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May 2014: Good-news-just-got-better edition
Advanced-powertrain vehicle sales continued to warm up with the weather, as Americans in May stepped up their purchases of hybrids,…
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Senate committee votes to ban solo driver hybrids from HOV lanes
Are hybrids officially swimming in the US mainstream? A recent federal government amendment appears to imply as much, since it…
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BMW i3 REx rated at 117 MPGe, 39 mpg with 72-mile EV range
The numbers haven’t made their digital way to the EPA’s website yet, but we can now confirm that the BMW…
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Toyota finds 10% MPG improvement in hybrid PCU
Keeping up its from-all-angles approach to efficiency, Toyota has found yet another way to eke out up to ten percent…
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Ford not backing down on MPG-based marketing strategy
The Blue Oval may have to back off a bit from the green messaging. Ford has had to lower fuel-economy…
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How Toyota’s Le Mans racer may make its next Prius even better
The supercapacitor technology in the Toyota TS040 “offers great possibility for production car use.” – Amanda Rice, Toyota Pop-culture junkies…
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This Japanese ad for the Toyota Prius Plug In is beyond confusing
We’ll admit we don’t understand all of this strange little ad for the Toyota Prius Plug In (our Japanese skills…
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Ford made three big mistakes in calculating MPG for 2013 C-Max Hybrid
It’s been a rough time for the official fuel economy figures for the Ford C-Max Hybrid. When the car was…
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Porsche hybrids come up short at Le Mans
Two cars, one finish, zero victories. That’s a brief synopsis of Porsche’s hybrid-vehicle performance in the 24 Hours of Le…
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EVs, hybrids finding a home in Scottish Car Clubs
Car clubs in Scotland are getting some electric love from their government. The UK is putting £1,000,000 ($1.7 million US)…
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