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US opens probe into 250,712 Honda vehicles over braking issues – ET Auto

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA ) on Monday launched a preliminary probe into about 250,712 Honda Insight and Honda Passport vehicles over inadvertent activation of automatic emergency braking.

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Prius tops the sales chart again

Green Cars News

This is the third successive month that the Prius has been the top-selling car in Japan (see previous article ). Its nearest competitor is the Honda Fit, which is still the overall volume leader for January-July with 82,592 units sold. It now takes it total domestic sales figures for the year to date to 79,122 units.

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Can Toyota really claim to be green? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The Prius came under fire in The Washington Post , which openly questioned its manufacturing process as explained in our article ‘ Could the Prius be harmful to the environment? ’. Tags: The Green Piece green piece Honda Insight prius Toyota. However, in recent weeks even its reputation has been tarnished. Faye Sunderland.

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The green cars of the Tokyo Motor Show. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Here we look at the green cars to be introduced by the three major Japanese manufacturers at the event: Honda – Introducing a world first. When the Honda CR-Z (Compact, Renaissance, Zero) Concept (see article ) made its debut at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2007 it was described as the “world’s first hybrid sports car”.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ]. Please see the related Hybridcars.com article Are Hybrid Batteries Toxic? Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it?

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

E-Flex is technically a hybrid with two power units, but unlike the ToyotaPrius, Honda Insight and various Lexus models, the engine in the Volt doesnot drive the wheels, it simply acts as an emergency generator to rechargethe batteries. How far hybrids will be encouraged in the new government initiative remains tobe seen.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. John Addison publishes the Clean Fleet Report with archives of over 60 articles and reports about electric vehicles, V2G, biofuels, fleet success and more. Utilities could avoid building more dirty peaking power plants. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA SZ (1) 6753.T

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