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2008 Toyota Prius Projection in San Francisco for What is 230? GM Volt ad campaign promoting a August 11 press conference 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid An anonymous source has confirmed that Honda will add the Fit to its selection of hybrid cars by the mid-2007. According to Toyota sales of the Lexus RX400h and the Highlander hybrids were up last month, but sales of the Prius dropped as production was decreased to make room for the Camry hybrid.

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Rate Report: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept headed to production

Original at egmCarTech external link    Fri, Jan 29

According to a senior BMW authority out of Munich, the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics plug-in hybrid 2+2 concept is headed for production – no ifs, ands or buts. Unsurprisingly, reaction to the concept has been off the charts at its auto show debuts around the world. An executive source told...

Rate Nissan Borrows $1.4 Billion From the DOE

Original at Hybrid Car Review external link    Thu, Jan 28

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Nissan is planning on a production capacity of 150,000 vehicles annually at the Smyrna plant, along with 200,000 battery packs. This is the third loan closed on by auto manufacturers. Ford closed on a $5.9 billion loan back in September. Tesla closed last week on a $465 million loan to help in p...

Rate Tesla Receives $465 Million Loan From DOE

Original at Hybrid Car Review external link    Thu, Jan 21

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Washington, DC – Today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced the Department of Energy has closed its $465 million loan with Tesla Motors, Inc. for construction of a manufacturing facility in southern California on the Model S electric sedan and a power-train manufacturing facilit...

Rate Kia Ray

Original at Hybrid Car Review external link    Thu, Jan 21

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Kia has released a teaser photo on the new Ray concept. The concept car is supposed to show where Kia will be heading with their future in plug-in hybrid cars. The Ray is supposed to debut at the Chicago Auto Show. More Hybrid Car information can be found at http://hybridreview.blogspot.com Fol...

Rate Cadillac XTS Platinum Plug-in Hybrid Concept

Original at Hybrid Car Review external link    Tue, Jan 12

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) The concept vehicle takes the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid to the next level. By using a larger battery and adding a plug (of course, it's not that simple, but ...) GM can extend the all electric range. Like the Cadillac Converj (due in 2013) and Chevy Volt (due this year), the car can be plugged in (ov...

Rate FT-CH, Toyota Compact Hybrid Concept at the NAIAs

Original at Hybrid Car Review external link    Mon, Jan 11

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) In 1997, Toyota introduced the RAV4 EV battery electric vehicle in California. 1,484 of these 100 mile range large-battery electric vehicles were either sold or leased over the course of the program. Nearly half are still on the road.

December of 2009

 

Rate Grant to help make advanced batteries in Holland

Original at WWMT external link    Tue, Dec 22

Those batteries will power hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars and trucks. The grant will allow Johnson Controls to hire another 100 people. Holland projects Johnson Controls/Saft high-tech battery plant, Novo 1 call ...Michigan Business Review - MLive.com all 5 news articles »

Rate Department of Defense Funding Next Generation of Research

Original at Hybrid Car Review external link    Tue, Dec 22

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) The $636 billion Department of Defense appropriations bill has set million aside to develop hybrids, hydraulic hybrids, batteries, plug-in hybrids, etc... (Source: Det News).  From Lithium-ion battery production to all terrain hybrid vehicles, the appropriations bill is set to fund y...

Rate Isuzu Seeks Talks With GM to Review Joint Production

Original at Bloomberg external link    Mon, Dec 21

Isuzu also plans to introduce a small plug-in hybrid truck in a few years, spokesman Koichi Ito said. The Asahi Shimbun reported the news about the hybrid ... and more »

Rate Trend for 2010: small, efficient, smart and brightly-colored cars

Original at GMA News.tv external link    Mon, Dec 14

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Complex.com (blog) Toyota had its North American debut of its long-awaited Prius plug-in hybrid concept car which was first presented in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show. ... LA Auto Show Recap: The 10 Best New CarsComplex.com (blog) all 5 news articles »

Rate LA Auto Show, final thoughts

Original at Examiner.com external link    Tue, Dec 8

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Toyota did not show much but an expected and long in the coming plug-in hybrid, PHEV Prius. Lexus had its LS 600h hybrid as well as the Prius based concept ... and more »

Rate Mitsubishi PX-MiEV

Original at New York Times external link    Mon, Dec 7

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The essential plug-in hybrid technology, basic shape and styling of this concept, originally shown at the Tokyo auto show in October, are all possible for ... Mitsubishi Plug In hybrid SUV To Be Sold In The US In 2013All Cars Electric all 2 news articles »

Rate LA Auto Show, test driving the Escape plug-in hybrid

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sat, Dec 5

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Ford has done very well so far introducing an award winning SUV hybrid with the Escape and the next logical step was to turn into it plug-in hybrid, PHEV. ...

Rate Plug-in Prius in LA

Original at Hybrid Car Review external link    Wed, Dec 2

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Read more on the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle in the Press Release: TORRANCE, Calif., December 2, 2009 -- The 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) will make it’s North American debut today at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

Year 2009

 

Rate Small Energy-Saving Steps Can Make Big Strides

Original at Wall Street Journal external link    Thu, Nov 26

Among the least-promising options: plug-in hybrid cars. The only way plug-in hybrids could slash emissions by one billion tons in 2020 -- the threshold the ...

Rate No super grid for PHEVs needed in many areas

Original at Hybrid Cars external link    Mon, Nov 2    21 related articles

By Dahcredyns(noreply@blogger.com) A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how one utility executive claimed that 3 - 5 plug-ins in one neighborhood could "overwhelm" the grid. Well, that's California. In other areas the situation is not so dire for plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Rate UK Manufacturer Axon Automotive Unveils Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Wed, Oct 28

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By Mike Millikin The Axon Automotive PHEV. Click to enlarge. UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The Axon gasoline-powered city ca...

Rate Confirmed: Fisker to buy Delaware GM plant for hybrid

Original at Leftlane external link    Tue, Oct 27

By Andrew Ganz Fisker Automotive and General Motors have confirmed yesterday’s reports that the California start-up will acquire the Detroit automaker’s Wilmington, Delaware, assembly plant. Fisker, which will pay $18 million for the plant, plans to build a $39,900 plug-in hybrid sedan called Pr...

Rate GM Expects Chevrolet Volt to Deliver 230 mpg in City Driving Based on EPA Draft Methodology

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Wed, Aug 12    4 related articles

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By Mike Millikin While the fuel economy (FE) for combustible fueled vehicles (such as gasoline, diesel, compressed natural gas, or an ethanol blend) can easily be expressed in mpg, and fuel economy for an all-electric vehicle can be expressed in miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent (mpge), the arri...

Rate Hydrogen fuel cell cars are a dead end from a technological ...

Original at MIT Technology Review external link    Fri, Jun 12

 MA This AFV is the plug-in hybrid. A straightforward improvement to the current generation of hybrids can allow them to be plugged into the electric grid and run in an all-electric mode for a limited range between recharging. Since most vehicle use is for ...

Rate Toyota to Lease 200 PHEVs in Japan Starting at End of 2009, 500 Globally; Gen3 Prius Plus Li-ion Pack

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Fri, Jun 5

By Mike Millikin Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin leasing approximately 200 plug-in versions of its third-generation Prius (earlier post) equipped with lithium-ion battery packs in Japan starting at the end of this year. This will be the first time a lithium-ion battery... Toyota Motor Corpora...

Rate Opinion: Chevy Volt Electric Plug In Car Movies Into Gear

Original at NewsOXY external link    Mon, Jun 1

Volt is already one of the 10 best cars for 2010 with high consumer anticipation. However, it will not be available until 2011. The Volt is priced much higher as an electric plug in hybrid car. It is estimated at $39000 but the car price might be much ... Politico - MIT Technology Review

Rate Volvo Diesel Plug-in Hybrid Due in 2012

Original at Hybrid Car Review external link    Mon, Jun 1    3 related articles

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By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Volvo Cars aims to be market leader in plug-in hybrid technology Plug-in electrical hybrids in production by 2012 The car can be run on petrol, bioethanol, natural gas, biogas and hytane*. GTDi technology Plug-in electrical hybrids Battery-powered cars

Rate ANL Project on Actively Coupled Ultracapacitor-Battery System for PHEVs Attracting OEM Interest

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Sat, May 23

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By Mike Millikin Energy-optimized Li-ion batteries with thicker electrodes. A thick electrode in Li-ion cells could save up to $285/kWh, Bohn said. GM has verbally committed to apply this technology on the Chevy Volt energy storage system and to perform lab evaluations.

Rate Opinion: US Batteries for First US Plug-in Hybrid

Original at MIT Technology Review external link    Fri, May 8

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CNET News  MA Enerdel uses lithium manganese oxide electrodes, the same type used in the batteries selected for GM's Volt plug-in hybrid. It was developed at Argonne National Laboratory with support from the US Advanced Battery Consortium (comprising Ford, GM, ...

Rate Opinion: Does GM's Volt Make Sense?

Original at MIT Technology Review external link    Wed, Mar 4

By Kevin Bullis GM is defending its design for the Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle after a study out of Carnegie Mellon University slammed the design, saying that it's not economical. (Plug-ins are hybrids with batteries that can be recharged by plugging ...

Rate Study Concludes That Smaller Capacity PHEVs Would Be a Robust Option for Minimizing Fuel Consumption, Cost and GHG Emissions

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Thu, Feb 26

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By Mike Millikin When charged frequently (every 20 miles or less), using average US electricity, small capacity (i.e., lower all-electric range) plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are less expensive operationally and release fewer greenhouse gases (GHGs) than hybrid-electric (HEVs) or conv...

Rate Ford Launching Transit Connect in US Starting This Summer; Battery-Electric Version Due in 2010

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Mon, Feb 9

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By Mike Millikin Battery Electric Transit Connect. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January, Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford unveiled an accelerated plan to bring next-generation hybrid-electric (HEV); a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV); and battery-electric (BEV) veh...

Rate 2010 Ford Transit Connect Officially First Ford Electric Vehicle

Original at Jalopnik external link    Sun, Feb 8

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By Ben Wojdyla Transit Connect with battery electric power is the initial offering in Ford's aggressive new electric vehicle plan to bring pure battery-powered vehicles, hybrids and plug-in hybrids to market. To start, during the next four years, Ford will introduce in North America: The Transit Co...

Rate Opinion: Plug-In Hybrid Prius Getting 65 mpg

Original at Hybrid Car Review external link    Mon, Feb 2

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Toyota has been testing their plug-in Prius and it's looking good so far. Initial trials show the plug-in getting 65 mpg (3.6L/100km) in mixed driving. In comparison, the next generation 2010 Toyota Prius is getting 50 mpg in the same cycle.

Rate Chrysler Introduces New 200C EV Concept, New Jeep EV Concept and Update on Three Earlier EV Concepts; Production to Begin in 2010

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Mon, Jan 12

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By Mike Millikin The Chrysler 200C EV. Click to enlarge. Chrysler unveiled the 200C EV Concept, the newest Chrysler ENVI electric-drive vehicle , at the North American International Auto Show. The 200C EV, based on a shortened version of Chrysler’s rear-wheel-drive platform, features... The Chrysler 200C...

Year 2008

 

Rate GM CEO Rolling Up Capitol Hill In a Chevy Volt

Original at Wired News external link    Fri, Dec 12

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By Chuck Squatriglia See Also: The Chevy Volt Will Save GM (And Get the Girl) The Volt Isn't a Prius. It Might Even Be Better. Exclusive: Inside the Design Process of the Volt 34,520 People and Counting Want a Volt Bob Lutz: Volt Is the U.S. Car Industry's Moon Shot

Rate Study Finds That Without a Price on Carbon, Regular Hybrids Can Lower Lifecycle CO2 Emissions As Effectively as Plug-in Hybrids, and At Lower Cost

Original at Green Car Congress external link    Thu, Dec 11

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By Mike Millikin If a $40-per-ton CO2 price is present, then a 56% plug-in hybrid penetration results in an additional 132 TWh of coal generation, 75 TWh of nuclear, 14 TWh of wood biomass, and only 5 TWh of natural gas generation by 2030. Both coal and natural gas generation are lower with a $40-per-ton CO2 p...

Rate Schools study hybrid buses

Original at Albany Times Union external link    Fri, Dec 5

Both hybrid buses look like conventional diesels, save for various stickers on the side boasting "Hybrid-Electric" and the logos of the project partners. A yellow tab on the plug-in hybrid that houses the outlet is the only visible give-away that the bus is different.

Rate Patch: VW launches second-generation Golf VI TwinDrive plug-in hybrid

Original at Leftlane external link    Wed, Nov 26

By dejz28 Volkswagen first launched its Golf TwinDrive plug-in hybrid in July 2008 using the company’s fifth-generation Golf as the basis, but, now that the sixth-generation Golf has been launched, VW has released an updated version TwinDrive prototype. The new Golf TwinDrive uses the Golf VI a...

Rate Fisker Raids GM To Build His Hybrid

Original at Wired News external link    Tue, Nov 25

By Chuck Squatriglia Another piece of the puzzle has fallen into place at Fisker Automotive, which says it will put a turbocharged GM engine under hood of the $80,000 Karma plug-in hybrid slated for production next year. The announcement that General Motors will... Photos by Fisker Automotive.

Rate Opinion: James Warren: This Week in Magazines: Tone Deaf Republicans, Rock Stars, and Subprime Wolves

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sun, Nov 23

By James Warren unclear whether the GOP will convince itself that the panacea is a plug-in hybrid of a politician, perhaps one to actually entice green-leaning youthful consumers, as GM believes will the case with a plug-in hybrid of a car, the Volt, if the company survives until the

Rate Piaggio Unveils a 141-MPG Plug-In Hybrid Scooter

Original at Wired News external link    Mon, Nov 17

By Chuck Squatriglia The gas-electric version of Piaggio's funky but fun MP3 scooter uses a parallel hybrid system much like that in the Toyota Prius but advances the technology by adding an electrical cord. Although Toyota, General Motors and several other automakers are developing cars that can be charge...

Rate $750 billion bailout contains a gift to GM

Original at Consumer Reports external link    Wed, Oct 22

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By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) General Motors had been lobbying Congress for higher tax credits on the Volt, claiming that its large, advanced battery pack would push the price of the car beyond the reach of average consumers. In June, General Motors Vice Chairman of Global Product Development Bob Lutz said the Volt  w...

Rate Replacement costs drop for hybrid batteries

Original at Consumer Reports external link    Fri, Oct 17

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By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) The next generation of advanced batteries are called lithium-ion batteries, like the one we had installed in the plug-in Prius we are testing. Lithium Ion batteries are smaller and lighter for the same energy storage capacity and so lend themselves better to full electric and plug-in hy...

Rate Hybrid Honda Insight, Hybrid Motorcycle Lead Green Push

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Oct 1

By The Huffington Post News Editors Honda hopes to aggressively compete with the Toyota Prius by unveiling its own affordable hybrid car that will hit markets in the relatively new future, according to Autopia: That price tag is pretty impressive, especially since I've been staring at Chevy Volt material for weeks -- you...

Rate Podcast: GM.S Maximum Voltage

Original at BusinessWeek external link    Mon, Apr 7

GM engineers work 'round the clock to bring their plug-in hybrid to market. Who paid for the Toyota Prius? Chris Basso of Carfax tells us what to look out for in today's used car market

Rate Podcast: Voting for Bluetec

Original at BusinessWeek external link    Mon, Mar 31

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

Year 2007

 

Rate Podcast: Lutz's Easter Egg

Original at BusinessWeek external link    Sun, Nov 25

GM's Bob Lutz promises a working prototype of the Volt plug-in hybrid by Easter. What will Chrysler have at the Detroit auto show? Nissan is trying to figure out why the new Sentra is not selling. The $2,500 car will be inexpensive and clean

Rate Automobile futures: Hybrids vs. plug-ins

Original at Blogging Stocks external link    Thu, Jul 26

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By Kevin Shult Filed under: Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, DaimlerChrysler (DCX), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM)Toyota Motors (NYSE: TM) is launching the first U.S. tests of its plug-in hybrid technology in two converted Prius hybrids. The test cars will run...

Rate Podcast: Benetech, Hybrid Cars & TV Buyer's Guide - IEEE Spectrum Radio

Original at IT Conversations external link    Tue, Jul 24

Most start-ups aim to make a profit. Not Benetech. On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, find out what makes Benetech, and its CEO so special. Also, consider the immense technological challenge posed by plug-in hybrid vehicles. Do batteries exist that can handle their demands? For those l...

Rate Driving the fuel-cell cars of tomorrow

Original at Consumer Reports external link    Tue, Jun 12

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By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) Automakers are taking differing approaches to reducing petroleum use, from building cars that run on E85 ethanol, to plug-in hybrid vehicles (short-range electric vehicles with a gas engine for longer trips), to fuel-cell electric vehicles that run on hydrogen produced from natura...

Rate Podcast: Ferrari Anniversary Convoy

Original at BusinessWeek external link    Mon, Apr 2

Hyundai gets ready for the luxury rear-drive market with its Genesis concept, just one of the many cars soon to be revealed at the New York International Auto Show. A big-dollar Ferrari meets a concrete barrier. Was it a case of really bad driving or an expensive ploy to promote a movie? And it...

Year 2006

 

Rate Podcast: LA Kicks Off Auto Show Season

Original at BusinessWeek external link    Sun, Dec 3

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...

Rate Podcast: The 20,000-Mile Ferrari Torture Test

Original at BusinessWeek external link    Sun, Nov 19

The new Toyota Tundra starts rolling off the assembly line deep in the heart of Truck Country Texas. What new technology makes this plant one of the most efficient ever? Ford announces that the Edge Crossover is delayed and also unveils a plan to boost the morale of its employees; we'll have...

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