Too reliable for a mechanic to make a living. Reliable hybrid cars Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers have picked the ten cars they hate the most for being too reliable. “Yes, the cars we hate most, as mechanics,” claim the brothers, “are the cars that provide us with the fewest repair dollars.” The list is mostly Japanese and includes 2 hybrid cars : the Ford Fusion hybrid and the Toyota …

Good for just 70 mpg? An extra 20 mpg What’s it like to drive a Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid ? What kind of fuel economy does it achieve? What’s the EV range? Time to charge, etc? MotorTrend answers those questions today in a great article on the plug-in Prius and, well, the plug-in…

Except the hybrid versions. As red, white and blue as it gets Essentially, every foreign brand saw their sales get hammered in August, and while US automakers also experienced declining sales, sales of pickup trucks continue to post gains. Without big gas guzzling pickup trucks, the Big 3 would be seeing a lot of red. Cars.com has put together…

Camry hybrid just can't compete Camry sales, but not the hybrid, lead way Sales of Toyota hybrid cars dropped from 17,504 hybrids in July to 15,444 hybrids in August, as the Toyota Prius dropped from 14,102 sales in July, to 11,799 sales in August. Despite some of the best lease deals ever on the Toyota Prius, hybrid sales continue to remain unimpressive.

Adding a new hybrid system to hybrids A Toyota Prius with auto-drive Already a number of cars offer safety features that not only warn drivers of dangers, they actually take control of the vehicle to help prevent potential crashes. Today, we call cars with two power sources hybrid cars , but in the very near future most cars will also have two drivers:  a computer and the actual driver…

8 cylinder performance with 4 cylinder fuel economy A pure Nissan hybrid While Nissan has been a bit of a hybrid bear, the automaker has still been hard at work developing its own proprietary hybrid drive. To date, Nissan’s Altima hybrid has been built with hybrid technology licensed from Toyota. However, at the LA…

8 cylinder performance with 4 cylinder fuel economy A pure Nissan hybrid While Nissan has been a bit of a hybrid bear, the automaker has still been hard at work developing its own proprietary hybrid drive. To date, Nissan’s Altima hybrid has been built with hybrid technology licensed from Toyota. However, …

A sketchy hybrid idea Taking minivans hybrid Honda has been awarded a new patent on some sketches that InsideLine believes look very similar to the Skydeck MPV hybrid concept shown at last year’s Tokyo Auto Show, but there is no official word from Honda that plans for such a hybrid have moved beyond the conceptual stage. Lately Honda’s hybrid vehicles have come up …

A sketchy hybrid idea Taking minivans hybrid Honda has been awarded a new patent on some sketches that InsideLine believes look very similar to the Skydeck MPV hybrid concept shown at last year’s Tokyo Auto Show, but there is no official word from Honda that plans for such a hybrid have moved beyond the conceptual stage. Lately Honda’s hybrid vehicles have come up a little short, at least in …

A Prius with a Hymotion plug-in hybrid conversion package. Good for the environment and reducing oil dependence, but your wallet? “ I’m going to use this to save money on my campaign. I’m running for Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder in November ,” Ray Flesher recently told Denver 7 news about his recently converted…

Is it a hybrid dud, or is it you? Finding blame for bad hybrid fuel economy Drive a hybrid just like any other vehicle, and it will usually still achieve considerably better fuel economy than a similar conventional vehicle, especially in city conditions. However, smart hybrid drivers can often significantly increase their hybrid’s fuel economy by letting a hybrid be a hybrid. Still, when fuel economy comes up short, when is the problem the…

Worth $3000 more? Fit for a hybrid? Honda has released a few sketches of the upcoming Honda Fit hybrid , set to go on sale in Europe early next year. While the new Honda hybrid will offer significantly better fuel economy than a conventional Fit, is it worth almost $3000 more? As with most hybrid offerings, there are sure to be some high tech features not found on a base …