least the next five years. KMPG conducted their 11th annual survey regarding...

Ford Continuous To Surprise With New Cars In Detroit

Today was the first press-only day at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and while it was blustery and miserable outside, inside the Cobo Center, it was divine, chrome and carbon fiber as far as the eye could see. I started at the gigantic Ford display, and as I approached...

We don't write much about trucks here at GreenCarReports.com, but our friends at PickupTrucks.com follow them obsessively. Now they've provided the data for an obvious but revealing truth: People drive better and more smoothly, saving gas, when they're being watched. They report that truck fleets...

The 2010 Honda CR-Z hybrid is the first compact hybrid to go for a sporty edge.

Toyota announced this morning that it would launch a family of Prius vehicles, and unveiled a concept vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show that may foreshadow the shape of a new Toyota Prius coupe. The FT-CH concept shows a possible shape for a highly aerodynamic compact hybrid (or CH)  vehicle...