Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Nissan and Toyota had Better Worry About the Volt Fires And So Should You

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You have to be wondering how closely Toyota and Nissan are watching the NHTSA investigation into the Chevy Volt fires.  Actually, all car ma...
Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Competition Between Leaf and Volt Heating Up

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Everybody's talking about the competition between the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt ( Detroit News , AutoBlog , GM-Volt , etc...).  But rea...
Tuesday, 1 November 2011

GM Invests $325 Million Into Retooling Plant for Electric

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GM is going to put $325 million back into their Warren transmission plant, an effort to retool the plant into making electric parts.  This w...
Thursday, 20 October 2011

Fisker Karma Gets 52 MPGe

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The Fisker Karma will begin selling at a measly $95,900. That makes it the most expensive plug-in hybrid to be mass produced and sold. Is ...
Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Good Enough for a Plug-In?

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I've been thinking a lot lately about what is good enough for a plug-in hybrid electric car. With Ford deciding to opt out of the Escap...
Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Say Good-Bye to the Altima Hybrid

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So, that's it for the Nissan Altima Hybrid.  After four years of leasing the hybrid technology from Toyota, Nissan has decided to drop t...
Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Hybrid Trucks

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Unlike hybrid cars and SUVs, the hybrid truck has had a limited consumer response and a limited production. There are several reasons for t...