Articles in the Green Cars Category

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Lexus’ Hybrid hatch to challenge BMW 1, Audi A3

Top Gear‘s putting the rumors aside to confirm that Lexus is planning to unveil a new BMW 1-Series and Audi A3 competitior at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show.
The five-door sports hatch will likely emerge as a …

Updated 6 May 2009 | 5 Comments

Green Cars, Headline, Nissan, Rumormill »

Nissan 370Z Hybrid debuts on… web rumormills

Rumors aren’t to be trusted, but they sure are interesting! According to 370Z.com, reports out of Japan are hinting that Nissan’s thinking about going green for the 2011 370Z. By green I mean hybrid. That’s …

Updated 5 May 2009 | 2 Comments

Green Cars, News, Nissan »

NYPD’s Altima Hybrids piss off “buy American” crowd

For the first time, ever, you’ll be seeing New York’s finest riding around in 40 Nissan Altima Hybrids (18 marked, 22 unmarked).
Sure, at $25,391 a pop, they cost $1,500 more than the Impala but because …

Updated 2 May 2009 | 2 Comments

European Industry, Green Cars, Honda, Toyota »

Honda UK claims Insight is outselling Prius. But is it?

Honda upped its game when it announced the reintroduction of the Insight hybrid and it seems like they’re killing Toyota at its own game. Honda is claiming it has sold 229 Insights since April 4, …

Updated 1 May 2009 | 5 Comments

Green Cars, Toyota »

New Toyota Prius to start at $21,000

The Toyota Prius is due to come State side sometime in late May and it’ll cost a little more than I had expected. The base model has been priced at $21,000 … that’s about $1,000 …

Updated 21 Apr 2009 | 4 Comments

Green Cars, Japanese Industry, Toyota »

Toyota expects 40,000 preorders for new Prius

An article in Japanese news paper, Nikkei, is reporting that Toyota’s expecting to receive 40,000 preorder requests for its new 2010 Prius hybrid in Japan alone. Compare that number to this one: 73,100 Prius hybrids …

Updated 15 Apr 2009 | No Comment

Green Cars, Infiniti, Rumormill »

Rumor: Infiniti hybrid model in 2010

Nissan has long talked about joining the hybrid revolution and now rumors are suggesting there’s a lithium-ion battery equipped luxury hybrid with a Infiniti emblem on it.
The rumored luxury hybrid might not work though. …

Updated 28 Mar 2009 | 3 Comments

European Industry, Green Cars, Toyota »

Toyota has announced that they’ll be teaming up with French energy company EDF and to introduce a trial run of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles (PHV) in Strasbourg, France. So far the plan is to lease one hundred next-generation Priuses …

Updated 18 Mar 2009 | No Comment

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