Hybrid Cars
At the dawn of a new era in environmentally conscious automotive engineering, some auto-makers are taking a giant, green leap into the future ...
Electric car network gets first test in Israel
ROSH HAAYIN, Israel —Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world's first nationwide electric car network. Now, will the drivers come?
After more than $400 million in outlays and months behind schedule, dozens of electric cars have hit the road in Israel, the test site Agassi chose for his Better Place venture. Four stations where the cars can get a new dose of juice when their batteries run out are operating, and the plan is to ramp that number up within months.
The concept: to wean the world from oil and eliminate the biggest hurdles to environmentally friendly electric cars - high cost and limited range.
To do this, Better Place has jettisoned the fixed battery. Instead, drivers can swap their depleted batteries for fully charged ones at a network of stations, receiving a full, 160-kilometer (100-mile) range in five minutes. Better Place owns the batteries, bringing down the purchase price of the cars using the network.
People driving shorter distances, the vast majority of customers, can plug in their batteries each day to chargers installed at their homes, offices and public locations, which will fully recharge in six to eight hours.
Hybrid cars - News
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Hybrid cars, silent killers, may not be for long Many, including Honda and high-end manufacturer Tesla Motors, doggedly continued to manufacture hybrid and electric cars that ignored the issue. One motive for Tesla becomes apparent when you read its 2011 SEC filings: The safety feature “could |
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Hybrid Cars Are So Quiet They're a Menace to Pedestrians "Battery-powered cars are intrinsically quiet, the motor sound falling between a whir and a whisper," marvels a New York Times review of the car. "But the Focus is deep-space silent, the quietest of the many electric cars I've driven. |
Test Drive: Changes help, don't fix, Honda Insight
By James R. Healey, Honda made quite a few important changes to improve the Insight gas-electric hybrid, a car few seem to know about and fewer still buy. By James Healey The improvements — such as 1 mpg more in each driving mode and more
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Electric car network gets first test in Israel Leasing companies, which buy about two-thirds of the more than 200000 new cars sold annually in Israel, have ordered more than 1800, and private customers have ordered several hundred more. Compared to electric or hybrid cars in other markets, |
Prius adds more green power to fleet
By Alexandra Straub, Vancouver Sun May 18, 2012 2:46 PM The Toyota Prius PHV — for Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle — can run on pure electricity for 20 km. Alexandra Straub — for the province Not too long ago, I was invited to be a guest speaker at a private
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The hybrid premium: How much more does a hybrid car cost?
Hybrid cars tend to cost a bit more than their equivalent nonhybrid counterparts, but how much more? looks at a selection of mostly midsize sedans to analyze the differences. by Wayne Cunningham April 30, 2012 4:21 PM PDT Follow @way4ne America's
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Ferrari to launch its first hybrid car – a snip at £527000+
From horsepower to battery power, Ferrari is joining the growing ranks of green carmakers by launching its first ever hybrid vehicle at the end of the year. The Italian firm, one of the most elite names in motoring, indicated that one of its glitziest
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Amid poor sales, Toyota unplugs Lexus HS hybrid
The Lexus HS 250h, introduced at the 2009 Detroit auto show, was the Lexus brand's first dedicated hybrid — meaning there was no gas-powered version of the model. Toyota had already achieved huge success with its Prius, a dedicated hybrid in the
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Report on hybrid cars baffles Windsor dealers Auto dealers in Windsor are baffled by a report that found many drivers of hybrid cars are switching back to vehicles with conventional gas motors. According to a report by RL Polk, about two thirds of hybrid drivers switched back last year in the |
Review: 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid
With 9 million examples sold on American shores, and nearly 20 million worldwide, calling it “Honda's most important car” doesn't express the importance of getting the 2012 redesign right. Today we're looking at the green poster child of the Honda
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Due to increased mining hybrid cars are actually hurting our environment. ie Bolivia Any truth?
He sentit rumors que danyen els nostres vehicles híbrids Enviro a causa de la mineria excessiu. Bolívia és un bon exemple és la muntanya sencera es talla per satisfer la demanda dels millors metalls necessaris per construir les bateries.




































: $13,500.00
By James R. Healey, Honda made quite a few important changes to improve the Insight gas-electric hybrid, a car few seem to know about and fewer still buy. By James Healey The improvements — such as 1 mpg more in each driving mode and more
By Alexandra Straub, Vancouver Sun May 18, 2012 2:46 PM The Toyota Prius PHV — for Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle — can run on pure electricity for 20 km. Alexandra Straub — for the province Not too long ago, I was invited to be a guest speaker at a private
Hybrid cars tend to cost a bit more than their equivalent nonhybrid counterparts, but how much more? looks at a selection of mostly midsize sedans to analyze the differences. by Wayne Cunningham April 30, 2012 4:21 PM PDT Follow @way4ne America's
From horsepower to battery power, Ferrari is joining the growing ranks of green carmakers by launching its first ever hybrid vehicle at the end of the year. The Italian firm, one of the most elite names in motoring, indicated that one of its glitziest
The Lexus HS 250h, introduced at the 2009 Detroit auto show, was the Lexus brand's first dedicated hybrid — meaning there was no gas-powered version of the model. Toyota had already achieved huge success with its Prius, a dedicated hybrid in the
With 9 million examples sold on American shores, and nearly 20 million worldwide, calling it “Honda's most important car” doesn't express the importance of getting the 2012 redesign right. Today we're looking at the green poster child of the Honda