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2013 Honda Insight: The Forgotten Hybrid?

Green Car Reports

And with poor sales and Toyota's Prius C now on the market as a head-to-head rival, the Honda Insight can definitely consider itself a follower. Some lead, others follow. That's a shame, for those who remember the original Honda Insight.

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Toyota Research Institute displays Gen 2 autonomous test vehicle; machine vision and machine learning

Green Car Congress

generation advanced safety research vehicle at the company’s Prius Challenge event in Sonoma California. The layered and overlapping LiDAR, radar and camera sensor array reduce the need to depend too heavily on high-definition maps—especially for near-term systems which will be designed for use in areas where such maps don’t yet exist.

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J.D. Power study finds ACEN technology woes affecting vehicle reliability for consumers

Green Car Congress

The 2016 US Vehicle Dependability Study is based on responses from 33,560 original owners of 2013 model-year vehicles after three years of ownership. The study, now in its 27 th year, examines problems experienced during the past 12 months by original owners of 2013 model-year vehicles. Highest-ranked nameplates and models.

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Here are all the used EVs that qualify for a $4,000 tax credit

Baua Electric

Definitely worthy of used EV tax credits Here are all the Used EVs that qualify for tax credits As promised, here is the current list of used EVs that qualify for tax credits in the US, per the IRS, separated by all-electric BEVs and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs).

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

2, Ghosn will unveil the first of three electric models in three vehicle segments that he plans to sell by 2013. will sell a plug-in Toyota Prius after 2010, taking on the Chevrolet Volt, which goes on sale in November 2010. CEO Carlos Ghosn is spending big money to make electric vehicles in high volumes — and soon.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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