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Hybrid
vs. diesel vs. flex-fuel
Gas/electric hybrids use electric motors to
assist a gasoline engine in driving the vehicle.
In hybrid cars now on the market,
the batteries for the electric motor are charged
by the gasoline engine and by power recaptured
during slowing and stopping ...
CNN Money
Hybrid
power served 5 ways
The LS600h offers the performance of a V12
with the fuel economy of a V8, Toyota boasts.
Compared to those cars, the Lexus
looks downright thrifty. Not only does it
get better fuel economy - it even costs
a lot less. The V12-powered BMW 760li gets
15 ...
CNN Money
News Blog: Posts tagged
hybrid
On a related note, Toyota is also testing
hybrid cars with rechargeable batteries
in the United States and Japan. Earlier this
month, research firm R.L. Polk reported that
the Prius was the best-selling car in Silicon
Valley in the first five months ...
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News Blog: Posts tagged money
Our Living With Technology report has reviews
of hybrid cars and energy-saving
products for your home. Also there's a section
on Earth-friendly downloads that can be
useful . And editor Michael Kanellos produced
a video to show some things you can do at
...
CNET News
Meridian Energy announces electric car trial
In the last few years there have been developments
and successes seen in the use of hybrid
cars, and plug-in hybrids are now available
overseas. All-electric cars are the next
step. Meridian has three goals in conducting
next year’s trial: 1. To ...
Scoop
Hybrid
cars
can net 'grand' rebate
For more information on the ?Green Rewards?
program in Illinois, call
312/814-1901
or
217/557-6436.
Illinois is tempting motorists to go green by
offering them some green. The "Green Rewards"
program awards qualifying Illinois residents
a $1,000 ...
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Searches for Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Slow,
Cars.com
Reports
According to the index, hybrid vehicles
listed among the site's used cars that
registered the greatest decline in search activity
during the past month included the Honda Civic
Hybrid, the Honda Insight, the Toyota
Prius and Ford Escape Hybrid. "This ...
Auto Remarketing
Your Money: Some
Hybrid
Credits Are About to Expire
All the major automakers have rolled out high-mileage
cars and trucks, and more are on the
way. And if you buy a hybrid — a vehicle
that combines an electric motor with a gasoline
engine — you may be eligible for a tax credit
when you file your ...
ABC News
Get a charge out of this: a foldable battery
Linhardt hopes that technological fine-tuning
and the economies of mass manufacture can reduce
the selling price to the point where the paper
battery could be used to power hybrid
cars and a wide range of other applications,
Other paper batteries are ...
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restart it when the accelerator is pressed. This prevents
wasted energy from idling. Unlike all-electric vehicles,
HEVs now being offered do not need to be plugged into an
external source of electricity to be recharged; conventional
gasoline and regenerative braking provide all the energy
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