Video: Is a hybrid worth the cost?
Intro: With gas prices inching past $4 per gallon, you might be wondering if a hybrid vehicle is the answer to rising fuel costs. Depending on the age of your current car, how far you drive, and where ...
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Hybrid car owners cite price in refusing to buy again
For a surprising number of U.S. hybrid car owners, the experience is one and done.
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2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid Priced From $25,995
Calling it America’s most affordable, fuel-efficient hybrid vehicle, and taking a square aim at Toyota’s Prius V wagon, Ford is beginning to promote the 2013 C-Max Hybrid compact minivan hatchback. The $25,995 starting price for the base level C-Max Hybrid certainly fits the bill and, according our colleagues at Green Car Reports, this...
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Hybrid Humvee? US Army shows its diesel hybrid field vehicle
Still think hybrids and green cars are meek and hipsterish? Plant your eyes on the US Army's Fuel Efficient ground vehicle Demonstrator Bravo. It's one of the burliest vehicles you've likely seen in years, and it's all hybrid underneath its rugged sheet metal. .. Continue Reading Hybrid Humvee? US Army shows its diesel hybrid field vehicle Section: Automotive Tags: Armored Car , Army , FED Bravo ...
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Ford Begins Taking Orders for C-MAX Hybrid - America's Most Affordable, Fuel-Efficient Hybrid Utility Vehicle
DEARBORN, Mich., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Ford dealers are now taking orders for the Ford C-MAX Hybrid, which will be more affordable than Toyota Prius v while achieving better fuel economyClass-exclusive ...
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Ferrari hybrid surpassing Enzo as costliest car
Ferrari will turn to fuel-saving hybrid technology to create its most powerful and expensive model, showing that even elite performance cars are under pressure to get greener. The Italian automaker's first hybrid,... Presented By: Avoid the hassle of sheet labels.    Say goodbye to sheet label hassles. The DYMO® LabelWriter® 450 Turbo creates labels with customizable, individual addresses. No ...
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Hybrid vehicle company moving operations to Danville
Hybrid Vehicles of Danville plans to hire 25 people, and eventually hopes to grow to 150 employees. A car company is moving its new manufacturing facility and headquarters to Danville.
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Reporting 2011 US Hybrid Car Sales
US Hybrid Car sales for 2011 totalled 275,333 units. This figure represents an 8.51 per cent increase on...
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US Hybrid Car Sales Figures for Final Quarter of 2011
Despite a year of natural disasters and currency issues Hybrid sales finished strongly in the final...
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Volkswagen Hybrid Committment
January 2012 - Volkswagen is kicking off the year 2012 with two world premieres, both of which showcase innovative...
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Volvo’s Green Motoring Initiatives - EV’S Hybrids and VEA
Efficiency and electrification are the key drivers when Volvo Car Corporation takes the lead in the quest for...
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Nissan’s Unveils New CVT and Hybrid System
Nissan has unveiled its new generation XTRONIC CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) for 2.0 to 3.5-liter engine vehicles and...
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Energy Department agrees to set new appliance efficiency standards
The Energy Department has agreed to boost energy efficiency requirements for nearly two dozen household appliances and equipment from dishwashers to fluorescent lamps as part of a court settlement after years of inaction. The new standards will be phased in over the next five years. The agreement, filed in the U.S. District Court in New York and announced Monday, settles a lawsuit filed last year by environmental groups, 15 states, including North Carolina, and the city of New York because of delays in improving federal appliance efficiency requirements.
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Md. Toughens Car Emissions
Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law dozens of bills Tuesday aimed at protecting the environment, including a law tightening car emissions standards and a permanent ban on catching diamondback terrapins. The new law means that by model year 2011, new cars sold in Maryland will have to meet California emissions standards. The change will reduce greenhouse gas emissions coming from cars.
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Arnie sues US government over washing machines
California has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Energy for failing to allow the state to make its household washing machines more water-efficient. In 2004, California approved rules imposing water efficiency standards for household washing machines that are higher than federal standards. The proposed new standard required washing machines sold after 2007 to use no more than 8.5 gallons of water per cubic foot of washing machine capacity. And by 2010, this figure would have to be reduced by a further 30%. Overall, the new rules were expected to save 303 billion litres of water a year by 2019, but they could only come into effect if approved by the federal Department of Energy. However, the DOE refused to grant California a waiver from less stringent federal standards in 2004.
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The peak oil crisis: Week twelve
For three months now, US gasoline stockpiles have been dropping steadily. Nationwide, gasoline prices jumped 10.2 cents a gallon last week to an average of $2.97 and $3.46 around San Francisco. Last week, US gasoline stockpiles dropped for the 12th straight week by another 1.1 million barrels as US motorists continued to burn up gasoline at a rate 1.6 percent higher than last year. While refinery utilization at 88.3 percent is still well below what is needed to build up stocks for the summer driving season, refiners did manage to produce another 300,000 barrels of gasoline per day which reduced the pace at which gasoline stockpiles have been dropping; 1 million barrels last week vs. the 4 million barrels per week we saw earlier last month. US imports remained the same last week at 1.2 million barrels per day, also well below the 1.5-1.6 required to build up stockpiles for the summer. As has been the case for many weeks, gasoline consumption continues to run above last year, a series of refining problems have kept gasoline output well below the utilization needed to build stockpiles, and the US seems to be unable to find enough refined gasoline on the world markets to make up the difference. There are several underlying problems behind the growing shortfalls, none of which seem susceptible to immediate solution. The automobile is so deeply imbedded into our lifestyles that gasoline will have to go much higher - some say $6+ a gallon - before there will be any significant slackening in demand. Sales of gas-guzzlers probably will continue to drop, but major changes in lifestyles will not come until actual gasoline shortages and gas lines develop. Here in America, there are simply too many other ways to save money before we cut back on driving.
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Get ready for $4 gasoline
Refinery output in the U.S. has been below normal for several months now, after fires and other accidents combined with longer than normal maintenance shutdowns, hurting production. Peter Beutel, an oil analyst at consulting firm Cameron Hanover, noted in a recent report that refineries have not operated above 95 percent capacity since Hurricanes Rita and Katrina in 2005. Before 2005, the refineries, clustered around the Gulf coast and badly damaged in the storms, routinely operated at over 95 percent capacity. Flynn said gasoline stocks have fallen for the past twelve weeks straight and are now at their lowest level for this time of year since 1956. This all comes just as the nation gears up for the summer driving season, spurred by vacationing families and students out of school. Meanwhile, demand has shown no sign of easing. That's despite a nationwide average price of $3.07 a gallon for unleaded regular, a record, according to Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey of thousands of stations nationwide. During the winter months gasoline demand grew at about 2.5 percent, according to the Energy Information Agency. Average demand growth is about 1.5 percent. "More and more communities are going to see gasoline that approaches or exceeds $4 a gallon," John Kilduff, an energy analyst at Man Financial in New York, said recently. "Where we're currently at with prices, that's a given."
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