The 113th annual New York International Auto Show began letting media in Tuesday, March 26, opens to the public Friday, and runs to April 7. This year it is marked by a larger number of actual production-ready “green” and fuel-efficient cars, and plenty of larger SUVs and crossovers. Fewer are the who-knows-if-they’ll-build-it bleeding-edge green vehicle
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Rising gas prices and more product availability has led to increased hybrid share of 3.38 percent. This is in line with last month, and the highest rate since April 2012 (also a time of high gas prices). Since gas prices will at least remain high and probably increase, this trend should continue in coming months.
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The HybridCars.com monthly sales dashboard is a collaboration of HybridCars.com and Baum & Associates, a Michigan-based market research firm focusing on automotive issues including the hybrid and electric vehicle market. January is generally a slow month in auto sales, as buyers and automakers offer incentives to close out the year in December, resulting in payback
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The green energy advocacy group, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), has dubbed the Toyota Prius c as the group’s greenest car of 2013. With an EPA-rated 53-mpg city, and 46-mpg highway, ACEEE gave the Prius a score of 58, just one point higher than the electric powertrain Honda Fit. The standard model Prius,
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