plans to expand its fleet of about 250 fuel-efficient and gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles to include about 30 all-electric cars by late 2011, Feigon said. The plan fits neatly into I-Go’s goal of reducing car ownership in the Chicago area. The
car manufacturers in China, now the world’s biggest car market. The annual output of electric and hybrid cars in Changchun accounts for six percent of China’s total and the number of such automobiles are expected to exceed 200,000 units by 2015, Li said.
reliable medium sized car, with the Nissan Qashqai coming bottom of the table. When it came to large cars, the Honda Insight, a hybrid, fared best with the Ford Mondeo being named by Which? members as the least reliable. to go wrong but our rigorous
firm’s boss said green technology was crucial to Honda’s future Honda is to start selling electric cars in the US and Japan in 2012. It will also launch a plug-in hybrid in the same year as it joins the race to manufacture more environmentally-friendly
as a plug-in hybrid in 2012 in the U.S. and Japan, joining the race to manufacture green cars in which rivals have already taken slight leads. The plans were disclosed by Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito at the Japanese automaker’s facility in a
The warranty is transferable to subsequent owners at no cost, GM says. Though they are not strictly battery-fueled cars as Volt will be, gas-electric hybrids typically offer similar eight-year/100,000-mile warranties on the battery and hybrid components.
Battery Plant in Holland. The plant, set to open in 2012, will make batteries for electric and hybrid cars. It’s set to bring in an estimated 400 to 500 jobs to the area. Partial funding for the plant came from a federal program to boost the production of
also said that the company has set up 11 dealerships to offer sales and service for new energy cars. BYD launched an upgraded version of its existing F3DM hybrid model on Tuesday at a post-subsidy price of 89,800 yuan. A total of 25,000 new-energy cars
eco-friendly vehicles. It is free, so you can go along, try out some of the electric and hybrid cars and motorbikes and even meet some key F1 names. The rally will run from Brighton sea front to Hyde Park and is raising money for the Royal Parks
Thirty-six charging points for electric cars have been set up across Birmingham and Coventry. The two cities have been taking part in a government-backed trial aimed at encouraging drivers to use electric or hybrid vehicles. It