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ZAP To Offer Plug-In Conversions

ZAP To Offer Plug-In Conversions

ZAP, the California-based electric car maker, is teaming up with Colorado-based Hybrids Plus to offer plug-in conversion systems for the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape Hybrid.

Order a Smart ForTwo. Wait One Year.

Order a Smart ForTwo. Wait One Year.

More than 30,000 customers have placed an order for the ultra-hip high-mpg Smart ForTwo. These customers left a refundable $99 deposit, but have been left in the dark about when their cool cute car will arrive. That wait could be one year or longer.

Toyota's New Small Offerings

Toyota's New Small Offerings

Toyota will show two small vehicles, the Urban Cruiser and the A-Bat, at the Geneva Motor Show next week, both of which are viable offerings for the U.S. market. Adding small and efficient vehicles could help Toyota move in the direction of meeting new higher fuel efficiency standards.

GMC to Unveil a Pair of Hybrid Pickups

GMC to Unveil a Pair of Hybrid Pickups

GMC is introducing the 2009 Sierra Two-Mode Hybrid pickup truck at the Chicago Motor Show this week. The Sierra Hybrid is due out in late 2008. In addition, GMC will unveil a hybrid pickup concept called the Denali XT, which can run on E85 ethanol.

Zapping the Top Five Excuses to Wait to Buy a Hybrid

Ostrich with head in the sand

Check out five reasons—nay, excuses—for waiting to buy a hybrid vehicle. And five counterpoints to suggest why a fuel-sipping, eco-friendly hybrid should move up on your to-do list in 2008.

Eric’s Story: Buying a Used Hybrid

Eric’s Story: Buying a Used Hybrid

One man's experience searching for the used hybrids of his dreams.

High Hopes for Next Prius

High Hopes for Next Prius

When an unknown musician becomes an overnight sensation with a runaway hit album, expectations for the follow-up release often rise to unrealistic levels. Toyota faces similar anticipation from loyal fans waiting for the next-generation Prius.

An Inconvenient Lack of Electric Vehicles

An Inconvenient Lack of Electric Vehicles

Today, no major car companies offer electric cars. Should we wait patiently for a better zero-emissions car to come along?

Reasons Not To Buy a Hybrid

Some of the more skeptical visitors to this site have written to us saying: “Enough of the praise about hybrids. What are you hiding? What are the drawbacks?”

Performance Hybrids

Performance Hybrids

Is the incarnation of hybrids as "muscle" vehicles the key to breaking into the mainstream, or a misstep by Toyota and Honda that will alienate the core hybrid fans?

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