Hybrid Drivers

ALTe and A123 Systems Sign Battery Supply Agreement

Last week, hybrid conversion startup ALTe and battery maker A123 Systems signed a long-term contract to enable ALTe to build extended-range light-duty fleet trucks by next summer.
A123 will supply 21.6 kwh – and eventually other – battery packs for the high-mpg plug in series hybrids that will operate similarly to a Chevy Volt or Fisker Karma.

'Quietest Parade Ever' Sets Hybrid Record in Wisconsin

Hundreds of hybrid owners joined together in Madison, Wisc. on Sunday to set the Guinness world record for the longest hybrid parade ever staged.

Toyota Prius Continues to Dominate Green Car Online Buzz

The blogosphere is a beast fed with lightning-fast news reports, and posts about the trendiest of latest trends. Yet, despite massive marketing efforts behind a wave of electric cars, like the Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF, the conventional gas-electric Toyota Prius—which has been on the market since 2000—continues to dominate online chatter.

Toyota Prius Sets 1 Million Sales as Green Car Benchmark

Last week, Toyota announced that it made the one-millionth sale of the Toyota Prius in the United States. It took Toyota 11 years to achieve that impressive benchmark. While 1 million might sound like an arbitrary figure (well-suited for marketing purposes only), it becomes meaningful when you consider President Obama’s goal of getting 1 million American consumers to drive a plug-in vehicle by 2015.

Hybrid and EV Adoption Comes Down To...Genetics?

Most auto market analysts point to gas prices, payback periods or public education as the key to increasing adoption of hybrid cars and electric vehicles. And now a new study from the Journal of Consumer Researcher says that it comes down to genetics.

Iowa Man Takes US Electric Car Future Into His Own Hands

Mike Howard wants Elk Horn, Iowa, to play a role in the nation's future in electric cars. "We have a dream about electric vehicles and we're going to make that a reality," he said. Anticipating an electric car revolution, Howard invested $30,000 to install four charging stations in Elk Horn, despite the fact that the small town currently has exactly one electric car—a Chevrolet S-10 pickup that Howard himself converted to run on batteries.

Subaru Fans: Where's My Hybrid?

If ever there was an automotive brand that embodied the spirit of hybrid cars—urban, progressive, outdoorsy, family-oriented—it would be Subaru. But the company continues to trot out cool hybrid concepts, like the new gull-wing Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept, and procrastinate on delivering a real hybrid to US showrooms.

Hybrid and Electric Cars Will Emit Vroomtones

After years of complaints from blind pedestrians that ultra-quiet hybrid cars pose a safety threat, the auto industry is responding by producing on-board devices that emit sounds, such as jet engines, boings, or human voice saying, “Excuse me.” One day, electric car and hybrid drivers might download “vroomtones” for their cars, the way they download ringtones for cell phones today.

Car Culture Wars: Glenn Beck Ridicules Hybrids

The day after the Obama administration announced rules for tougher automobile fuel efficiency standards, conservative media pundit Glenn Beck ridiculed hybrid cars as undesirable and not worthy of tax incentives.

A Wave of Anti-Prius Vandalism in Seattle?

A Seattle neighborhood website reported a "rash of attacks" against Toyota Priuses. But Seattle Police were only able confirm one incident. "It doesn’t appear at this point to be any sort of pattern,” Detective Mark Jamieson told HybridCars.com.

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