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Nissan Might Make Batteries & EVs In U.S.
Now that it seems every car maker from Mercedes on down is going to be getting into the hybrid or electric vehicle business, word is starting to filter out about not just the “whys” but more importantly, the “wheres” concerning production of the new generation of cars. The good news for autoworkers that might be […]
Read More »Hybrids Too Quiet For Japan?
Here’s an interesting development from Japan, that has also been bubbling in the U.S.: Are hybrids TOO quiet? Within the past year, a group for the sight impaired asked the California State Legislature to look into the issue, and now, it seems, it has also cropped up in Japan. When I first heard about this, […]
Read More »Mazda To Add Hybrids To Lineup
It looks like Mazda, maker of fine sports cars, practical & stylish sedans and etc., will be getting into the hybrid game, despite earlier denials. At first, at the most recent New York Auto Show, Mazda CEO Takashi Yamanouchi said the company would embrace hybrid technologies after a long time spent deriding the idea. Then, […]
Read More »New Venture Car Company to Make Cars in Bayou State
A new car company with backing from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens intends to manufacture fuel-efficient cars in Louisiana, at the site of a closed General Motors auto supplier’s plant. V-Vehicle Company said it will approximately double the size of the facility and hire more than 1,400 […]
Read More »New Honda S2000 Hybrid On The Way
More word that Honda is not only getting into the hybrid thing in big ways, but also that the company’s upcoming hybrids will be performance oriented. This is good news, not only for car people with a green bent, but also for sports car lovers. A few months ago, Honda publicized the end of the […]
Read More »Honda Rumored For Two Hybrid Sports Cars
Here’s a rumor that sounds like a win-win and that I sincerely hope is true: Honda might not be making just one, but TWO hybrid sports cars. Now that Honda has rolled out its Prius-fighting Insight into dealer showrooms, they are purported to be moving onward & upward in the hybrid game. Honda has confirmed […]
Read More »Toyota Prius Minivan In The Works?
From the ‘Well duh, why shouldn’t they’ department comes word (just rumors at the moment) that Toyota, the worlds largest car company, is thinking of making a Prius minivan. Or to be more accurate, it would be a minivan based on the Prius platform. Now, a Prius isn’t a very big car to begin with, […]
Read More »The Mother of All Cars
By Adrienne Gruben Flipping channels, I stopped on a cop show rerun – a police pursuit of a young couple running lights, hopping curbs and then screeching to a stop in front of an ER. The wife spilled onto the sidewalk…and delivered a baby. Awwww. Ok, they were drug dealers, but it got me thinking about Moms […]
Read More »Moms Speak Out About Safest Cars
In honor of Mother’s Day (it’s this Sunday, so don’t forget people) I thought I’d do a mom-related car posting. In my search, I found a great Web site called motherproof.com. Let’s face it, mothers do a lot of driving. A group of women on motherproof.com take a look at the vehicles, road-test them for […]
Read More »Are We Losing Our Hunger for Hybrids?
The momentary dip in gas prices has caused Americans to gravitate away from buying hybrids in droves, at least for now. I predicted that this would happen. We have very short memories in this country, and I figured we’d go back to gas-only vehicles as soon as the gas crunch subsided. But before I started […]
Read More »One Million Priuses in U.S. Can't Be Wrong
Toyota’s hybrid sales in the U.S. have surpassed the 1 million mark, the Japanese automaker said Thursday, underlining the rising popularity of the ecological vehicles. Here in trendy San Francisco
Read More »Chevy Volt Rebadged as a Holden
Not all the car news is coming out of Geneva these days, there’s big, if low-key news that came out from the auto show in Melbourne Australia. Much has been made about just what GM would do with its highly anticipated Volt hybrid besides selling it in North America. There were rumors of an Opel […]
Read More »2010 Honda Insight To Sell For Less Than $20,000
Here’s some good news from Honda for or pocketbooks and our planet. It seems that the rumors are going to be true, and Honda intends to bring its Prius fighter, the 2010 Insight to dealer showrooms for less that $20,000. One of the complaints the eco-conscious have
Read More »CarReview's Best Car Choices of 2008
Another year has passed by and it is time for reflection upon the past year, as well as looking forward to more good things happening in 2009. CarReview’s editors reviewed the cars for 2008 and picked their favorites. Below is our list of outstanding vehicles that won’t have you asking for any handouts from congress.
Read More »Cadillac Volt Coming To Detroit?
Now, this is just a rumor at the moment, but it’s a pretty good one, so why not spread it? The rumor is that GM, via its Cadillac brand, will be bringing a Volt platform Caddy to this years Detroit show. This is important. Why? Two reasons: 1 – Car manufacturers have been dropping out […]
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