Archive for June, 2008
Next Entries »Battery shortages hurting hybrid sales
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Although demand is sky high, sales of hybrids were actually down in May due to problems getting enough batteries. Ford, for example, can only get about 25,000 battery packs a year from its supplier, Sanyo Electric Co. Ford is already on track to make that many of its Escape [...]
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Not enough hybrids to go around
Sunday, June 8th, 2008In the Boston Herald, there’s an article about how hybrid manufacturers can’t keep up with the demand for their vehicles.
“We just didn’t have enough vehicles to provide to the consumers,” said Mona Richard, a Toyota spokesperson, adding that Prius production is at capacity. Hybrids are in short supply all over, especially in the midwest, where [...]
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UK wind power supply to be increased
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008The BBC reports that the British government has announced plans to a large increase in UK offshore wind power. The plan calls for up to 7,000 new turbines in 11 offshore zones to be built by 2020, which would triple the amount of electricity to be generated by the wind farm projects currently under development [...]
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