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• West Philly high school team builds hybrid

  
  The Temple News — Authority: 517
  The team, which has received national prominence, is one of 43 teams in an international competition.
  3 hours ago

• First Drive Of The ActiveHybrid X6, A Plug-In Hybrid Caddy: Today’s Car News

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 503
  BMW has managed to keep its “ultimate driving machine” ethos even when it comes to building hybrid vehicles, with its all-new 2010 ActiveHybrid X6 slotting in as the world’s most powerful hybrid vehicle thanks to its 478 horsepower and 575 pound-feet of torque. [Green Car Reports] Revealed at the 2009 Detroit ...
  9 hours ago

• Hybrid vehicles have higher pedestrian crashes

  
  Best Car Ever — Authority: 157
  A recent report from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) has found that hybrid electric vehicles have a higher incidence rate of pedestrian and bicyclist crashes than do conventional vehicles in certain situations.NHTSA looked at state-level crash files to compare crash rates on these two ...
  2 days ago

• Behind the Wheel | 2010 Mercedes-Benz S400: A Hybrid Stakes Out High Ground

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  2010 Mercedes-Benz S400.
  3 days ago

• Electric Cars to Get Supercar Sounds

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 587
  Are you a petrohead with a conscience? Someone who likes the thought of owning an electric car but put off by the weedy sound of today’s offerings? Well, for those of you who want to blend eco-cred with the engine roar of a Lamborghini, the wait may be finally over. New technology developed by Lotus and hi-fi ...
  3 days ago

• Iosa Ghini Associati Proposes Solar-Powered Monorail System For Bologna

  
  Future Transportation — Authority: 132
  Iosa Ghini Associati has proposed the Energy Belt, a solar-powered monorail system to connect Bologna’s airport to the city center. The system will run on sculpted lines above the countryside that will provide breathtaking views for the travelers.
  4 days ago

• Is there a hybrid for everyone?

  
  Hybrid Cars — Authority: 132
  Have hybrids gone mainstream? Today, consumers can find hybrid options for trucks, large SUVs, small SUVs, sedans and hatchbacks. So, is there a hybrid for everyone? Today, 9 out of 10 of the most fuel efficient vehicles available in America are hybrids according to the government, and some believe that means ...
  4 days ago

• Panasonic/Sanyo deal means cheaper Toyota hybrids?

  
  Hybrid Cars — Authority: 132
  Where does lithium fit in? Yesterday, Panasonic confirmed its acquisition plans for Sanyo, despite anti-trust worries regarding hybrid cars . As Panasonic and Sanyo are the two top dogs in the NiMH world of battery production, monopolistic concerns have dogged this deal for months. However, to offset anti-trust ...
  4 days ago

• Audi Avatar Concept Is The Superlight Supercar For 2032

  
  Future Transportation — Authority: 132
  The HSV Encore concept from designer Edwin Conan was an innovative, futuristic ride dated for the year 2020, and his new Audi Avatar concept is another futuristic supercar, dated for 2032. The futuristic Avatar connects to Audi’s past by getting inspiration from the 1937 Auto Union Type C streamliner, and also ...
  4 days ago

• ‘Explicit’ Personal Mobility Vehicle By Kenyon Yeh

  
  Future Transportation — Authority: 132
  Heavy traffic on city roads has forced designers and manufacturers to look toward smaller vehicles. Designed by Kenyon Yeh, the “Explicit” is a personal mobility vehicle that allows brisk as well as safe commutation in urban environments. Inspired by the sharpness and clearness of the visibility, the single person ...
  5 days ago

• Water Powered Car wmv

  
  Water Powered Car — Authority: 140
  610c0dpki-ihlveasbckca17fg.hop.clickbank.net The oil industry took this mans life and destroyed this free hydrogen from water fuel source that would have saved our world from Global Warming in a heart beat. The inventors manage to propel a car on hydrogen, Hydrogen is 2-1/2 times more combustible than gasoline, Yull ...
  5 days ago

• Top Ten Prius proves need for hybrid tax credits?

  
  Hybrid Cars — Authority: 132
  Number 10 Despite some supply issues the Toyota Prius was the 10th best selling vehicle in the US in October according to the latest data. Obviously, that proves conventional hybrid cars dont need new tax credits, right? Thus, tax credits should be reserved for larger battery-powered vehicles? Why? Wouldnt it ...
  5 days ago

• Luxurious fuel economy

  
  Hybrid Cars — Authority: 132
  The Lexus 450h hybrid Admit it, youre a snob. You drive only luxury vehicles. Just kidding. Still, just because luxury cars are your vice doesnt mean that you cant embrace fuel economy, and this morning Cars.com has put forth their favorite ten fuel efficient luxury vehicles. While hybrid cars dont dominate ...
  5 days ago

• Panasonic to Begin Offer for Shares of Hybrid-Car Battery Maker

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Panasonic said it would begin a tender offer for shares in Sanyo Electric, moving closer to becoming a powerhouse in hybrid-car batteries and other green-energy businesses.
  5 days ago

• Sudden acceleration in Prius, other Toyota cars?

  
  Hybrid Cars — Authority: 132
  Not a hybrid problem however Since 2003 as many as 2000 Toyota owners have reported problems with sudden acceleration, including at least one Prius owner, reports ABC . 6 independent investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, however, have not found any problems with Toyotas vehicles ...
  6 days ago

• UNIT Hypermarket Vehicle Tells You What’s Where In The Supermarket

  
  Future Transportation — Authority: 132
  Shopping in a hypermarket often become a tedious task, as most of the visitors struggle to find the goods and have to move across the huge mart in search of a particular product. Providing a solution, Russian designer Liubov Kurzanova has devised a hypermarket vehicle dubbed “UNIT” that makes acquisition of goods ...
  6 days ago

• Op-Ed Columnist: A Glimpse of the Future?

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Bob Herbert
  1 week ago

• NiMH hybrids a long way from dead

  
  Hybrid Cars — Authority: 132
  Still the battery of choice for hybrids Over the weekend it was reported that Sanyo will supply enough NiMH batteries for several tens of thousands of Peugeot hybrid vehicles per year beginning in 2011. While its not necessarily breaking news that Peugeot is going to develop hybrids - weve known that for some time ...
  1 week ago

• Trick or treat: Universal transmission to revolutionize hybrid vehicles?

  
  Hybrid Cars — Authority: 132
  A way to make even a Hummer green? VMT Technologies , with the assistance of BYU, is preparing to announce the development of a universal transmission that promises to revolutionize the auto industry. According to a press release, the positively engaged, infinitely variable transmission (PE-IVT) should increase ...
  1 week ago

• No super grid for PHEVs needed in many areas

  
  Hybrid Cars — Authority: 132
  Ready for the plug-in revolution? A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how one utility executive claimed that 3 - 5 plug-ins in one neighborhood could "overwhelm" the grid . Well, thats California. In other areas the situation is not so dire for plug-in hybrid vehicles . Mike Ligett, director of emerging ...
  1 week ago

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