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2012 Honda Insight: The Overlooked Subcompact Hybrid Choice?

Green Car Reports

With four different Prius models and two non-prius hybrids now for sale in the U.S., it’s easy to go straight to a Toyota dealership when you’re looking for a hybrid car.

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GSA To Make 5,600 Hybrids Available To Federal Agencies, Including 100 Plug-In Hybrids; Cost Still An Issue

Green Car Congress

The US government’s General Services Administration (GSA) this summer took delivery of the first of more than 5,600 hybrid vehicles ordered earlier this year, and will make the vehicles—almost all of which are Ford Fusion hybrids—available to various federal agencies under GSA lease agreements as they are delivered.

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All Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars Are Compliance Cars, For Now

Green Car Reports

When the first Honda Insight and Toyota Prius hybrids launched in 1999 and 2000, expectations for their sales were low. And hybrids indeed logged annual sales in the low thousands until the second-generation Prius came along for 2004.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

It appears that this engine was not legal for sale in high-altitude areas. The original Honda Insight beat it, but it needed a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain plus a lot of cutting-edge aerodynamic and weight-reduction tricks to pull it off. The Sprint ER shouldn't be compared to modern hybrids or EVs, though.

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Honda Prices the Insight Starting Under $20,000

Green Car Congress

The all-new 2010 Honda Insight goes on-sale 24 March with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $19,800 for the entry-level Insight LX, American Honda Motor Co., The five-passenger, five-door dedicated hybrid vehicle is powered by an Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) system comprising a 1.3-liter

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Honda adding new standard features and lower-priced entry-level model to Insight lineup

Green Car Congress

The new entry-level 2011 Insight. The 2011 Honda Insight hybrid, now on sale in the US, gains new standard features and the addition of a value-oriented entry model featuring an MSRP starting at $18,200. The five-door dedicated hybrid vehicle is powered by an Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) system comprising a 1.3-liter

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Can Toyota really claim to be green? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

First it heads to Wales… then to China… and finally to Japan where it is then shipped for sale worldwide. Of course there may be greener alternatives in the future – electrics and fuel cell cars for example, when the infrastructure is in place – but for now hybrid cars remain the most realistic alternative for most. Faye Sunderland.

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