News and information regarding hybrid cars and electric vehicles, including hybrid car testimonials from the owners of all hybrid vehicles.
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Electric! Weaving Toyota, BMW together in a fiber of carbon Is carbon fiber the key to electrification? New Toyota and BMW collaboration could be more than a light duty partnership What do fuel cells, electrification and carbon fiber have to do with each other? Combined they result in...
A must use tool for serious hybrid car shoppers Looking for their next victim in Cadillac Man The best hybrid deals usually require buyers to work with the best dealers Everyone once in a while the people over at Carwoo! send me a story on car buying trends. Often the stories are quit...
Tesla still a bright, shining star in the plug-in space, but If you're rich and green, the Tesla Model S is THE statement car, by far It’s crunch time for this EV maker Last quarter Tesla lost $89 million dollars. The quarter before, $48.9 million. But Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn’t worrie...
What’s wrong with the Nissan Leaf? Time to turn a new Leaf on plug-in sales Is the Leaf Carlos Ghosn’s biggest mistake? Happy Fourth of July. Wasn’t going to post anything today, but then I saw the sale’s numbers for the Nissan Leaf. Just 535 Leaf electric cars were sold last month, d...
Where is the auto industry taking us? Energy density according to Exxon. Hybrids, EVs, fuel cells. Or gas-guzzlers forever? I was cleaning out some bookmarks and came across this graph in an interesting article regarding energy density. The article and the graph come from Exxon , whic...
Unbelievable? Plug-in electric cars can make financial sense A hedge against Middle East turmoil? Electric car potential needs to be put into the right perspective In my opinion plug-ins should not be driving US energy policy today, unless — and only — as part of a very comprehensive ...
Will VW’s Jetta hybrid succeed where the TDI has failed? Can the hybrid version appeal where TDI has not? Can hybrid technology lift VW’s US sales? Back in college an old girlfriend drove a Volkswagen Jetta. I loved it, although I was glad I had the privilege of just driving it, not o...
Electrification needs another decade of battery development When will the Prius lineup be a pure lithium-powered lineup? At least according to Continental AG CEO regarding the future of electric cars For some time now experts in the battery maker space for plug-in cars have been warni...
