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[HybridCars.com] Honda Will Produce Acura Hybrids | Hybrid Cars: However, last year, it nearly lost the second place position in the hybrid market””behind Toyota””when the company failed to reach sales goals for the 2010 Honda Insight. Strong consumer interest in the award-winning 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid helped Ford come within a few thousand units of bypassing Honda in hybrid sales.

[The Sugarcane Blog] New Report Focuses on Food Chain Emissions, not just Biofuels ...: Joseph Prunty often asks for a hybrid when he goes to the rental car counter. But Prunty -- who owns a hybrid car, has a solar roof on his home, buys only produce grown on local farms and considers himself "environmentally responsible"

[Green Car Congress] Green Car Congress: PRTM: Operational Gains Can Help Drive Li-ion ...: Patrick, the Nissan Leaf will be put on the market with a commercial range of 100miles, so means in practice you'll have to take a conservative margin if you don't want to get stuck, cold weather, aggressive driving, more load on board, head wind, aging batteries, change in your plans (do you always exactly drive what you planned to do?), deviation of your road because accident, I am pretty sure that people will get much less than the claimed 100 miles anyway.

[PriusChat Forums] 2010 Owner Satisfaction - Page 5 - PriusChat Forums: Enterprise Rental Car Company provides Ford Escape Hybrid, Toyota Prius, and Toyota Camry Hybrid cars for rent. You can make the reservation for any one of the hybrid car of your choice by calling at (503) 252-1500.

[Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us] Hybrid GT-R to Offer Supercar Performance and a Clean Conscience: The hybrid version of the GT-R would make use of the same potent 3.8 liter twin turbocharged 6-cylinder engine found in the normal version, but would also be equipped with an electric drivetrain similar to that of the Infinity Essence Concept. All told the two powerplants would crank out somewhere in the neighborhood of 600 horsepower to all four wheels, which is roughly 115 more than the GT-R makes now.

[Consumer Reports Cars Blog] Consumer Reports Cars Blog: 2010 Detroit Auto Show: Plug-in ...: Automakers such as GM and Toyota counter that to make cars reliable enough to honor the long warranties that consumers expect, they have to use proven, existing processes. And they say that using lighter weight materials would drive up costs, adding to the already onerous costs premium electric cars face because of their expensive batteries.

[GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site] Toyota Set to Unveil Brand New Subcompact Hybrid: I agree.I have nothing against the Prius drive system.The Prius is the best hybrid car out there, bar none.But when it comes to plug-ins, that’s where we diverge.Think of it this way, when I say the words “mild hybrid”, I’ll bet you have an emotional response.Mild hybrids are not really like full hybrids, but many people are confused into thinking they’re similar, which is frustrating for people who understand the difference.But when it comes to plug-ins, the tables are turned.The Prius is a mild plug-in.The low AER means you still need frequent trips to the gas station, and the 62 MPH electric only drive limitation means that most drivers will use the gas engine for highway driving.But since it has a plug, many people will be confused into thinking it’s the same thing, which is very frustrating for people who understand the difference.This is what makes the Prius a mild plug-in.To be clear, I have no problem with the planetary gear system.My problem has to do with the small battery and the low power electric motors.  

[Reliable Plant Magazine] Ford sees bright spots in December sales figures: In other car news, Ford Focus posted full-year sales of 195,823, the small car’s highest sales year since 2004 and up 13 percent versus full-year 2007. Focus parlayed SYNC technology and 35 mpg highway fuel economy, which is 5 mpg better than Toyota’s Corolla and 2 mpg better than the smaller Honda Fit, to achieve a market share increase in the competitive small car segment - its first share increase since Focus was introduced during the 2000 model year.

[Personal Liberty Digest] ATR Warns Of Job Losses If Martha Coakley Wins Massachusetts U.S. ...: Ashley campaigned hard for Barack Obama. After the election she made sure her grandfather (and all other Republican family members) received a big I told-you-so earful on how the world is going to be a much better place now that her party is taking over.

[auto blog] Rent a hybrid? Good luck | auto blog: including plug-in hybrid vehicles, plus a hybrid vehicle buyers club. Check out the HybridCarBlog for information on the costs of hybrid cars, the fuel efficiency of hybrid cars and much more.

[Military Entertainment Blog | Military.com] The Bourne Trilogy Hacks the Digital Transition - Military ...: No one's yet figured out how they're going to make money from that business .All of which leads us to the "Flipper" disc, a Blu-ray Hi-Def/DVD hybrid that's Universal's attempt to create a modern equivalent of "full service" with Blu-ray on one side and DVD on the other.

[Fisker Karma Blog] Rent a hybrid? Good luck | Fisker Karma Blog: So, you’re flying out of town and you’d prefer to rent a hybrid, since you already own a hybrid. Or, maybe you’re interested in buying a hybrid, so you figured you’d rent a hybrid vehicle to try out the technology.

[Car Advice | News Blog] Ford US to increase full-size SUV production : Car Advice | News Blog: Ford Americas President, Mark Fields, said inventory of the Ford Expedition was down to 31 days of supply in December and 24 days for the Lincoln Navigator, but resisted detailing specific production figures for the increased run. They should be putting more research $$$ into gas rather than creating hybrid/electrics with a boring factor of 1 million.

[The Big Question] The Big Question » Blog Archive » The Atlantic: Franken in ...: According to Andy Barr, Franken’s campaign manager, Green was kept out of the campaign vehicle that day because Franken was calling state legislators and wanted to keep the conversations private. McIntosh points out that Green was given ample opportunity to observe Al at his Minneapolis townhouse and talk with the candidate over raspberry pie after his campaign appearances.

[Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] MAX Update No. 39: Who Smoked the Electric Car?: To the comment above most batteries these days(even the modern nicads and Li-ion have synthetic sources),indeed 85% of the lead used in batteries is recycled lead,nickel,etc.Easier for manufacturers to reuse than it is to process new ore.Lot cheaper too.Lithium is not mined per se,it is synthesized from other materials,such as potassium chloride and such,not mined.Alright about electricity.Indeed all depends on how you generate it,and you are right it's not a 'source'.But 10% as you have stated above is generated from 'green 'sources and in the US 10% of the total country's supply is a lot of power.And with more coming online daily,not to mention other electrical sources available to us (refer to my comment on geothermal energy below)that we have'nt even touched yet,i.e hot nuclear fusion (or star power) tidal generation and a myriad other ways to spin a turbine I would say that using electrical power in the future as a replacement for the poor 12% thermal to mechanical energy conversion ratio of the internal combustion engine,(one might as well use a steam engine to push us down the road) the future has to belong to electrical power.

[It's Your Money] The Year-Long No Car Experiment - It's Your Money - TIME.com: Elect more dignified public leaders: Encourage all political leaders to walk, bicycle, and take public transit. Get leaders to tell the public the truth about peak oil and that we must start transitioning to a simple, smaller-scaled way of life.

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