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Prius dominates Japanese car sales
August 6, 2009 – 4:47 pm | No Comment
Prius dominates Japanese car sales

So hybrid incentives don’t work? The Toyota Prius has now been the top selling vehicle in Japan for 3 months, thanks to government incentives to buy hybrid cars . Wouldn’t it be wonderful if an American-made hybrid was the top selling vehicle in the US, with or without tax incentives? If …

Honda Insight 2010
January 14, 2009 – 11:28 pm | No Comment
Honda Insight 2010

High mileage per gallon and a price well below $18k, the new 2010 Honda Insight is aimed at the masses, with high affordability and the known efficiency of Honda Hybrids. With a 63.4 mile per gallon efficiency, Honda believes that real-world mileage will be much better than the official EPA rating of 40-

BMW’s Electric Mini
October 17, 2008 – 2:56 pm | No Comment
BMW’s Electric Mini

Autopia just posted more news about to future BMW’s Electric Mini, with no Tail Pipe! Details are scarce, but Autocar says the Mini EV will use a lithium-ion battery, have a range of 100 to 135 miles and a 0-to-60 time of less than 9 seconds. Last we heard, BMW planned to build just 500 electric Minis and bring them all to California to help meet the Golden State’s zero-emissions vehicle mandate that requires…

Audi Electric Car is in the works
October 8, 2008 – 10:29 pm | No Comment
Audi Electric Car is in the works

Audi joins the Electric Car Race: Audi will apparently be joining the ever-growing all-electric car contingent in the near future with an ultra-small car of its own, reports Autocar. During an interview at last week’s Paris Motor Show opening, Audi board member Peter Schwarzenbauer confirmed that engineers at