Hybrid Cars - Alternative Energy and Fuels

BYD Launches Green-Hybrid Technologies Across Entire Car Line-up
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BYD unveiled last week several technologies to improve fuel efficiencies by more than 20 percent in all its 2014 vehicle line-up. The company is calling it the “Green Hybrid.” There are several breakthroughs said to be tied to the “Green Hybrid …

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Toyota Yaris Hybrid, a Car of Many Good Deeds and a Few Sins
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Yet despite “Toyota”and “Hybrid” being siamese twins attached at the hip, they never managed to offer a convincingly mass-market hybrid in Europe. I'm talking about a car that everybody wants and can buy for no other reason besides it being the right …

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US Diesel Car Registrations Increase By 24%, Hybrids Up 33%
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CA, MA & NY Are Fastest Growing Diesel Car States . . . SC, TN, KY & MS Are Fastest Growing Hybrid Car States . . . TX Is #1 In Total Diesel Passenger Vehicles & #1 In Diesel Pickup Trucks . . . WY, MT, ID & AK Have Highest Percentage of Diesel …

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Toyota says sales of hybrid vehicles surpass 5 million, promises more models
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The Japanese automaker, which said Wednesday it had sold 5.125 million hybrid vehicles as of the end of March, started selling the Prius, the world’s first mass produced hybrid passenger car, in 1997. Gas-electric hybrids deliver fuel efficiency by …

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UPDATE 1-Chinese car makers turn to hybrids, hope for Beijing backing
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SHANGHAI, April 20 (Reuters) – China is warming to gasoline-electric hybrid cars as it tackles an addiction to fossil fuels, and local car makers are finally heeding the call and entering a niche 'green' market dominated by Japanese rivals such as …

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French carmaker brings air-powered hybrid car to market
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“What we are doing with our hybrid air technology is as soon as you’re just braking or just decelerating, you are able to store the energy very quickly,” he said. “Compressed air, which is a new way of looking at energy storage in a hybrid car.” The …

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Understanding Hybrid Vehicles
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Hybrid vehicles address two important issues in the world today. The first is global warming, and the second is the reduction of fuel costs. There are going to be many different hybrid vehicle models showing up on the radar screen, and understanding how they work will aid the consumer in getting the best value for [...]

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Ford: Americas Hybrid Car
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The Ford Hybrid Car and their Distinct Innovative Advantages If you have even a passing interest in the topic of “hybrid car”, then you should take a look at the following information. This enlightening article presents some of the latest news on the subject of “hybrid car”. Ford has always been a brand name that [...]

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The History of Hybrid Cars
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Ever curious how exactly hybrid cars became the economic revelation they are today? Well, it definitely didn’t start in the 1990s, that’s for sure. In fact, alternative-fuel vehicles and transportation were being developed as far back as 1665, which Flemish inventors used to experiment with steam-power in order to power unmanned cars, and, moving forward [...]

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Why Hybrid Cars are Better
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You buy one of the best conventional cars on the lot. It offers you an internal combustion engine, has lots of torque, it’s speedy and even has a 3 CD changer. Your neighbor buys the same car but his is a hybrid. Why did he buy a hybrid? What makes a hybrid any different from [...]

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The Most Important Hybrid Car Information
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When picking out a hybrid car, many customers seem to overlook all the hybrid car information that they should be looking at. Granted, many cars manufactured at present (hybrid or not), really do sell on their looks and just how comfortable they ride. But buying hybrid cars are slowly changing car shopper habits. Mileage When [...]

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