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Warren Buffett promoted BYD to launch hybrid
cars?
HONG KONG: Chinese
car and battery maker BYD Co, backed by US billionaire investor Warren
Buffett, said it will start sales of plug-in hybrid cars with
solar panels to the public in Shenzhen on
... delay," BYD spokesman Paul Lin said on?

BYD Offers Dual Mode Hybrid Cars to the
Chinese Masses
BYD has announced
the availability of its F3DM dual-mode electric
vehicle to individual buyers in China
starting on March 29. The first sales location will be in Shenzhen. The city
plans to have 24,000 dual mode hybrids on the road by 2012?

Mazda Prius coming soon
Back in July it
was reported that by 2013, Mazda would begin licensing Toyota hybrid
technology as part of its plan to sell 100,000 hybrid cars per
year. Today, Mazda has confirmed that it will begin using the same hybrid
technology in the?

All the benefits of a hybrid . . . from a Golf
Yes, we like to
tip our hat to the clever technology and when Toyota give us a plug-version of
the Prius in the not-too-distant future, hybrid cars might have
their day again. For the moment, these cars are having their backsides
soundly?

Japan May Set Goals for Hybrid, Electric Cars,
Nikkei ...
March 25
(Bloomberg) -- Japan?s trade ministry may set goals to make electric, hybrid
and other low-emission cars account for 50 percent of new vehicle sales
by 2020 and 70 percent by 2030, the Nikkei newspaper said. The goals may
include?

Mazda Goes for Toyota Hybrid Tech
The two automakers
entered discussions about the tie-in in early 2009 in order to take advantage of
a surge in the popularity of hybrid cars -- which improve fuel
efficiency by twinning internal combustion engines with electric motors -- in?

Differences and similarities between gas-electric ...
The move from
cars powered by gas or diesel engines to those that ... Several automakers
are working on plug-in hybrids that will be able to travel solely on battery
power, with the hybrid system in reserve. EXTENDED RANGE ELECTRIC:
Powered?

Upscale small cars face hard times against
hybrid ...
These little
runabouts are now faced with overcoming more than just traditional competitors.
They are also fighting for sales with an unexpected entrant, the hybrid.
In this example, the hybrid is not purchased for fuel efficiency alone,?

2010 Honda Insight
Although most
Americans think of the Toyota Prius when they think of hybrid cars,
Honda actually was the first automaker to offer a hybrid vehicle in the
American marketplace, way back in the fall of 1999. The Honda Insight that
debuted?

World Carmakers Battle For Green Leadership
Electric,
hybrid and small cars have grabbed center stage at the auto show this
week. Some global automotive companies unveiled new electric and hybrid
cars at the auto show as car companies battle for green leadership and
strive to meet?

Buffett-backed BYD to launch hybrid car sales in
China ...
Chinese car and
battery maker BYD Co (比亞迪),
backed by US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said it would start sales of
plug-in hybrid cars with solar panels to the public in Shenzhen
today. The company said it will go ahead with the?
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