The editors of Kelley Blue Book selected the 2013 Prius v and the 2013 Avalon for their list of 10 Best Family Cars. The list is compiled annually by KBB.com editors to highlight vehicles that address unique family specifications and situations, and offer innovation. “Our annual list is aimed at helping families find the right
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Zipcar, Inc. announced yesterday the expansion of its car sharing network to the City of Minneapolis. With this launch, Minneapolis becomes Zipcar’s 21st major metropolitan market. The new Zipcar program will provide, according to the company, the Minneapolis community with access to 40 vehicles located in convenient locations throughout the City, including Dinkytown, Downtown, Loring
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General Motors has posted a video showing yet another potential advantage offered by the pending 2013 Chevrolet Cruze turbo diesel over the Volkswagen Jetta TDI. At least that’s the hope, because the competitive advantages appear to possibly be mixed with disadvantages as well, such as a starting price higher by $730, and city mpg lower
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Carsharing company Zipcar, Inc. is expanding its airport access to eight new airports in North America. With this expansion, Zipcar said it is extending its member experience from city streets and college campuses to airport parking lots, giving Zipcar members on-demand access to nearly 10,000 vehicles in 20 cities, at over 300 universities and now
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Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it has sold five million hybrid vehicles worldwide. Nearly two million (1,951,243) of those hybrid vehicles have been sold in the United States, under the Toyota and Lexus brands. In Canada, over 77,000 hybrids have been sold to date and Toyota Canada’s products accounted for more than 80 percent of
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Ford said today it delivered its best hybrid sales quarter ever in the first quarter of 2013 with sales totaling 21,080 vehicles – marking the first time Ford has sold more than 20,000 hybrids in a quarter. Ford’s hybrid sales were up 324 percent nationally over 2012, achieving 16 percent share of the electrified vehicle
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Toyota Canada’s entry to the Rallye Monte-Carlo des Energies Nouvelles earned the title of most fuel-efficient hybrid and finished fifth overall, out of a total of 113 entries. Over the course of the four day rally, Toyota Canada’s Prius PHV traveled more than 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) through Monaco, France and Italy, climbing and descending
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Two Canadians and a Toyota Prius PHV are competing in Monte Carlo at the world’s oldest and most prestigious green rally race, the Rallye Monte Carlo des Energies Nouvelles. The Toyota Prius PHV’s features will be put to the test in situations that simulate real world conditions in terms of fuel consumption and performance during
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Toyota’s hybrid lineup has received quite a few awards and is adding to this with awards for the Prius and the Highlander hybrid, but Ford’s Fusion has been deemed best hybrid for families. The Toyota Prius and Highlander Hybrid have garnered category honors as part of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Cars for Families
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Mitsubishi has learned a lot of lessons from its i-MiEV, and the CA-MiEV the company says signals the direction its products will go toward appears to be a far more viable all-electric vehicle. Promising battery range higher than anything now produced this side of a Tesla, the 186-mile range car is based on feedback from
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