Hybrid Cars

GM To Discuss Restructuring For "Current Market Conditions"

Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Chevy Volt, Gm, Economy, Hybrid Cars, Rick Wagoner, Electric Cars, Oil Prices, Business News

General Motors Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner plans to hold a news conference Tuesday morning to discuss actions the company is takin...

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What's A Plug-In Hybrid? Frequently Asked Questions...

ClimateProgress | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Cars, Phevs, Automobiles, Plug-in Hybrids, Hybrid Cars, Green News

Climate Progress has blogged on Plug-in Hybrids (PHEVs) many times because they are an important part of the solution, but certain questions keep comi...

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Prius To Be Manufactured In United States

New York Times | NICK BUNKLEY | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Toyota, Prius, Prius Manufactured in America, Manufacture Prius in America, Toyota Prius, Toyota America, Hybrid Cars, Business News

Toyota Motor of Japan said Thursday that it would build its popular gas-electric hybrid sedan, the Prius, in the United States for the first time as i...

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Karoshi: Overworked Hybrid Engineer Dies

AP | JAY ALABASTER | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Toyota, Hybrid Cars, Hybrid Camry, Toyota Camry, Workaholic, Overworked, Karoshi, Death by Work, Work Yourself to Death, Japan, Business News

TOKYO — A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of suc...

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Nissan Building Electric Car Market Now, With Others Focused On Hybrids

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Nissan, Electric Cars, Electric Car Market, Electric Car Demand, Electric Car Charging Stations, Hybrid Cars, Energy, Business News

TOKYO — Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the governmen...

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Volkswagen's Plug-In Hybrid Due In 2010, Too

ClimateProgress | Earl Killian | Posted 06.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Volkswagen, Plug-in Hybrid Cars, Plug-in Cars, VW Hybrid, VW Twin-Drive, VW Hybrid Plug-In, Hybrid Cars, Green News

The German government announced it will be helping to fund VW's plug-in hybrid development program with 15 million euros. VM aims for a 2010 vehicle w...

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Will 2010 be the Year of the Green Car?

Michael Graham Richard | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Environment, Green, Cars, Technology, Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars, Green News
Michael Graham Richard

It seems like the next generation of green(er) cars will be with us soon. A slew of announcements for plug-in hybrids and electric car all show the same time stamp: 2010. Here's what's coming up.

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Energy Savers: Better Gas Mileage From 2008's Most Fuel Efficient Cars

TheDailyGreen.com | Dan Shapley | Posted 06.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Solutions for High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Prius, Better Gas Mileage, Most Fuel Efficient Cars, Energy Savers, Green News

The Environmental Protection Agency's new fuel economy sticker can be found on all new vehicles for sale, giving customers a quick way to compare mode...

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Britain's Greenest Car Is A Bike, But If You Have To Drive...

The Guardian | Posted 06.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Electric Cards, Auto Emissions, Reducing Emissions, UK Green Cars, Emissions, Hybrid Cars, Sustainable Cars, Green Cars, Green News

The Ford Focus ECOnetic has been named WhatGreenCar's 2008 green car of the year, beating advanced technology from BMW and low emissions from Volkwage...

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Japan Poised as Green Leader

Nathan Gardels | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Hybrid Cars, Renewable Energy, Japan, Green News
Nathan Gardels

While the world has been focused on the miracle of Chinese growth, the war in Iraq and terrorism, Japan has been engaging in a quiet revolution -- the energy efficient technologies of the future.

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Sexy Sports Car Is Also Green

GreenUpgrader | Posted 06.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Hybrids, Hybrid, Green Technology, Hybrid Cars, Sports Cars, Green News

They keep getting better and better! Here's another killer eco-friendly sports car. While this is still a concept, Hybrid Technologies has some pret...

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Hypermiling: Getting "Regular" Cars Up To 70+ MPG

TreeHugger.com | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 06.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Drafting, Hypermiling, Sustainability, Green Living, Hybrid Cars, 100 Mpg, Green News

It's really no surprise that the combination of various gas-saving techniques known collectively as 'hypermiling' are getting more attention thes...

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Hybrid SUVs Won't Sell

EarthFirst | Stephanie Rogers | Posted 06.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Hybrid Cars, Hybrid SUVs, Green News

Ah, sweet justice for the SUV. Detroit auto makers aren't seeing the demand for hybrid SUVs that they thought would come this year as models like the ...

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New Planet Green Lifestyle Network Makes Green Mainstream

Graham Hill | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Air Travel, Arianna Huffington, Aircraft, Hybrid Cars, Alternative Energy, Planet Green, Alternative Fuels, Green News
Graham Hill

When I saw the first cuts of Discovery Channel's new 24-hour eco-network Planet Green, I was really blown away. They took what could be boring andmade it really entertaining to watch.

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Green Car Wars. GM, Toyota, Ford Reach Heated Rivalry

Business Week | David Welch | Posted 05.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Hybrids, Green Cars, General Motors, Gm, Hybrid, Hybrid Cars, Honda Hybrid, Green News

Practically every automaker on the planet is being forced to make cars and trucks that pollute less and go farther on a tank of fuel. Here is what GM ...

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Low-Cost Electric Cars On The Way

Los Angeles Times | Ken Bensinger | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Think Global, Hybrid Cars, Green Business, Business News

Norwegian automaker Think Global said Monday it planned to sell low-priced electric cars to the masses and will introduce its first models in the U.S....

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Why I Wrote My Book

Gary Hirshberg | Posted 03.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Environment, Green Living, Green Cars, Gasoline Prices, Fuel-Efficient Car, Hybrid Cars, Climate, Going Green, Stonyfield Farm, Business News
Gary Hirshberg

The flow of greenbacks out of consumers' pockets has brought the notion of going "green" back into vogue.

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Plug-In Cars Could Actually Increase Air Pollution

USA Today | James R. Healey | Posted 02.26.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Gasoline Prices, Gas Prices, Smokestack Emissions, Coal, Hybrids, Plug-Ins, Electricity, Hybrid Cars, Tailpipe Emissions, PHEVs, Plug-in Hybrids, Air Pollution, Pollution, Business News

The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two r...

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Hottest Hybrids For 2008

Forbes Via MSNBC | Jim Gorzelany | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Chevrolet Aveo, Budget Cars, Hybrids, Honda Fit, Hot Hybrids, Toyota Yaris, Hybrid Cars, Business News

Hybrids are still niche vehicles, but at their current rate of growth, they could dominate the roads in another five or 10 years. U.S. hybrid sales j...

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Toyota To Offer Hybrid Plug-In Car By 2010

New York Times | MICHELINE MAYNARD | Posted 01.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Chevrolet Volt, Hybrid-Electric Vehicles, Prius, Katsuaki Watanabe, Gm, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Motor Corportation, Detroit Auto Show, Business News

The Toyota Motor Corporation, which leads the world's automakers in sales of hybrid-electric vehicles, announced Sunday night that it would build its ...

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Walking With The Dolphins: My Motive to Think Green

Paige Donner | Posted 12.18.2007 | Living

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Prius, Brad Pitt's 'Make It Right' Project, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Going Green, Make It Right, Al Gore Nobel Prize, Angelina Jolie, Environmentalism, Hollywood Goes Green, Honda Hybrid, Reproduct, Brad Pitt, Hybrid Cars, Climate Change, Al Gore Oscar, Living News
Paige Donner

Hollywood loves a winner and this glorified high school campus of hipsters has decided that our planet's environment is not just attention-worthy but that Green is Cool, and, even better, Green is Green.

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Cola and Clothes Delivered By Eco-Trucks

Robin Wilson | Posted 12.06.2007 | Living

Read More: Eco-Friendly, Clean Energy, Hybrid Vehicles, Hybrid Cars, Living News
Robin Wilson

Any company that uses sustainable business practices should win points from consumers.

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Chevy Tahoe Hybrid Is "Green Car Of Year"

Reuters | Posted 11.15.2007 | Business

Read More: Green Cars, LA Auto Show, General Motors, Green Car of the Year, Chevy Tahoe Hybrid, Chevy Tahoe, Hybrid Cars, Hybrid SUVs, Business News

An eight-passenger sport utility vehicle, the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid from General Motors Corp, won the "Green Car of the Year" award at the Los Angele...

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Hybrid Cars On Parade At L.A. Auto Show

Wall Street Journal | Mike Spector | Posted 11.14.2007 | Business

Read More: Gas-Electric Hybrid Technology, Lincoln, Chevrolet, Phyllis Cuttino, Hybrid Cars, Fuel Efficiency, Business News

Touting a hydrogen-powered Chevrolet, a Lincoln with a super-efficient gasoline engine and a hybrid Dodge, car makers plan to use the Los Angeles auto...

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Peak Oil: More Than Cars

David Roberts | Posted 10.31.2007 | Business

Read More: Peak Oil, Oil Debate, High Gas Prices, Gas Prices Rising, Hybrid Cars, Peak Oil Doomers, Oil Prices, Expensive Gas Prices, Business News
David Roberts

Rapid and continuing escalation in the price of oil will affect virtually every corner of the economy. Oil is not confined to the personal transportation sector, it's the foundation of industrial economies.

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