Automotive & Aftermarket

James Sikes at a press conference about the alleged runaway acceleration incident. James Sikes, a 61-year-old San Diego-based real estate executive, made national news this week when he claimed that his 2008 Toyota Prius sped out of control on California’s Interstate 8. Sikes said, “I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it...
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Lexus CT 200h Toyota officials last week confirmed that the Lexus CT 200h, a premium hybrid hatchback, is coming to the United States, according to a report in Automotive News. The Lexus CT 200h would be Lexus’s first compact car, and the first compact hybrid sold by Toyota in the US. The car was...
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Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Car Incentives Federal Tax Credits for PHEVs and EVs Federal Tax Credits for Hybrids and Clean Diesels Region by Region Incentives for All Electric-Drive Vehicles In a few weeks, Ford will become the third auto company to see federal incentives for its hybrid gas-electric cars completely vanish. Tax credits for Honda hybrids bit...
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> Subscribe to the HybridCars.com Market Dashboard Sales trends for hybrid cars rise and fall with the Toyota Prius. Toyota usually sells as many units of the quintessential hybrid as all other gas-electric cars combined. But February was far from a usual month. Multiple safety recalls throughout February, including one issued...
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div class=fullWidthFigure img src=/files/hummer-airb-610.jpg alt=Hummer Going to Heaven title=Hummer Going to Heaven / /div p class=introductionGeneral Motors is ready to shut down Hummer. That was the big news earlier this week after the company’s deal to sell the Hummer brand to Tengzhong, a Chinese machinery company, collapsed. The passing of Hummer gave opinion writers,...
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div class=fullWidthFigure img src=/files/toyota-rav4-mod-610.jpg alt=New RAV4 Hybrid title=New RAV4 Hybrid / p class=captionStyling changes to the RAV4 Hybrid will be revealed at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. A hybrid version is due in 2012. /p /div pUK’s a href=http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=247740 target=blankAutocar/a website reported yesterday that Jim Lentz, president of Toyota Motors Sales, confirmed development of a hybrid gas-electric...
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p class=nodeMetaInfoBy John Gartner/p div class=figure inlineRight width-300px img src=/files/jci-battery-plant-400.jpg alt=JCI Battery Plant title=JCI Battery Plant width=300 / p class=captionPlanners from Johnson Controls map out a new battery facility in Holland Michigan. Government grants, like the $299 million supplied to Johnson Controls by the Department of Energy, could mean 20,000 new jobs and a future glut...
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div class=figure inlineRight width-300px img src=/files/2010-prius-bg-mountain-400.jpg alt=2010 Toyota Prius title=2010 Toyota Prius width=300 / p class=captionConsumer Reports yesterday named the 2010 Toyota Prius the best new-car value for the year. On top of that, Toyota is offering unprecedented deals on the Prius./p /div p class=introductionIn an unexpected turn of events, Toyota’s safety recalls could create a jump...
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div class=fullWidthFigure img src=/files/lutz-converj-610.jpg alt=Bob Lutz in the Cadillac Converj title=Bob Lutz in the Cadillac Converj / p class=captionGM’s Bob Lutz sits in the...
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div class=figure inlineRight width-300px img src=/files/murkowski-epa-400.jpg alt=Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska with reporters title=Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska with reporters width=300 / p class=caption Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, responds to reporters./p /div p class=introductionNew proposals in the Senate and House to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating emissions of greenhouse gases have little chance of stopping higher fuel efficiency standards...
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BMW ActiveE Active E, an electric 1-series, is the next text platform for a BMW electric car. One step at a time—slowly but surely—BMW is developing the knowledge and capacity to deliver a small all-electric car by 2013. In 2009, the company began leasing an electric two-passenger version of the Mini Cooper to about 600...
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European carmakers are preparing their latest cool hybrid concepts for the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, which runs March 4 to 14. The dominant theme is green speed. Here’s a sneak peak at a few vehicle unveilings, which show some restraint on fuel economy, but hold nothing back on horsepower. Mercedes F800 Style Mercedes...
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