If Hybridcars.com is owned by Toyota, why would they want to promote another car company (i.e. GM’s Volt?)

Who cares if it’s called a hybrid? It reduces emissions and will save owners’ money. I’m into it.

You cant even get around this site without getting to a Prius add.

This site also says the new GM volts is a hybrid. That is totally false.

Actually, EV enthusiast, it’s commonly regarded within both the industry and the EV world that the Volt is a plug in electric vehicle with a range-extended engine which ONLY drives a generator. That still classes it as an EV. It can be used as an EV provided only 40 miles between charges are observed.
As I said in the article, hybrids require the engine to run at some point – even plug in hybrids, to provide extra motive force from the engine.
You could run the Volt without gas in the tank and it would function with wall-charging. Most plug in Hybrids won’t.

And what about all those lead-based Chinese products? Better ban those.

And don’t forget all the sharp, pointy things that could hurt us. We better get rid of them, too, while we’re at it.

Toyota’s recalls are in the news lately because they’re on top of the auto maker heap at the moment. Remember how great Ford was before their Explorers started having tire explosions?

It’s inevitable that there will be quality problems with any product that is mass produced. We can only hope that the manufacturer takes swift and appropriate corrective action.

(as an aside… maybe to avoid fuel spillage, perhaps car owners should keep their vehicles upright?)