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Highway Spending Bill To Bar Hybrids From Carpool-Lane Incentives?Highway Spending Bill To Bar Hybrids From Carpool-Lane Incentives?

John Voelcker

Incentives to get drivers to buy highly fuel-efficient cars have taken many forms, one of the most popular being single-occupant access to carpool lanes on crowded freeways. Hybrid-electric vehicles were some of the first beneficiaries of...

Bad News: Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Delayed Yet AgainBad News: Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Delayed Yet Again

Antony Ingram

Those of you holding out for Mitsubishi’s Outlander Plug-In Hybrid will have to hold out even longer–as the car’s U.S. launch has been put back once again. The Outlander PHEV is already on sale in Europe,...

What Is It Like To Drive A Turbine Electric Truck? (Video)What Is It Like To Drive A Turbine Electric Truck? (Video)

Antony Ingram

Common advertising practice tends to show you how your life can be made better by a product–easier, perhaps, or more fun, or bringing friends and family closer together. If you’re advertising a commercial truck, you might...

Honda Civic, Hybrid & Natural Gas: Ultimate GuideHonda Civic, Hybrid & Natural Gas: Ultimate Guide

Antony Ingram

The Honda Civic originally made its name in the 1970s, arriving at the perfect time to attract tens of thousands of customers scared out of larger, thirstier vehicles by the oil crisis. Four decades down the...

Next Rolls-Royce Phantom Cuts Weight, Offers Plug-In HybridNext Rolls-Royce Phantom Cuts Weight, Offers Plug-In Hybrid

Antony Ingram

Rolls-Royce is known for many attributes. Luxury. Expense. Cars with performance wryly described as “adequate”. Light weight and frugality are two attributes you won’t often find in cars assembled by the British luxury marque, though the...

2013-2014 Ford C-Max Hybrid Recalled Over Airbag Software Issue2013-2014 Ford C-Max Hybrid Recalled Over Airbag Software Issue

Stephen Edelstein

A recall has been issued for 2013 and 2014 Ford C-Max Hybrid vehicles, to fix faulty airbag software. The recall will correct an issue with software in about 65,000 C-Max models that controls the restraint control...

Mercedes-Benz Touts Its Hybrid History From Way Back In 1906Mercedes-Benz Touts Its Hybrid History From Way Back In 1906

Antony Ingram

Have you noticed how many automakers seem to have a hybrid or electric vehicle somewhere in their history files? If one were being cynical, you might think the long-forgotten knowledge has been retrieved to prove the...

Chrysler: Mild Hybrids Coming, Says Electric Cars 'Overblown By Media'Chrysler: Mild Hybrids Coming, Says Electric Cars 'Overblown By Media'

John Voelcker

Yesterday’s multi-hour presentation of the five-year plan for the combined Fiat Chrysler Automobiles was called “Chryslerpalooza” by local Detroit reporters who sat through it. The first green news was that Chrysler will build small numbers of...

Micro-Hybrids To Grow Fast: More Than Start-Stop, Less Than Mild HybridMicro-Hybrids To Grow Fast: More Than Start-Stop, Less Than Mild Hybrid

Antony Ingram

Micro-hybrid vehicles remain relatively unexplored in the automotive sector, but their time in the limelight may soon be due. More sophisticated than vehicles with simple start-stop systems, but less reliant on electric power than a mild...

Toyota's Texas Move: Prius Maker Lands In Highest-Carbon State (Updated)Toyota's Texas Move: Prius Maker Lands In Highest-Carbon State (Updated)

John Voelcker

Toyota announced yesterday that it would relocate the headquarters of its U.S. arm from Torrance, California, to Plano, Texas. Left unaddressed in the announcement was the fact that the Japanese carmaker, known for its green image...

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Highway Spending Bill To Bar Hybrids From Carpool-Lane Incentives?Highway Spending Bill To Bar Hybrids From Carpool-Lane Incentives?

Bad News: Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Delayed Yet AgainBad News: Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Delayed Yet Again

What Is It Like To Drive A Turbine Electric Truck? (Video)What Is It Like To Drive A Turbine Electric Truck? (Video)

Honda Civic, Hybrid & Natural Gas: Ultimate GuideHonda Civic, Hybrid & Natural Gas: Ultimate Guide

Next Rolls-Royce Phantom Cuts Weight, Offers Plug-In HybridNext Rolls-Royce Phantom Cuts Weight, Offers Plug-In Hybrid

2013-2014 Ford C-Max Hybrid Recalled Over Airbag Software Issue2013-2014 Ford C-Max Hybrid Recalled Over Airbag Software Issue

Mercedes-Benz Touts Its Hybrid History From Way Back In 1906Mercedes-Benz Touts Its Hybrid History From Way Back In 1906

Chrysler: Mild Hybrids Coming, Says Electric Cars 'Overblown By Media'Chrysler: Mild Hybrids Coming, Says Electric Cars 'Overblown By Media'

Micro-Hybrids To Grow Fast: More Than Start-Stop, Less Than Mild HybridMicro-Hybrids To Grow Fast: More Than Start-Stop, Less Than Mild Hybrid

Toyota's Texas Move: Prius Maker Lands In Highest-Carbon State (Updated)Toyota's Texas Move: Prius Maker Lands In Highest-Carbon State (Updated)

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