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Green Autos in the Times: Hybrid Hype, Hydrogen Hooey and Electric Dreams

Plugs and Cars

Writing about the $121,000 Lexus LS 600h L: "th[is] hybrid may have set a new standard for automotive hyperbole. The Volt remains a dream, and a new generation Prius (read plug-in) just have to wait for the perfect Lithium battery. Though they do recognize commercialization is at least decades away. Just because they say so.

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

Green Cars News

The show will feature the highly anticipated plug-in Chevrolet Volt, the performance plug-in Fisker Karma, Audi’s all-electric e-Tron concept based on the R8 and BMW’s Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, which combines the performance of a BMW M model with the fuel consumption and emissions of a modern small car. . • Chevrolet Volt.