Honda executive denies Insight, Prius look alike in outlining design approachAugust 6th, 2009 Honda executive denies Insight is Prius lookalikeWAKO, Japan — A Honda design executive Thursday rejected claims his company's Insight was a copycat of Toyota's Prius, the world's best-selling hybrid car. "We don't think it looks like the Prius at all," said Nobuki Ebisawa, managing director at Honda R&D Co., Honda Motor Co.'s research unit.
Toyota's Prius hybrid top-selling car in Japan for third straight monthAugust 6th, 2009 Toyota Prius top-selling car in Japan for 3 monthsTOKYO — Toyota's hugely popular Prius hybrid ranked as Japan's top-selling car in July, clinching the spot for the third consecutive month as tax breaks boosted sales of green vehicles, an auto industry group said Thursday. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Toyota Motor Corp., the world's No.
Toyota Prius tops monthly auto sales in Japan in May, passing up Honda's InsightJune 4th, 2009 Toyota Prius tops monthly auto sales in JapanTOKYO — Toyota's Prius was the No. 1 selling vehicle in Japan for May, clinching the top spot in the domestic market for the first time and overtaking Honda's new hybrid, the Insight, which fell to third.
Toyota executive banks on hybrids without battery breakthrough for electric carsJune 4th, 2009 Toyota: hybrids best 'green' car for some timeTOYOTA, Japan — A Toyota executive overseeing research said Thursday a battery breakthrough is needed for electric vehicles to become mainstream, and hybrids will remain the best "green" car choice for some time. His comments came just hours after the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Toyota's Prius hybrid was the No.
How the Volt compares with other electric and hybrid vehiclesAugust 12th, 2009 Hybrid and electric power systems at a glanceHybrids like Toyota's Prius and plug-in vehicles such as the Chevrolet Volt run on systems other than purely gas-fired engines. The systems, or powertrains, that drive the so-called greener cars use electricity generated by batteries and electric motors to either supplement or largely take the place of internal-combustion engines.
Daimler focuses on efficiency; shows hybrid and electric cars at Frankfurt Auto ShowSeptember 15th, 2009 Daimler bets on efficiency, shows electric, hybridFRANKFURT — Daimler AG unveiled a number of new electric and hybrid cars Tuesday at the Frankfurt Auto Show, saying it plans to keep its focus on luxury and fuel efficiency. The Stuttgart-based company presented the Mercedes-Benz Vision S 500 plug-in hybrid, a spinoff of the only existing production hybrid from a German carmaker on the market, the S 400 Hybrid.
Scientist proposes way to make hybrid cars more efficientJune 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A scientist has proposed a way to make hybrid cars more efficient, by solving a problem in the vehicles that leads to a waste of energy and very high fuel consumption. The scientist in question is Toni Font, who recently graduated from the ETSEIB (Escola Tecnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona).is proposal is based on one of the problems of conventional vehicles: the loss of kinetic energy during braking.
Toyota's Prius hybrid best-selling car in Japan for 4th straight monthSeptember 3rd, 2009 Toyota Prius top-selling car in Japan for 4 monthsTOKYO — An auto industry group says Toyota's hugely popular Prius hybrid ranked as Japan's top-selling car in August for the fourth straight month. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Friday the Prius kept the top spot in auto sales with 21,669 vehicles sold.
Top 10 Green Cars : Go Green to Save the PlanetMarch 24th, 2009 Global Warming has become a well known fact even among the ordinary people these days. Using a green car instead of the normal cars might be a solution to this problem.
Mitsubishi unveils $47,000 zero-emissions electric car, eyes global expansionJune 5th, 2009 Mitsubishi unveils $47,000 electric carTOKYO — Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s electric vehicle is twice as expensive as popular hybrid cars by rivals Toyota and Honda, but Japan's No. 4 automaker said Friday the i-MiEV will help it survive increasingly intense global competition.
Audi’s A1 Sportback Hybrid - The Supercool Concept Car with Great MileageOctober 29th, 2008 Audi recently revealed their slick A1 Sportback Hybrid at this year’s Paris Motor Show. It is based on the A1 project Quattro concept released last year in Tokyo.
AirPod cars are Here to Take you Up, Up and AwayOctober 13th, 2008 Well, air cars are nothing new to those who keep a note of automobiles. MDI is experimenting on it since last 20 years.
Top 10 Green Concept Cars which We Desperately Want to See in Real in 2009February 18th, 2009 The doomsday is nearing with carbon level increasing day by day with more and more use of fossil fuels. Everyone is aware of the global warming and the curious case of non- renewable energy causing much problem to the climate.
Darpa Introduces Flying Car - A Seagull Powered by PetrolNovember 14th, 2008 Well, cars are nothing new. Almost any one can buy a car these days.
Lexus HS 250h Hybrid Car with Hi-tech Dash and Intelligent Cruise ControlMay 27th, 2009 It may seem like an oxymoron but Lexus has launched a luxury hybrid car which is really an economic one. It can run 35 miles per gallon and yet manages to give good throttle response.
The 2010 Honda Hybrid features an Integrated Motor Assist System with an efficient 1.3 liter four cylinder gasoline engine of 88 horsepower delivering 88 pound-feet of torque and a electric motor that produces another 13 horsepower and 58 pound feet of torque. It also features a Continuously Variable Transmission so that you don’t need to worry about changing the gears. The braking system utilizes the cars momentum and the motor technically acts as a generator to charge the battery while you apply the brakes which is technically known as regenerative braking. The car is advertised to produce 43 mpg highway and 40 mpg city mileage making an average of 41 mpg. Do you to know the actual mileage?
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