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[Untitled] With credible and established conventional hybrid lines, Toyota and Honda have stressed these concerns in questioning the various benefits of plug-ins. General Motors, whose own hybrid efforts started later and sold far fewer units, has placed its green bets on the Volt, along with a Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid with a 10-mile electric range slated for 2011.

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[Green Car Advisor] "Consumer Reports: Prius Plug-In Kit Gets Nowhere Near Maker's 100 ...: That said, a 2007 study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Electric Power Research Institute concluded that deploying plug-in hybrids on a national scale would reduce automotive carbon-dioxide emissions by about 45 percent compared with conventional vehicles and would result in a net reduction in air pollution, especially in urban areas.

[Green Car Congress] Green Car Congress: Reported Sales of Hybrids Down 42.8% in ...: Ford came in third for the month, with combined sales of the Escape and Mariner hybrids of 1,149 units, a drop of 49.3% for the month and representing 8.1% of all Escape and Mariners sold. Combined Escape and Mariner sales were down 9.1% (a drop in Escape sales being offset by an increase in Mariner sales).

[Untitled] DetN Lopez: Hybrids Suck | The Truth About Cars: And although battery technology isn’t here yet for plug-ins (sorry GM), it may very well be here two or three years from now. So if you get a Prius or Insight now, three years from now you can do a plug-in conversion if gas prices do go up.

[Untitled] Plug-in Prius converters 3Prong Power offer 10 miles of EV power ...: Improve, maybe, but that doesn't mean Toyota is ready to sell plug-in Priuses just yet. The rest of the WSJ article looks at the broader plug-in conversion movement, and we get this from Toyota's Jaycie Chitwood: "For plug-ins to be all encompassing and to replace basic hybrid technology, the electric grid would need to morph into something we don't have yet." The smart grid?

[Green Car Advisor] "Hybrids Finish 2008 In the Dumps, With Prices Weakened and Sales ...: December's gas-electric car and SUV sales plunged almost 43 percent from the final month of 2007 as the year wound up on a discouraging note for the only alternative technology vehicles to so far make a dent in the auto market.

[Untitled] Hybrids Turn Into Road Kill | The Truth About Cars: The main point is: Hybrids and plugins weren’t cost efficient even when the price of oil was at $150. Cars and industries needed tax incentives.

[Untitled] "China's BYD to Showcase Production Plug-In Electric Hybrid ...: Its first public debut outside of China took place this fall, when it appeared at the Paris auto show. It's our hope that the F3DM's appearance in Motor City will inspire the heads of GM, Ford and Chrysler to shift into high gear on their development of fuel-efficient vehicles.

[Untitled] Toyota's Secret Plans for Solar-Powered Car | Hybrid Cars: Toyota’s plans to harness power from the sun could get a boost when Panasonic Corp., Toyota's partner in advanced battery production, completes its planned takeover of Sanyo Electric Co., a leader in solar technology. Toyota uses solar panels at its Tsutsumi plant in central Japan to produce some of its own electricity””roughly enough to power 500 homes.

[Untitled] Hybrid Cars: Forget plug-ins without a gas tax?: Can we really make the conversion to hybrid cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles without Insight: More realistic than plug-ins? When it comes to buying a car, sticker price is the most important issue for most consumers.

[Untitled] myGreenCar.eu » Blog Archive » LA water cops hunt wasteful faucets ...: Dec-30-2008 I. Burbank getting world’s first plug-in hybrid fuel cell bus. Posted by Domenick Yoney. Dec-28-2008 I. New Holland to show first fuel cell powered tractor in February. Posted by Sam Abuelsamid. Dec-27-2008 I ...

[Untitled] Hybrid Cars: Fisker Karma plug-in: Tax incentive worthy?: I do have a bit of a problem with the idea of government help for luxury vehicles, such as the Karma, despite green credentials. To me, it seems a gas tax is the most cost-effective path to plug-ins, not government bailouts, loans and corporate tax incentives.

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