Toyota Hybrid Vehicles Going Mainstream

No longer the butt of jokes by large SUV owners, hybrid cars are now the choice of mainstream America and are poised to have another record sales year. After gas prices jumped 13% in 2006 over 2005...
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Hybrid Cadillac Escalade Coming Soon

Media reports are saying that General Motors Corp.’s Cadillac luxury-vehicle division is currently mulling over making hybrid versions of all its models. This comes in the midst of the brand’s...
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The Biggest Automotive Award of the Year Goes to the Suv With the Littlest Negative Impact on the Earth

Earlier this month, an SUV that will debut on the automotive market in early 2008, won an award in Los Angeles. When the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid hits the roads in the spring of 2008, it will already have...
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Gm Suv Hybrids Given 40% Mileage Increase

The General Motors Corp. said last Tuesday that it now expects 40 percent better fuel economy in city driving from the gasoline-electric hybrid versions of its full-size SUVs than their gasoline-only...
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Toyota Unleashes ‘plug-in Hybrid’ Car

According to Chang-Ran Kim’s writing for Reuters on Wednesday, Toyota Motor Corp. unleashed a “plug-in” hybrid car based on its popular Prius model. The report said that it would test the...
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Honda Obtains 11 Percent Increase in Global Production

Honda Motor Co. Ltd has recently reported a double-digit increase in global production for the month of May. Similarly its other Japanese automaker rivals were able to post output gains. Unfortunately...
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