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Green-Car Decline: Combined Hybrid, Electric Sales Started Falling Last JuneGreen-Car Decline: Combined Hybrid, Electric Sales Started Falling Last June

Stephen Edelstein

Since U.S. gas prices began falling last year, there’s been much discussion about their effect on sales of hybrids and electric cars. The knee-jerk response of many analysts is to say that low gas prices have...

Ford Transit Van Gets Add-In Hybrid Kit For Better Fuel EconomyFord Transit Van Gets Add-In Hybrid Kit For Better Fuel Economy

Stephen Edelstein

Full-size vans and other commercial vehicles spend more time on the road than the average passenger car. But often the public pays little attention to ways their fuel consumption–and hence their emissions–can be reduced. Nor are...

Toyota Prius Plug-In Production To End In June; New One Coming Next YearToyota Prius Plug-In Production To End In June; New One Coming Next Year

Stephen Edelstein

A redesigned Toyota Prius hybrid is on the way, although it may not go on sale in the U.S. until next year. When it does, it will likely be followed in due course by redesigned versions...

Toyota Prius Brand Perception More Negative In Social Media: AnalysisToyota Prius Brand Perception More Negative In Social Media: Analysis

John Voelcker

The Toyota Prius will go down in history as a truly ground-breaking vehicle, both the first and the highest-production hybrid vehicle built to date. It’s also the sole vehicle sold in the U.S. this year that...

European Buyers To Skip Over Hybrids, Go Straight To Plug-InsEuropean Buyers To Skip Over Hybrids, Go Straight To Plug-Ins

John Voelcker

While hybrid cars have had a good 10-year run in North America as the most fuel-efficient alternative, Europe never warmed to hybrid-electric powertrains. With roughly half the passenger cars sold in the European Union being powered...

Green-Car Buyers More Likely To Pay Cash For New Vehicles: ReportGreen-Car Buyers More Likely To Pay Cash For New Vehicles: Report

John Voelcker

We’re not entirely sure what it has to do with Earth Day, to be honest, but here’s an odd little statistic. Turns out that buyers of green cars–whether they’re hybrids or plug-in electric cars–are somewhat more...

Hybrid Car Repairs Getting Cheaper, But Not For Regular CarsHybrid Car Repairs Getting Cheaper, But Not For Regular Cars

Stephen Edelstein

While hybrid cars have been on U.S. roads in large numbers for over a decade, their reliability and repair costs may still spook some potential buyers. The innards of a modern car are already mysterious enough...

Honda Insight Hybrid: The Least-Wanted Car In America?Honda Insight Hybrid: The Least-Wanted Car In America?

John Voelcker

Automakers and their dealers know that when a vehicle is updated, redesigned, or discontinued, the last lagging examples of the old model may sit on lots for months, perhaps even years. So it appears to be...

Lexus Bypassing Plug-In Hybrids, Looking At Fuel Cells, Maybe EVsLexus Bypassing Plug-In Hybrids, Looking At Fuel Cells, Maybe EVs

Bengt Halvorson

2015 Lexus CT 200h Hybrid models are a very significant part of the lineup for both the luxury brand Lexus and its mainstream counterpart (and parent company) Toyota. Hybrids accounted for about 16 percent of the...

Honda Accord Hybrid Production Relocates From Ohio To JapanHonda Accord Hybrid Production Relocates From Ohio To Japan

John Voelcker

The topic of the press release issued late last Wednesday was not the sort of thing to set green-car fans’ hearts racing: “Statement…Re: North American Production Portfolio”. But buried in several paragraphs of detail from John...

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Green-Car Decline: Combined Hybrid, Electric Sales Started Falling Last JuneGreen-Car Decline: Combined Hybrid, Electric Sales Started Falling Last June

Ford Transit Van Gets Add-In Hybrid Kit For Better Fuel EconomyFord Transit Van Gets Add-In Hybrid Kit For Better Fuel Economy

Toyota Prius Plug-In Production To End In June; New One Coming Next YearToyota Prius Plug-In Production To End In June; New One Coming Next Year

Toyota Prius Brand Perception More Negative In Social Media: AnalysisToyota Prius Brand Perception More Negative In Social Media: Analysis

European Buyers To Skip Over Hybrids, Go Straight To Plug-InsEuropean Buyers To Skip Over Hybrids, Go Straight To Plug-Ins

Green-Car Buyers More Likely To Pay Cash For New Vehicles: ReportGreen-Car Buyers More Likely To Pay Cash For New Vehicles: Report

Hybrid Car Repairs Getting Cheaper, But Not For Regular CarsHybrid Car Repairs Getting Cheaper, But Not For Regular Cars

Honda Insight Hybrid: The Least-Wanted Car In America?Honda Insight Hybrid: The Least-Wanted Car In America?

Lexus Bypassing Plug-In Hybrids, Looking At Fuel Cells, Maybe EVsLexus Bypassing Plug-In Hybrids, Looking At Fuel Cells, Maybe EVs

Honda Accord Hybrid Production Relocates From Ohio To JapanHonda Accord Hybrid Production Relocates From Ohio To Japan

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