Hybrid Cars

Lux Boosts Micro-Hybrid Vehicle Forecast To 39M Cars / Year By 2017
Seeking Alpha
During 2011, automakers sold an estimated 5000000 micro-hybrids worldwide, mainly in Europe. By 2017, Lux forecasts global micro-hybrid sales of 39000000 cars a year and a $6.3 billion annual market for their battery systems, which represents an across ...

Meniscus Magazine
Auto Outlook: Obama praises US auto comeback
UPI.com
Obama was shown about 15 new electric and hybrid vehicles by Ford's director of electrification programs and engineering Sharif Marakby, Dodge brand president and chief executive officer Reid Bigland and GM's vice president of global design Ed Welburn.
2012 Washington Auto Show features top cars of the yearMeniscus Magazine
Inside autosDetroit Free Press
Foreign car makers fume at Obama snubSydney Morning Herald
USA TODAY -Bloomberg
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Volkswagen begins building cars in US
abc7.com
Volkswagen is getting into hybrids these days, though no word yet on a hybrid Passat. At least for now, offering a hybrid in the US is part of showing a green portfolio, as many American buyers are interested in hybrids. Volkswagen is catering more and ...

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Malaysia Star
Porsche hybrid: Green and mean
Malaysia Star
It was a car that was created long before anyone alive today was born. Porsche will have you know that Semper Vivus (Latin for “always alive”) was the world's first hybrid car it created through Austrian coach and motor carriage maker Lohner.

Nissan's solar-powered hybrid cargo ship
Fox News
Toyota might be the world's largest hybrid automaker, but that isn't stopping rival Japanese automaker Nissan from trying to become the world leader in hybrid electric car transporter ships. Its latest ship, announced on Tuesday this week, ...

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Motorward
Audi to bring hybrid car to Le Mans
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk (blog)
For the first time in its 80 th run of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Audi will compete with a total of four LMP1 sports cars – with two to be equipped with hybrid drive. Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, the head of Audi Motorsport, commented that the decision to ...
Audi Going Hybrid for 2012 Le Mans 24 HoursMotorward
Audi confirms R18 hybrid as part of 2012 endurance racing programAutoblog (blog)
Toyota goes to Le Mans with a hybridCTV.ca
TG Daily -GTspirit -AutoWeek
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Toyota, Hasbro will create Monopoly 'course' at Chicago Auto Show
Autoblog (blog)
The Japanese automaker is teaming up with board-game maker Hasbro to create a mini road course based on the Monopoly board game at the Chicago Auto Show, which Toyota will use to pitch its latest batch of hybrid vehicles. Toyota and Hasbro are using ...
January 2012 DashboardHybrid Cars News

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Independence officials look to get mpg jolt from Volt
Blue Springs Examiner
By Jeff Fox - jeff.fox@examiner.net As Chevrolet rolls out its electric hybrid car, Lesnak and few others locally are giving them a spin for a couple of weeks. Lesnak has driven a hybrid Ford Focus for three years – “Best car I've ever owned,” he said ...

Hybrid Cars News
January 2012 Dashboard
Hybrid Cars News
This rule of thumb applying to vehicles in general is also true for hybrid, plug-in, and diesel vehicles. While overall sales in January were at a strong rate (over 14 million at an annual rate based on seasonal adjustment factors), the actual number ...

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Rush Lane
Auto industry to register an increase in the number of Hybrid cars and EVs by 2015
Rush Lane
Compared to petrol or diesel powered cars, the number of hybrids or EVs on offer is miniscule. Number of car manufacturers offering hybrids and EVs is also less. This scenario is likely to see a dramatic change in the coming 3 to 4 years.

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Tested: The hybrid sportscar
Sydney Morning Herald
Enter the CR-Z, which marks the return of a Honda sports car. The spiritual successor to the original CR-X of the 1980s - it even has some of the design cues - the CR-Z brings a change of thinking beneath the bonnet by adding a petrol-electric hybrid ...

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Lux Boosts Their Micro-Hybrid Vehicle Forecast to 39000000 Cars a Year By 2017
Alternative Energy Stocks
During 2011, automakers sold an estimated 5000000 micro-hybrids worldwide, mainly in Europe. By 2017, Lux forecasts global micro-hybrid sales of 39000000 cars a year and a $6.3 billion annual market for their battery systems, which represents an across ...
Are micro-hybrids the next big thing?Fox News
Micro-Hybrids to Grow to 39 Million by 2017EV World

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Boston.com
Woman Takes Honda to Small-Claims, Wins Big
Insurance Journal
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Douglas Carnahan ruled Wednesday that the automaker misled Heather Peters about the potential fuel economy of her hybrid car and awarded her $9867 – much more than the couple hundred dollars cash that a proposed ...
California woman's small claims victory resonatesThe Associated Press
Woman wins suit against Honda over hybrid gas mileageBend Bulletin

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Acura Super Bowl Ad: What'd You Swap For NSX Hybrid Supercar?
Green Car Reports
It may be three years before the hybrid NSX hits the streets, but the car can't come too soon for the legions of Honda and Acura fans out there, starved of the sophisticated Japanese supercar ever since the first model ended production in 2005.

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XSeed Concept: Part Sports Car, Part Buggy, All Hybrid
Motor Authority
Read More There was a time when the term "sporty hybrid" was something of an oxymoron. Pushing the term to its limits comes the XSeed concept, via Ubergizmo. With styling that crosses sports car with beach buggy, and a gas or ethanol internal ...
Who wants a Ride in this Hybrid XSeed concept vehicle?Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm

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Motorward
Audi Going Hybrid for 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours
Motorward
When Toyota announced their hybrid Le Mans car we thought it meant an amazing battle between the T030 and Audi R18 diesel monster. But Audi ruined it! They just announced they too will field hybrid cars at 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Toyota goes to Le Mans with a hybridCTV.ca
Toyota hybrid racer ready to rollTG Daily
Le Mans: Audi hybrid tops entry listAutoWeek
Car and Van News -Autoblog UK (blog) -Motor Authority
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Bad news, policy wonks: New hybrids aren't selling | The Republic
The Republic
The big headline? Despite the fact that there are 29 gas-electric hybrid models on the market, hybrid car sales are falling. “We're not buying the hybrid brand,” Lindland said. “People are buying Prius, but we're not buying into hybrid technology; ...

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New York Times
First Drive: 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid
MotorTrend Magazine
The unbodied Golf Mk VII on display offered no hints to the new car's design beyond its use of the MQB platform with a twist beam and the latest diesel technology. The '13 Jetta Hybrid is not on the new platform, though its 1.4-liter turbocharged gas ...
39 MPG Volkswagen Beetle TDI Coming To Chicago Auto ShowGas 2.0

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Auto123
First Drive: 2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5
MotorTrend Magazine
By Kim Reynolds It's been widely noted that while there are 22 different hybrid cars currently on the American market (with the 2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5 about to join them), nearly 50 percent of the category's sales are captured by one car, ...
2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5 – Photos and InfoSpeedLux
Video: BMW 3 Series M-Sport and ActiveHybrid 3BMW BLOG (blog)
2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5Autoblog (blog)
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Toyota Forecasts Sales Will Climb 21% to 9.58 Million Vehicles
BusinessWeek
The maker of the Prius, the world's best selling gas- electric hybrid car, is aiming to regain market share after being outsold by General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG last year. The company is counting on vehicles such as the Camry midsize sedan and a ...

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