February 2009


BMW is looking to launch a hybrid car in Japan in mid-2010, the company’s Japanese subsidiary has said.

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News & Observer: Raleigh takes part in “Project Get Ready,” a program to help the city get prepared for more hybrid car drivers.

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Toyota has enlisted the services of its Australian design arm, Toyota Style Australia, to produce a stylish concept of its forthcoming Camry Hybrid that will be displayed at the 2009 Melbourne Auto Show. The new model is due for manufacture in Australia next year.

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SCOTS scientists have invented a car that uses half the fuel of a regular vehicle when driven around a city.

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Italdesign Giugiaro will unveil a concept for a fast but fuel efficient hybrid coupe at the Geneva auto show.

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A new hybrid car using technology designed to harness wave energy will drastically cut fuel consumption and help fight climate change, researchers claim.

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Chery Automobile Co., China’s largest homegrown carmaker, has debuted a new plug-in hybrid model that it says can run up to 150 kilometers on a single charge.

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Dramatic shifts in currency values are putting Honda UK under pressure over a plan to usher in a new era in hybrid motoring.

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Honda’s worldwide, total hybrid sales hit the 300,000 mark earlier this month, and will soon be bolstered by the all-new Honda Insight, which goes on sale in April 2009 as the most affordable hybrid car on the market.

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Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, has announced that global sales of Honda hybrid passenger cars passed the 300,000-unit mark on a cumulative basis at the end of January 2009, since the introduction of the first-generation Honda Insight gasoline-electric hybrid car 10 years ago.

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