Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
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. That's a shame, for those who remember the original Honda Insight. It may have looked quirky, cost a great deal and only seated two, but it was a triumph of engineering over.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 23, 2018
Tesla rushes to build 5,000 cars per week and the hurried pace may have come at a cost. The Honda Insight receives a Top Safety Pick+ award. The EPA outs a potential 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Eco model with better fuel economy. And Volkswagen fires six managers for their roles in the emission cheating scandal.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 19, 2010
GSA director of Motor Vehicle Management Bill Toth noted, however, that each Fusion hybrid costs $11,214 more than the fleet’s “non-hybrid alternative” sedan, a 2010 Chrysler Avenger. DOE paid for the additional cost of leasing hybrid vehicles.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2009
AllAboutPrius ’ Editor in Chief John Voelcker speculates that the Toyota Auris Hybrid, targeted for Europe in 2010 ( earlier post ), could serve as Toyota’s reportedly planned low-cost response to Honda’s Insight. The Auris is a European and Asian hatchback model built on the same platform as the 2009 Toyota Corolla.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 15, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy today released the 2010 Fuel Economy Guide, which gives consumers information about estimated fuel costs and mileage standards for model year 2010 vehicles. Each vehicle listing in the Fuel Economy Guide provides an estimated annual fuel cost.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 11, 2009
Although Toyota has been working on Li-ion batteries for strong hybrids, and has had 126 Priuses equipped with Li-ion packs on the road for the past three years, NiMH cost performance wins compared to lithium for this application, Kuroda said. Toyota has been able to bring down the cost of the NiMH pack in the Prius “dramatically”, he said.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 28, 2010
As an example, the UCS “Hybrid Scorecard” gives both the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid a high “hybrid value” rating. Both emit 31% less greenhouse gas emissions than their base conventional models due to their use of hybrid drivetrains, each of which costs approximately $4,000.
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