Refine Search
...captures energy used in braking, storing it in a battery pack. Neither GM nor Ford has estimated the cost of their hybrid cars. Both use aluminum for the bodies, which is much more expensive than plastic. ''What consumers want is for us to...
...make news at Toyota for 2001. The long-awaited, high-tech Toyota Prius began arriving in the summer. The second hybrid car offered for sale in the United States by a major automaker, the five-passenger Prius sedan is about the size of a...
...than the big Buicks and BMWs and only half the weight of the big SUVs and pickups. And new gasoline-and-electric hybrid cars, such as the Honda Insight, now weigh less than 2,000 pounds as manufacturers strip weight to achieve fuel mileage...
...barely take notice. They drive hybrids -- cars that run on both gasoline and electricity...plans for this first generation of hybrid cars. The two Japanese automakers this...DaimlerChrysler AG do not yet have any hybrid cars but are planning to bring hybrid...
...fuel-efficient cars on the market, the Honda Insight with 64 mpg and Toyota Prius with 48 mpg. But these so-called hybrid cars, powered by conventional gasoline yet able to draw on electric motors, have yet to show potential as big sellers...
...S-10 pickup last month that converts gasoline to hydrogen. Increasing numbers of manufacturers are offering the public hybrid cars. A hybrid has an electric motor that helps the gasoline engine power the vehicle. The NECAR 5 was guided on its voyage...
...45 miles-per-gallon on the center screen. The Prius takes the world of the low-emission, high-gas-mileage hybrid car to a new level. It has as much room as a mid-size car on the footprint of a compact and a very efficient gasoline...
...survey result was that 70 percent of the people interviewed said they would "consider" shopping for a gas-electric hybrid car or truck. Forty-two percent of the shoppers interviewed said they would "seriously consider a more fuel-efficient...
...starting to accelerate there too. Aahh the winds of change. Too bad they don't blow wind turbines that power plug-in hybrid cars getting 100 mpg like they do in Austin Texas. Neal Lesmeister Baxter
...three basic components to the assault; green vehicle fleets, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Gas-electric hybrid cars can replace inefficient vehicles, cutting the use of gasoline and reducing pollutants. A battery-powered electric...