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Is A Ferrari California Hybrid Model In The Works?Is A Ferrari California Hybrid Model In The Works?

Kurt Ernst

2009 Ferrari California When you think of automakers building or researching hybrid vehicles, Ferrari probably isn’t the first manufacturer to come to mind. Many people don’t even realize that the automaker has previously shown a hybrid...

Are There Too Many Battery Packs Being Made for Electric Cars?Are There Too Many Battery Packs Being Made for Electric Cars?

Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield

According to a report from gigaom earlier this week, the electric auto industry will soon be producing battery packs at a rate far greater than the number of electric cars being built. Caused in part by...

Prius Shortages Will End For 2012, Sales Will Rock, Toyota SaysPrius Shortages Will End For 2012, Sales Will Rock, Toyota Says

John Voelcker

It’s been a tough couple of years for Toyota. First was the entire sudden-acceleration mess, along with multiple recalls covering almost 10 million cars. Then came the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which devastated Toyota’s intricate...

Pedestrian Alert Noises Coming To Hybrid And Electric Cars, Needed Or NotPedestrian Alert Noises Coming To Hybrid And Electric Cars, Needed Or Not

John Voelcker

If you like the idea of hybrid or electric cars that whir silently down the road without the noise of an engine exploding gasoline thousands of times each minute, you’d better act fast. The U.S. government...

Which Hybrids Improve Gas Mileage The Most? Lexus, Lincoln WinWhich Hybrids Improve Gas Mileage The Most? Lexus, Lincoln Win

John Voelcker

The Union of Concerned Scientists thinks hybrid-electric vehicles are a good thing, because they use less gasoline. But the savings in gas cost from that improved gas mileage varies enormously, and now the group has quantified...

Lexus CX 300h Hybrid: Luxury Brand To Launch RX Baby Brother?Lexus CX 300h Hybrid: Luxury Brand To Launch RX Baby Brother?

John Voelcker

Last September, Toyota said the company would launch six new hybrids by the end of 2012. Now, a report from the German car magazine AutoBild suggests that one of those is a new Lexus: a baby...

Toyota Adds Prius Plus Performance Package To Hot Up Hybrid HandlingToyota Adds Prius Plus Performance Package To Hot Up Hybrid Handling

John Voelcker

Pretty much every Toyota Prius hybrid you see on the streets looks the same. Wild customization is generally limited to personalized plates that promote the driver’s green credentials, solar panels, eco-living, or general hybrid luv-luv-LUV. That’s...

CA To Hybrid Drivers: Sorry, We're Just Not That Into You--Any MoreCA To Hybrid Drivers: Sorry, We're Just Not That Into You--Any More

John Voelcker

2005 Toyota PriusSpare a thought, if you will, a momentary tear, for 85,000 doomed drivers of three models of hybrid car in California. They are the unlucky losers of a privilege that saved them time, raised...

2006-2007 Lexus RX 400h, Toyota Highlander Hybrids: Recall2006-2007 Lexus RX 400h, Toyota Highlander Hybrids: Recall

John Voelcker

Toyota said today it will begin a voluntary safety recall that covers about 82,000 hybrid sport utility vehicles sold in the U.S. during 2006 and 2007. The affected models are the Toyota Highlander Hybrid and the...

Lots Of Orders For Yo Russian Natural-Gas Hybrid, Prokohorov SaysLots Of Orders For Yo Russian Natural-Gas Hybrid, Prokohorov Says

John Voelcker

According to Russian billionaire businessman Mikhail Prokhorov, the company building a new natural-gas hybrid car known as the Yo now has orders stretching out as far as 10 years into the future. The business magnate, investor,...

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Is A Ferrari California Hybrid Model In The Works?Is A Ferrari California Hybrid Model In The Works?

Are There Too Many Battery Packs Being Made for Electric Cars?Are There Too Many Battery Packs Being Made for Electric Cars?

Prius Shortages Will End For 2012, Sales Will Rock, Toyota SaysPrius Shortages Will End For 2012, Sales Will Rock, Toyota Says

Pedestrian Alert Noises Coming To Hybrid And Electric Cars, Needed Or NotPedestrian Alert Noises Coming To Hybrid And Electric Cars, Needed Or Not

Which Hybrids Improve Gas Mileage The Most? Lexus, Lincoln WinWhich Hybrids Improve Gas Mileage The Most? Lexus, Lincoln Win

Lexus CX 300h Hybrid: Luxury Brand To Launch RX Baby Brother?Lexus CX 300h Hybrid: Luxury Brand To Launch RX Baby Brother?

Toyota Adds Prius Plus Performance Package To Hot Up Hybrid HandlingToyota Adds Prius Plus Performance Package To Hot Up Hybrid Handling

CA To Hybrid Drivers: Sorry, We're Just Not That Into You--Any MoreCA To Hybrid Drivers: Sorry, We're Just Not That Into You--Any More

2006-2007 Lexus RX 400h, Toyota Highlander Hybrids: Recall2006-2007 Lexus RX 400h, Toyota Highlander Hybrids: Recall

Lots Of Orders For Yo Russian Natural-Gas Hybrid, Prokohorov SaysLots Of Orders For Yo Russian Natural-Gas Hybrid, Prokohorov Says

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