September 2009


TOKYO (AP) — Honda Motor Co. is hoping to repeat the success of its Insight with another hybrid-only model, the CR-Z. And the Japanese automaker is promising affordable pricing — again. Honda stunned the industry with the low pricing of its Insight hybrid car, which went on sale in February at 1.89 million yen ($20,000) in Japan, and under $20,000 in the U.S. The version of the CR-Z that’s close …

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The days may be numbered for hybrid car owners who have enjoyed traveling solo in California’s carpool lanes. The stickers granting that privilege to 85,000 hybrid owners are set to expire Jan. 1, 2011.

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The days may be numbered for hybrid car owners who have enjoyed traveling solo in California’s car-pool lanes.

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Stickers allowing them in HOV lanes expire Jan. 1, 2011, but only the most economical may get extensions. The days may be numbered for hybrid car owners who have enjoyed traveling solo in California’s carpool lanes.

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Dear Tom and Ray: In looking at “green” options for the future, I have a question about the environmental impact of disposing of hybrid-car batteries.

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GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Volvo is the latest automaker to announce it will put a plug-in hybrid into production. Its diesel-electric hybrid car will go on the market in Europe in 2012, the company announced on Friday.

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The proposed hybrid car manufacturing plant in Baldwin County may ultimately mean more jobs for central Alabama.

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The Associated Press A group of Chinese investors plans to construct a large-scale plant to manufacture hybrid automobiles in northern Baldwin County near Mobile.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A group of Chinese investors plans to construct a large-scale plant to manufacture hybrid automobiles in northern Baldwin County near Mobile.

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H.K Motors to begin operations in 2013; plant to create more than 5,000 jobs A group of Chinese investors plans to construct a large-scale plant to manufacture hybrid automobiles in northern Baldwin County near Mobile. Governor Riley announced the deal today.

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