Archive for the 'Hybrid' Category
Does Honda Lack “Clarity” on Their Thoughts About Plug-in Vehicles?
We have previously reported how Honda CEO Takeo Fukui did not believe the idea of a rage-extended electric car made sense.
Now, according to the AFP, he has gone so far as to say that he “saw no value in developing plug-in hybrid vehicles”.
It seems Honda is interested in petroleum displacement as they have begun leasing [...]
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Introducing the 2-Mode Hybrid Cadillac Escalade
GM has done it again. They have moved their groundbreaking 2-mode hybrid drivetrain into another very large vehicle, the luxury Cadillac Escalade. Using this drivetrain, the vehicles will get a 50% increase in city fuel economy.
These new Cadillac models will premiere this Friday, November 9 at the South Florida International Auto Show in [...]
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2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid Gets Best Highway mpg Rating of Any SUV
On it’s road to the Volt, GM has been laying out a series of progressively greener cars along the way. Today, they announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rated the 2008 Saturn VUE Green line as getting 32 mpg highway and 25 mpg city, a 27% improvement over the non-hybrid model. [...]
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EnerDel, U.S. Lithium-ion Battery Maker, Unveils Market Ready HEV Battery Pack
EnerDel has recently been making the news, appearing on the shortlist of U.S. battery makers awarded U.S. government research grants. I had the opportunity to interview the companies Vice-Chairman to get us some more details (previous post).
Now they have publicly unveiled a fully-functional working lithium-ion battery pack, to be used in hybrid (not plug-in) electric [...]
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Does the Volt Have Another Competitor? Enter Aptera.
You may have heard about a new plug-in electric vehicle called the Aptera. The company has begun taking orders for a $500 deposit on its website (Aptera.com).
The vehicle is a 3-wheeler that seats 2 in front and 1 in back. It is capable of highway speeds and can do 0 to 60 in [...]
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More Fighting Words From Bob Lutz
The strike is over, and GM has an improved position against competitors with the health care nugget off the books. Now its time to get back to hybrid technology revolution-making.
Next month we will see the release to dealers of the first-ever two-mode hybrids in form of Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon (read my test [...]
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Who Will Dominate the Future Hybrid Market, GM or Toyota?
Right now, Toyota dominates the world hybrid car marketplace. Let’s look at the numbers. Toyota sold 4.72 million vehicles in the first half of 2007. 1.33 million of those were sold in the U.S. Out of that U.S. sales group, 146,536, or a full 11% were hybrid cars. Specifically in June, [...]
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It’s Big, it’s Tough, it’s Powerful…it’s a Hybrid?! 2008 Yukon/Tahoe Hybrid Test Drive
General Motor’s has officially announced that it will begin mass production of hybrid versions of it’s popular large SUV vehicles the GMC Yukon and Chevrolet Tahoe. The cars will be available for purchase in the 4th quarter of this year.
GM-Volt.com moderator was given the opportunity to test drive one of the pre-production models right [...]
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