Category: Hybrid Cars

September 4, 2008

Underdogs in a Hybrid Vehicle World

Filed under: Fuel Efficiency,Hybrid Cars - 04 Sep 2008

Call them the underdogs of the hybrid vehicle movement, not many people know about them, but everyone should.

Some people who drive flex-fuel cars know they are saving gas but they don’t always know that they are in a FFV.

Luckily, their production and use …

July 7, 2008

Solar-Powering the Automobile?

Filed under: Fuel Efficiency,Hybrid Cars - 07 Jul 2008

A recent leak from Toyota Motor Corp revealed the Japanese company’s plans to put solar panels on some Prius hybrid vehicles during its next remodeling, expected in 2009.

Solar power in cars? Sure, it’s only to power a portion of the air-conditioning …

June 8, 2008

How to Get the Low-Down on Fuel Efficiency

Filed under: Fuel Efficiency,Hybrid Cars - 08 Jun 2008

Fuel efficiency is one of the hottest topics these days.

Consumers are feeling the financial pinch at the pump, and for a totally different reason, environmentalists want less gas burned.

Regardless of the reason, people need to buy more …

May 19, 2008

Selling Cars Today – the Green Trend

Filed under: Hybrid Cars,Reports - 19 May 2008

Watching the automotive industry try to “catch up” on its environmental public image is like monitoring the progress of land developers for the past 25 years.

With a product intrinsically unfriendly to the environment, carmakers are trying hard to convince consumers …

May 9, 2008

Long Live the SUV?

Filed under: Hybrid Cars,SUV - 09 May 2008

The sport utility vehicle must feel like rock n’ roll, it has been proclaimed dead too often to count.

Yet scarcely a week goes by without headlines about a hybrid SUV winning a “green car” award, or even an “extreme hybrid” …

October 21, 2007

Chrylser is going green with a hybrid division

Filed under: Fuel Efficiency,Hybrid Cars - 21 Oct 2007

Can Chrysler up their game by adding a hybrid division

Everyone is doing their part to preserve the environment, even the auto industry. Although they are dragging their feet for the cause, it seems like they are slowly realizing that they …

June 7, 2007

How to choose a hybrid vehicle

Filed under: Hybrid Cars - 07 Jun 2007

With the current trend towards hybrid technology and the push to find cleaner fuel, todays hybrid vehicles are just the beginning.

There are already quite a few options to choose from and enough of them have been produced for …

March 29, 2007

Sport a hybrid sticker and ride alone in the carpool lane

Filed under: Hybrid Cars - 29 Mar 2007

You see them frequently, people in hybrid cars flying solo in the carpool lane.

Those who purchase environmentally friendly cars get more than just tax breaks, they get a break during rush hour traffic as well. …