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In a long term study, the Hymotion Plug-in Prius conversion returned worse than expected gas mileage.
The study was conducted by the Idaho National Laboratory, and 115 Hymotion converted Priuses...
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Mack and Kenworth Deliver Diesel Hybrids to New York Department of SanitationThe New York Department of Sanitation has taken delivery of two prototype diesel electric hybrid trucks from two of the biggest names in the industry. Mack and Kenworth each delivered a diesel hybrid truck to the New York service for extended evaluation in real world conditions. Mack delivered the...
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Prius Too Small For Texas Governor, Can't Fit Bale of Hay or Can It?He who makes a bold statement must be willing to admit when he is wrong. Texas Governor Rick Perry recently stated that Texans need their pickups truck because you simply can't fit a bale of hay into a Prius. Or can you? As Perry said, "It don't work." Well John Kelso of the Austin American...
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Hydro-Quebec Selected To Join Ford Escape PHEV TrialsHydro-Quebec, the leading electricity provider of the Canadian Province, signed on to field test a Ford Escape plug-in hybrid. Ford's program provides several different companies with a PHEV Escape for a three year test program. The goal of the program is to provide real world feedback to Ford...
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China To Build and Sell Chevy Volts As Early as 2011According to the newsletter AutoBeat Asia, China will also be home to a production facility for the Chevy Volt's to be sold in the Chinese market. The newsletter goes on to state that all Volts built in China will be sold within the country with no plans for exports of Chinese made Volts...
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NHTSA Informs Us About Recalls, We Share It With YouA while back we wrote an article about the Zap Xebra recall. In the article, we incorrectly stated that the NHTSA issued a recall on the vehicle mentioned. After getting in touch with Public Affairs official Eric Bolton who works for the NHTSA we learned some interesting bit of info and thought...
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Japan's Best Car magazine recently released a new artist rendition of the upcoming Honda CR-Z hybrid. The vehicle's depiction differs only slightly from the prototype version but some new info on...
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With DOE Funds in Hand, Nissan Releases Their Plans To Spend It AllA few day ago, we released news about DOE funds going to Nissan, Tesla, and Ford. Well when you get money, you have to come up with a way to spend and Nissan has done just that. Nissan intends to use portions of their $1.6 billion in funds to increase total EV capacity at their plant in Tennessee...
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LG Breaks Ground on Another Lithium-Ion Battery Plant in South KoreaOne of the world's largest battery producers is about to get even bigger as they break ground on yet another lithium-ion battery plant. LG Chem, broke ground on June 10th for their new $802 million battery plant in Ochang Techno Park, South Korea. The groundbreaking ceremony included...
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Internal Memo Confirms Tata Plans Hybrid and Full Electric Versions of NanoRecent news reports speculated that Tata plans to produce a hybrid and a full electric version of the Nano and it looks like that will turn out to be true as the company has told management personnel of its decision to go ahead with both vehicles as planned. The statement came in the form of a...
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Video: First Pre-production Volt Undergoes Testing
The first pre-production Chevy Volt has now officially rolled of the line ahead of schedule and GM has released a video showcasing the vehicle in the hands of the Chevrolet Volt Vehicle Chief Engineer Andrew Farah. View the video above. Follow up with more of the story after watching the...
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Nissan Reveals Future Plans For EV ModelNissan who has spoken at great lengths about its family sized, moderately priced EV expected to enter into production soon and now has come forth with numerous details about the vehicle including a production schedule and official unveiling dates. The unnamed EV from Nissan will be on display...
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According to Daimler AG, parent company of Smart, an electric version of the Fortwo will go into production some time next year.
The Smart Forwto Electric Drive has gone through successful trials in...
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DOE Announces Ford, Tesla, and Nissan Will Receive Government FundsThis afternoon in Dearborn, Michigan at Ford's Research and Innovation Center, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu announced three recipients of DOE loans for advanced vehicle technologies. The loans amount to a little over $8 billion and are aimed at developing fuel efficient vehicles. The recipients...
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Bob Lutz Speaks Out About the Automotive Industry and the Chevy VoltBob Lutz commented at great lengths in the Washington Post in a recent article related to the Detroit automotive industry. Throughout the article, he touched on many aspects of the industry including the American car buyers' desire for a throaty V8 and sexy styling in a car. But Lutz also...
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Tesla, Ford, and Nissan Expected To Get DOE Loans, Announcement TodayLater today, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu is expected to announce the recipients of DOE loans aimed at helping to develop fuel efficient vehicles. The total program brings up to $25 billion in funds to various automakers. The official announcement will take place in Dearborn, Michigan. Ahead of...
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Breaking News: Mitsubishi To Sell Plug-In Hybrid Version of i-MiEV in 2013Information is scarce, but the source is reliable as Mitsubishi announced at its annual shareholders meeting yesterday in Tokyo that they intend to sell a plug-in hybrid version of the i-MiEV in 2013. According to the company, the vehicle is in the plans at this point. Why a plug-in version? ...
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Mitsubishi To Slash Price of i-MiEV in Half By Mid 2010sToday, Mitsubishi announced their plans to cut the price of the i-MiEV in half in by the mid 2010s. They have set a new target price of 2 million yen or about $21,000 including tax breaks and incentives. Currently, the i-MiEV will hits the streets in April for a purchase price of around $47,000...
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Toyota has logged 180,000 total orders for its new Prius, a number that crushes sales of the Insight.
Through last minute price drops and high anticipation, Toyota has managed to pull off a stunning...
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Coulomb Adds Third Charging Station in San Francisco Bay AreaThe San Francisco Bay area has added its third community to its growing list of public charging stations. The community of Walnut Creek joins San Francisco and San Jose as communities in the Bay Area to offer public charging areas for EVs. The three cities all utilize the ChargePoint system from...
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South Korea Establishes Consortium for Electric Vehicle DevelopmentSouth Korea has decided to give a go at creating a consortium on electric vehicles. The consortium will consist of governmental institutions, automakers, and battery manufacturers. The group will be united in an effort to qork together to develop electric vehicles in the near future. South...
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Bright Automotive Applies For Government Grants, Team of Top Execs Could Make Them Frontrunners for FundingBright Automotive has assembled a team of leading battery pack experienced individuals and hopes that their real world knowledge of batteries will make them front runners for government grant funding. Click here to read about who Bright Automotive has added to their experienced team. According to...
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Review 2009 Subaru Stella Plug-In EV, World's First Production EV For Sale By Major AutomakerThe automotive world held it's breath as Mitsubishi announced the production schedule for the i-MiEV. Would they be the first major automaker to bring an EV to market and sell to the general public? Close, but not quite. And close doesn't get you a world's first. Of all companies, Subaru...
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Mitsubishi i-MiEV Full Specs Released, Base Price Set In Japan $47,000Constant speculation over the course of the last few months has put the price of the i-MiEV anywhere from $40,000 to $49,000. However, with production underway and the first lessees walking away with their own i-MiEVs, Mitsubishi has finally set the actual price of the vehicle. Converted to...
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