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http://www.chinaccm.com/4S/4S11/4S1103/news/20090520/113805.asp Description Electric vehicles just became exciting. For 111 years, electric cars that rely only on a battery-"pure EVs"-have had a range of only 30-50 miles and the humble golf car has been the only type selling in hun...

Neohydro Technologies Corp. (OTCBB:NHYT), a Company focused on “Green” technologies in the automotive, transportation, and power generation sectors, shows significantly better fuel economy numbers when comparing the Chevy Tahoe fitted with the Green Interactive Hybrid System (...

Leeds, UK, September 30, 2009 -- Can you imagine driving a car which is fuelled by hydrogen and emits nothing but water? It sounds like the ultimate pipedream - a lovely idea, but scientifically impossible. But it’s not fantasy - engineers really can produce vehicles like this. And not just...

Neohydro Technologies Corp. (OTCBB:NHYT) has incorporated Green Interactive Hybrid Technologies Canada Inc. (GIH Technologies) in the Province of Alberta, Canada as a wholly owned subsidiary to better attract Canadian investment. Earlier this year, Neohydro Technologies Corp. ent...

The Honda Insight is priced lower than other hybrid cars, which will make this green car more attractive. The new Insight MPG rating is one of the best in the 2010 mileage line-up. There are so many reviews and news about the Honda Insight that it's ... All Cars Electric - NewsOXY

By Amber Stearns An Indianapolis company has signed a manufacturing agreement for their new lithium-ion battery to be produced for electric and hybrid cars. Enerdel president Ulrich Grape says the plug-in battery is expected to get approximately 50 ...

With an EPA city/highway rating of 39/37 mpg, the Fusion beats Toyota's Camry Hybrid “by a whopping 6 mpg.” This brilliant, user-friendly charmer also comes with a dashboard display of “Efficiency Leaves.” Drive frugally and the leaves grow. ...

If the Nuvis does go into production in America, it will certainly be toned down, losing the lambo doors and blue-accent bucket seats and gooey-looking center console, but it would certainly be one of the best looking hybrids on the road.

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Mazda backflips on diesel strategy – hybrid and electric vehicles ... Motor Authority Mazda To Offer Hybrid And Electic Vehicles By 2015 Motor Report Mazda to Improve Fuel Efficiency by 30 Percent Eco Auto Ninja MIT Technology Review - Automobile Magazine

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By rss@youtube.com (kbb) FOR PRICING & SPECS ON THIS CAR VISIT: http://www.kbb.com/KBB/NewCars/Saturn_VUE.aspx Saturn has completely redesigned its VUE SUV, adding a Green Line trim touting the same mild hybrid technology found in the Saturn Aura hybrid. Aside from its improved fuel economy, the Saturn VU...

You know, all the things I thought were standard on all hybrids. A small badge on the back of the tailgate is the only indication that the vehicle is Al Gore-friendly. Score one for the hybrid. The Escape Hybrid also won over another point when I found ...

By Car and Driver(noreply@blogger.com) It can easily be argued that companies that play it safe probably have the greatest chances of surviving the malaise currently afflicting the automotive industry. And it can be argued that Toyota Motor Corporation and its Lexus luxury subsidiary have played the game as safely as any comp...

By Mike Millikin General Motors. GM moved into second place in terms of total hybrid sales in December, delivering 2,555 GM hybrid vehicles in the month. The two-mode full-size SUVs (Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and Cadillac Escalade) posted 1,729 units, representing 12.7% of combined model sales.

By Chuck Squatriglia The Sunset reportedly uses the same drivetrain as the $87,000 Karma sedan, which has two electric motors that together produce 408 horsepower and a stunning 959 foot-pounds of torque. A 22.6 kW-hr lithium-ion battery provides 50 miles of all-electric range, and a 2.0-liter turbocharged...

By Chuck Squatriglia Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid- A growing cottage industry is busy converting Prius hybridsto plug-ins capable of 100 mpg. Heck -- three ecogeeks did the job in the L.A. Convention Center parking lot. Yet an automaker synonymous with hybrids says it won't have a plug-in Prius until 2010and eve...

By rss@youtube.com (kbb) FOR MORE CAR VIDEOS & REVIEWS VISIT: http://www.kbb.com/kbb/NewsAndReviews/VideoLibrary.aspx Nissan Altima Hybrid. The Nissan Altima Hybrid is one of the new breed of hybrids that doesnt look like a hybrid at all. Challenging the idea that hybrids should have futuristic exteriors...

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By rss@youtube.com (kbb) FOR MORE CAR VIDEOS & REVIEWS VISIT: http://www.kbb.com/kbb/NewsAndReviews/VideoLibrary.aspx Honda Civic Hybrid Review. Honda introduced the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle to the American market in 1999, although the two-seat Honda Insight captured few buyers. But so...

By rss@youtube.com (kbb) FOR MORE CAR VIDEOS & REVIEWS VISIT: http://www.kbb.com/kbb/NewsAndReviews/VideoLibrary.aspx The term hybrid gets tossed about quite a bit these days, but what does it really mean? In the case of the new Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, it means a system that still uses a gasoline engine to...

By Mike Millikin The Hybrid Ancillary Power Unit energy storage system can serve two functions. First, A123’s H-APU will absorb (charge) energy from the grid during times when the frequency or voltage is too high and inject (discharge) that energy back to the grid when it is too low. A123’s H-APU is expecte...

By Mike Millikin Four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline direction injection engines can be 15-20% more fuel efficient than V6 engines without compromising performance, Hyundai said. Fuel cell vehicles. Hyundai said that the ultimate expression of Blue Drive is the hydrogen-powered Fuel Cell Electri...

By Ben Mack In 2000, Nissan rolled out its Tino Hybrid car in Japan and only the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight beat it to market. Nissan's Tino full-hybrid car sported a 100-hp gasoline engine, two electric motors, a lithium-ion battery pack and regenerative braking features. The Tino Hybrid increa...

LOS ANGELES - Ford Motor (F) will announce Wednesday that it plans to beat Toyota (TM) at its own game when it comes to hybrids.It's the latest example of U.S. automakers trying to "out-hybrid" Japanese brands that had a head start with the gas savers.Also today, South Korea's Hyundai is expec...

Instead, this "hybrid" PC is a small computer that puts a dual emphasis on energy efficiency and design. Dell is trying desperately to break from its past reputation as a maker of mind-numbingly beige PCs. The Studio Hybrid is one of its first products to have been styled by former Nike desig...

By Steve Cohen, Executive Director, Columbia University’s Earth Institute Fortunately for New York City, higher fuel efficiency standards will be coming from Washington in 2009. The American auto industry is closing its SUV plants and seems to be slowly figuring out what its Japanese and Korean competitors figured out a while ago. While Americans have a love aff...

By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) A total of nine hybrid models for which we have sufficient data rated above average in predicted reliability, most from Japanese automakers. From the Family Cars category, the Toyota Prius, the Toyota Camry Hybrid, and the Nissan Altima Hybrid, as well as the luxury Lexus GS 450h Hybrid s...

By Mike Millikin Additionally, the company says that it has multiple development contracts underway for lithium-ion batteries for HEVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. VL6P power vs. energy during 10s pulses at various temperatures. Click to enlarge. Source: JCS Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) will...

Mercedes makes a bold political statement. What is it like to get 120 mpg? Greg Frenette, Chief Engineer for the Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid will tell us all about it

We take a first drive of the 2008 Tahoe hybrid, the biggest-production hybrid SUV ever made, with better mileage than a Camry. Also, we drive the latest in GM.s 2008 line-up. Plus: The new name with a familiar sound for Mercedes

We have just driven over 30 2008 cars up to 140 mph, and we still have our drivers. licenses. VW relocates and trims its staff and is moving to Les.s neighborhood. They are doing it in public at the next TechMash: converting a Prius to a Plug-in Hybrid Prius

By Mike Millikin The 2008 Escape Hybrid. The Escape’s hybrid powertrain system consists of: The combined output of both the gas and electric motors is 155 horsepower, and the powertrain provides 0-60 acceleration performance similar to the conventional Escape with a 200-horsepower V-6 engine.

By Mike Millikin The new 308 will serve as the platform for Peugeot’s first E85 flex-fuel model (the BioFlex) in 2008, and as the foundation for a diesel-electric hybrid, should Peugeot decide to roll that out. The HDi Hybrid would, according to Peugeot, enable a 30% reduction in fuel consumption. (Earlie...

By Jason Lotito Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hybrid Theory Even I've pushed the warriors-and-priests-are-hyrbids argument when it suited me. After all, what's the difference between shaman being "healing/dps" hybrids and priests being "healing/dps" hybrids? Hybrids don't.

By Sebastian Blanco In The Autoblog Green Garage: 2007 Toyota Highlander HybridThe Loremo: Never before has something German sipped so littleThe Toyota Prius in Gran Turismo? Awesome!Audi R8 TDI could be coming in 2009Drivers can remember when cars got high mileage without fancy technologyMazda's new...

By Jason Lotito Last week we discussed hybrids playing more than just the healing role and the flame wars that causes on the forums. This week I'd like to focus more on off-spec hybrids and how they can get into raids. Let's be clear now -- I'm focusing on off-spec hybrids and them getting into 25-man raids. And...

By Mike Millikin Karden outlined the requirements for hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) applications, which involve a fundamental shift away from the traditional SLI requirements. The Honda Insight with the Effpower lead-acid battery pack outperformed the OEM NiMH pack in terms of fuel consumption. (Se...

By Mike Millikin The hybrid battery system for a locomotive thus needs to provide both high energy and high power. GE’s hybrid prototype has a power/energy (P/E) ratio of about 2. By contrast, the Camry hybrid has a P/E ratio of 19, the GE/Orion V prototype hybrid transit bus a P/E ratio of about 5, and the Spri...

By Jason Lotito Healing has long been the widely accepted, much debated, raiding role of most hybrids. Most of the discussions regarding hybrid viability in end-game raiding are on helping hybrids in non-healing areas. This leads to a lot of discussion on the class boards that revolve around making othe...

It's Oscar time, so what cars will the biggest stars be arriving in? Perhaps the brand-new bulletproof Mercedes Pullman limo, or maybe a ride that's a lot sportier and has no engine. Is Honda going to send its Crossroad crossover to the U.S. market? It is built on the Honda Civic platform, has t...

What do you think? Will it come down to GM-Chrysler Inc.? How about Silverados with Hemis, or the new Challenger with an LS6 small block? XM and Sirius is another proposed merger, but will either of these marriages even get to the business altar? Blue Devil Corvette joyride: security breac...

Los Angles kicks off this seasons auto show circuit. We have all the stories, product introductions and new technology. Who killed the electric car? The Answer, no one. Two manufacturers show electrics at the L.A. Show GM Hybrid future. The General announces big plans for hybrid models across...

Toyota is the best in Customer Satisfaction but which manufacturer is looming large in their rear view mirror. Ever wonder how they determine the speed limit, what they think is a safe speed for most cars? One company has what it thinks is a better way using some new mobile technology. Hybrid...

This week, Toyota announced some 2007 prices and introduced a hot rod version of the Prius Hybrid. Die-cast or iPods: Which one do you think will put a positive bump in Ford and GM sales? Is free trade a reality? Which Import-branded sports car built in the USA is headed for Chinese consumers...

Coming to a showroom near you, two brands of automobiles that disappeared from the U.S. market a long time ago. One of them is an English name now owned by the Chinese and built in Oklahoma. Now that's a global car! What's Congress doing about high gas prices? You won't believe it, but they may act...

Can't find E85 Ethanol at your local gas station? Things just might get easier soon. Ultra luxury and Ultra performance we'll have the goods on two incredibly expensive customs. If you want one you better act fast they are selling out! We'll talk with record breaking driver Bobby Cleveland...

In part one of Cruise Control's two-part series at Michelin's Challenge Bibendum, get all the inside information on the 2007 Saturn Vue Hybrid. Plus: Thinking about a performance exhaust? Co-hosts Fred Staab and Les Jackson will have Jim Browning, founder and president of Corsa Perfor...

It's car-show time in Frankfurt: What concepts might make the trip across the Atlantic and find their way into your driveway? GM shows the Flextreme, BMW offers an Active Hybrid S.A.C, and Ford gets Verve. Talking tech: Radar for the masses