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Sunday, December 21st, 2008 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid
The new Ford Fusion Hybrid is a mid to full size sedan that’s coming out in the first quarter of 2009. If you’re interested, you might want to check out this review in the LA Times. They got 52 miles per gallon in mixed city-highway driving.
Popularity: 29% [?]
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Hawaii signs on to Better Place Project
Friday, December 5th, 2008I’ve posted a couple of news articles about Shai Agassi’s Better Place Project, which plans to bring electric cars to the masses by coupling electric cars with an intelligent battery recharging network and swappable batteries. Israel, Denmark, and Australia had already signed agreements with Better Place. This week, Hawaii became the first [...]
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New York Times review of the Green Car of the Year - the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008It’s not a plug-in, nor is it a regular hybrid, its a clean diesel. But the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI was just named the Green Car of the Year at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and its rated at 30 mpg in city driving and 41 mpg on the highway. Plus you can get [...]
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2008 Los Angeles Auto Show opens
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Lots of news from Day 1 of the Los Angeles Auto Show. There’s not going to be any new model introductions from GM or Chrysler, but there’s some action from Ford - they introduced their new Hybrid Fusion. BMW Mini subsidiary introduced an all electric version of the Mini Cooper, and even Porsche is [...]
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Ford Smartgauge to be featured in 2010 Fusion and Milan Hybrids
Friday, October 31st, 2008Some new news out of Ford this week, with details about their new 2010 Fusion and Milan Hybrid models. In addition to the news that the first non SUV hybrid from Ford will get city mileage of 38 mpg (or 5 mpg better than the Toyota Camry Hybrid, which is what these cars are [...]
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That didn’t last long - Chrysler to drop Durango and Aspen hybrids
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Chrysler’s recently introduced hybrid SUV’s - the Durango and Aspen, are being discontinued only a month after they came out. It’s not because of poor sales of the hybrid models, which have been receiving good reviews, but because the gasoline only versions of the SUVs have been struggling. So much so that Chrysler is closing [...]
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2010 Prius pictures
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Several sites are showing “leaked” pictures of the 2010 Prius, with the original post coming from Priuschat. While the latest Prius was due to be revealed at the 2008 LA Auto Show, the new pictures got out early. Toyota has confirmed that the posted photos are indeed legit. Some other interesting tidbits are [...]
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BYD Auto coming out with hybrid-electric car this fall
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Chinese car company BYD Auto announced that they’re on schedule to start selling their F3DM plug-in hybrid-electric car in China by the end of this November. While there doesn’t appear to be many details out about the F3DM, the price will probably be around $22k (or 150,000 yuan). The car [...]
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Convert your Prius to a plug-in
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008If you live in or near San Francisco, you can have your Prius, Mercury Mariner, or Ford Escape Hybrid converted over to a plug-in (PHEV) for about $7,500, CNN reports. Luscious Garage sells and performs the conversion - they change the nickel-metal-hydride batteries over to lead acid batteries that extend the distance the [...]
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Payback period for hybrids shortening
Monday, September 22nd, 2008One of the main issues with hybrids is their larger upfront cost compared to regular gas powered cars. When the Prius first came out (and gas was alot cheaper), the payback period - the amount of time it took when the amount saved in gasoline equaled the initial higher cash paid - was [...]
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