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Ford Revving Up To Take On Prius

David Kiley | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Ford Motor Co., Ford C-Max, Electric Cars, Toyota Prius, Grand Blvd., Ford, James Farley, Hybrid Cars, David Kiley, Electric Vehicles, Detroit News

By making the new C-Max brand all hybrid and plug-in EV, Farley is copying the Prius strategy with the hope of eventually passing his old employer.

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Hybrid Car Prices Could Spike 20 Percent Due To High Gas Prices

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Gas Prices 2012, Gas Prices, Hybrid Car Sales, Fuel Efficiency, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Prius, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Money News

It's becoming almost an annual tradition: As fuel prices rise in the spring, so do the prices of hybrid cars. And that's the case even if the math...

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Why You'll Never Own An Electric Car

Reuters | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Electric Car Sales, Super Rich, Gas Prices, Chevy Volt, Cost of Electric Cars, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, Reuters, Electric Car, Money News

* EVs to make up only 1.5 pct of US market in 2017-analyst * Henry Ford bought his wife electric cars * Obama wants to b...

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Increasing Cost Of Rare Earths Prompts Toyota Innovation

Reuters | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Toyota Fuel-Saving Cars, Video, Toyota, Prius, Toyota Prius, Hybrid Toyota, Reuters, Toyota Hybrid Cars, Prius Toyota, Technology News

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has developed a way to make hybrid and electric vehicles without the use of expensive rare earth metals, in which ...

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"I'm Angry That Your Prius Is So Quiet"

Laura Zigman | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Cars, Xtranormal Video, Toyota, Toyota Prius, Video, Comedy News

I don't drive a Prius. I know I should. But before I can even consider buying one, I need to share my feelings: Prii are too quiet!

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Musings About a "Colossal Commute"

A. Siegel | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Energy, Fuel Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Mpg, Commuting, Pollution, Toyota Prius, Green News

As the carbon count goes higher, inexorably, globally and the world community suffers from mounting challenges due to climate chaos, the value of incr...

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Chris Paine: Recharging Hope In The Electric Car

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Video, Chevy Volt, Who Killed the Electric Car, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, All Terrain Video, Nissan Leaf, Revenge of the Electric Car, Chris Paine, Tesla, Green News

No villains appear in Chris Paine's new film, "Revenge of the Electric Car" -- a stark contrast to its 2006 predecessor. "Who Killed the Electric Car?...

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Observations This Fine Morning

Scott Poynton | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Airbus, Boeing, Prada, Toyota Prius, Cradle-to-Cradle, Sustainability, Green, Responsible, Tft, Solar Power, Green News

Driving to work this morning, I wondered at the morning light, golden in the fields, Mont Blanc poking its head above the clouds, the Jura Mountains a...

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Watch: Google Self-Driving Car Causes Crash

Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Google, Google Car Crash, Video, Google Robot Car, Toyota Prius, Google Self-Driving Car, Technology News

When one of Google's self-driving cars got into an accident last week, critics took the opportunity to question the safety of the technology. But in a...

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Plug-In 2011: Rising Tide for Electric Cars

Michael Carmichael | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Plugless Power, Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi I, Plug-in Hybrid Cars, Ge, Environmental Pollution, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Green Revolution, Tesla, Chevrolet Volt, Plug-in Cars, Green Car, Early Adopters, Electric Poer Research Institute, Fisker, Ford Focus Electric, Toyota Prius, Electric Car, Environment, Plug-in 2011, Clean Technology, Plug-in Hybrids, Raleigh, Raleigh Convention Center, Epri, Global Warming, North Carolina, Eaton, Siemans, Green News

Even in the midst of the worst recession since the 1930s, the trend to electric cars and plug-in hybrid is growing stronger. While the market is not yet flooded with plug-in electric cars, manufacturers are accelerating their design, development and production.

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Note to Musicians -- We Love to Watch

Tanya Jo Miller | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Whole Foods, Viral Videos, David Wittman, Memes, Toyota Prius, Technology News

Music composer David Wittman made a really funny MP3 poking fun at himself as a kale-eating Prius-driving Whole Foods shopper. "Take it easy man, I tr...

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A Small Victory

Paula Gordon | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Prius, Traveling in a Prius, Prius Travel, Prius Roadtrip, Toyota Prius, Renting Green Cars, Gas Prices Road Trip, US Gas Prices, Green News

Here's how it worked out: We drove the anticipated 2,000 miles. We averaged 49+ miles per gallon, in spite of horrible driving conditions and an unexpected side trip into New Jersey (!).

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Consumers Never Liked to Pay More for Green to Begin With

Andrew Winston | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Method, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Green Products, Green to Gold, Clorox Green Works?, Green Marketing, Toyota Prius, Seventh Generation, Clorox, Healthier Greener Home, Green News

To the extent that the premium-priced green products named by the Times have taken a hit, consumers' disdain isn't news: Recession or not, mass consumers never loved paying extra for green.

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Automakers Extend Factory Shutdowns In Japan

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nissan, Mazda, Resume Production, Automaker, Hybrids, Japan Earthquake, Toyota, Japan Tsunami, Japanese Cars, Toyota Prius, Honda, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Motorcycles, Plant Shutdowns, Business News

WASHINGTON — Japanese auto companies on Wednesday extended shutdowns of car-assembly plants affected by the country's devastating earthquake and...

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Ford's Impressive Sustainability Strategy

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Ford Focus EV, Chevy Volt, General Motors, Chelsea Sexton, Fuel Efficiency, Toyota Prius, Detroit Auto Show, Toyota, Ecoboost, Nissan Leaf, Green News

Buried beneath the pizzazz of high-profile PR announcements, Ford has developed what appears to be a broad, well-thought-out sustainability strategy.

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Toyota Developing New Cheaper Electric Motor

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp., maker of the popular Prius hybrid car, is developing a new type of electric motor to cut its dependence on rare earth me...

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Hybrid Cars Need To Be Louder, Congress Rules

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hybrid Engine Noise, Hybrids, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Prius, Silent Hybrids, Hybrid Cars Sound, Electric Cars, Business News

WASHINGTON — Silent hybrid vehicles may soon be a thing of the past. Auto safety regulators would be required to set minimum sound levels for hyb...

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EPA Rates Volt and Leaf: What's Your Choice?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Ford Focus EV, Mitsubishi I MiEV, Chevrolet Volt, USA Today, Los Angeles Auto Show, Motor Trend Car of the Year, Toyota Prius, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Honda, Exxon Mobil, Epa, Hypermiling, Nissan Leaf, Plug-in Hybrids, Range Anxiety, Pure EV, Extended Range Hybrid, Business News

No more guessing. We now officially know enough about these cars of the future to say we love or hate them. What cars? What else. Those small, uncomfortable, high-mileage vehicles.

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GM To Go On Mini Hiring Spree To Boost Electric Car Line

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chevy Volt, GM Hiring, Toyota Prius, GM Jobs, Dan Akerson, GM Hybrid, GM Egineers, Electric Cars, Business News

DETROIT: - General Motors Co said on Tuesday it would hire 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan over the next two years to develop more electri...

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Toyota To Roll Out 2 New Prius Cars

AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Toyota President Akio Toyoda, Gas, Toyota, Prius, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Prius, Green Energy, Technology News

NEW YORK (AP)— Toyota plans to roll out two new cars under the Prius name by next year, according to a dealer briefed on the plans, as the autom...

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Toyota Prius Sales Fall For The First Time In 17 Months

AP | SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO — Sales of Toyota's Prius hybrid in Japan dropped for the first time in 17 months as government subsidies for green cars expired, an auto indu...

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What Recall? Toyota Revenue Jumps Nearly 30 Percent

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Akio Toyoda, Camry, Toyota Prius, Toyota Sales, Toyota Recall, Toyota Profit, Toyota Profits 2010, Toyota Stock, Business News

TOKYO — Toyota reported a quarterly profit of $2.2 billion, reversing from red ink a year earlier as the world's top automaker benefited from a ...

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Toyota Prius Gets 'Electronic Humming Device' To Protect Pedestrians

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prius, 2010 Prius Noise, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Prius, Prius Sound, Electric Cars, Business News

TOKYO — Toyota's Prius hybrid is becoming a little less quiet with a new electronic humming device that is the automaker's answer to complaints ...

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Toyota, Channeling James Bond, Makes Big Play For Sports Car Market

Bloomberg | Makiko Kitamura and Yuki Hagiwara | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nissan, Automobiles, Toyota, Akio Toyoda, Automotive Industry, Toyota Prius, Sports Cars, Lexus, Honda, Luxury Sports Cars, Volkswagen, Ferrari, Business News

As the world's largest carmaker tries to rebuild its reputation for quality following record recalls, President Akio Toyoda, a racing fan, has said he...

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GM Sets Volt Price While Toyota Delays US-Built Prius

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

As the world gets greener, but the recession hangs on, even the building of the world's most popular low emissions/high mileage car has been put on hold in its largest market.

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