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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid 2011
They only got to drive it a little, but Autoweek gave their short experience with the new 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid a thumbs up. ”If you’re shopping for a midsize hybrid sedan, you have to put the Sonata on your short list.
Expected to come out late this fall, pricing for the [...]
GreenCarReports on why mpg is dumb
Sunday, July 18th, 2010GreenCarReports.com wrote a story on this over a year ago, and just this week the National Research Council has come out with a report that basically agrees – mpg is a poor way to measure a car’s gasoline use. Basically, it comes down to this – would you save more gasoline by going from [...]
Hybrid sales hit the skids in June
Saturday, July 10th, 2010June wasn’t a good month for hybrid sales. With gas prices remaining low, buyers weren’t willing to spend the extra cash needed for a high mpg hybrid, no matter how much rhetoric was put out there about the need to reduce oil imports after the Gulf oil spill.
Here’s the numbers: While overall car sales increased [...]
Nissan announces big plans for hybrid market
Friday, July 9th, 2010Nissan, after spending boatloads of money on R&D for the upcoming all-electric Leaf, is also planning big things for the hybrid market. They’ve announced today that they plan to double the mileage on the hybrid version of their Infiniti M sedan (also called the Nissan Fuga), which is expected to come out late this [...]
Honda’s new CR-Z Sport Hybrid priced at $19,950 – available August 24th
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010Honda just announced that their 2011 Honda CR-Z 2-seater sport coupe hybrid will hit dealers on August 24th, 2010 and will have a suggested retail price (including destination and handling charges) of $19,950 for the base, manual transmission model. If you want the continuously variable automatic transmission, or CVT (which boosts the fuel economy), [...]
Review of the 2011 Ford Fiesta
Sunday, June 13th, 20102011 Ford Fiesta
It’s not a hybrid, but the 2011 Ford Fiesta gets an EPA estimated 40 mpg on the highway. It’s a lot cheaper than a hybrid too, at about $14K-$16K for the base models depending if you want the sedan version or the hatchback version. According to TopSpeed.com, the Ford Fiesta [...]
Hybrid sales rebound in May
Sunday, June 6th, 2010The May 2010 new car sales numbers are out, and they show a nice rebound for hybrids and Toyota. Toyota, which took a hit in the last few months from the negative publicity generated by safety issues and recalls, continued to struggle with their non-hybrids, but their Prius increased its sales by 13.5% over [...]
Nissan Leaf sells out for 2010 – more than 19,000 orders so far
Sunday, May 30th, 2010The Nissan Leaf, the electric car from Nissan due at the end of this year, has received so many pre-orders that Nissan may stop taking Leaf reservations. Nissan’s CEO, Carlos Ghosn, made the announcement this week at a speech before the Detroit Economic Club, where Mr. Ghosn also announced that they are breaking ground [...]
Review of the Chevy 2010 Tahoe Hybrid SUV
Sunday, May 16th, 2010 Chevy 2010 Tahoe Hybrid SUV
The San Francisco Chronicle reviewed the Chevy 2010 Tahoe Hybrid SUV this week. The Tahoe Hybrid is a full sized SUV, so an EPA rating of 21 mpg in the city, and 22 mpg on the highway, is really good for an SUV that’s this big and can pull [...]
Nissan Leaf pre-orders ahead of expectations
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Pre-orders for the Nissan Leaf have so far totaled 8,000, and since its only been 10 days since Nissan started taking pre-orders, the company is pretty happy. Nissan is shooting for 25,000 Leaf pre-orders by December and expects to let people start test driving Leafs this fall.
Niissan is going to start taking firm orders [...]