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Ford and Edison Team Up on New Hybrids

Plug-in cars would be more fuel-efficient

Jul 9, 07 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ford and Southern California Edison are joining currents to put some juice into the next generation of hybrid vehicles. The new cars will feature more powerful batteries, and will plug into a socket at night, storing energy and vastly increasing fuel economy. Edison is even looking into new tech that... More »

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Southern California Edison Company • Ford • hybrid car

Who Knew a Prius Was a
Hot Rod?

Al Gore III, busted at over 100 mph, shows speedy side of green

Jul 6, 07 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the exhaust clears following Al Gore III's joy-ride drug bust, an astonished public has zeroed in, not on the former veep's son, but on his little-Prius-that-could. Clocked at over  100mph before he was pulled over, Gore shattered the assumption that the Toyota hybrid sacrifices speed for fuel efficiency, the... More »

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Adderall • Toyota • fuel efficiency • Al Gore III • Xanax • Al Gore II • Toyota Prius • Orange County, California • Golden State Freeway • Car and Driver Magazine • drug possession • Valium • Vicodin • speeding • vice president • hybrid car

Cabs Go Green in New York

Bloomberg plans for all taxis to be hybrids by 2012

May 22, 07 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Every New York City taxi cab will be an eco-friendly hybrid in five years, Mike Bloomberg declared today. And by next year all new taxis will have to meet mileage and emissions standards. Cabs will turn green as part of the mayor's wider sustainability plan for the city, which is... More »

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environment • New York City • gas • taxi • cabs • Michael Bloomberg • hybrid car • carbon emissions

Smart Car Makes
a Little Noise

DaimlerChrysler subsidiary's pocket-size Fortwo revs up to enter US market

May 16, 07 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Smart USA will venture into the American auto market early next year, but not in a big way: The Smart Fortwo is very, very small. LA Times auto columnist Dan Neil takes it for a spin and reports that it's a chick magnet and a lot of fun to drive,... More »

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DaimlerChrysler • Smart Fortwo • Smart USA • auto industry • hybrid car • cars

Plug-In Has Power to Spare

Higher-Capacity Batteries Open PossibilitiesMay Make Motorists Into Energy Traders

Apr 10, 07 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A souped-up plug-in hybrid unveiled yesterday has excited talk of a future in which  cleaner-running cars are also profitable. With a new lithium-ion battery that can store up to nine kilowatt/hours of electricity, a hybrid owner could buy electricity at night, store it in the battery, and then sell it... More »

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energy • environment • alternative energy • power grid • energy trading • electricity • hybrid car • cars

School Buses Plug In to Hybrid   

Eleven states are rolling out Environmentally Sound fleets

Apr 2, 07 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - School buses, usually in the slow lane, are passing automobiles by when it comes to converting to plug-in hybrid power, says the Christian Science Monitor.  While plug-in hybrid cars are still a few years off,  the buses are already rolling off assembly lines, and 19 have been ordered... More »

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climate change • energy • environment • Navistar • environmentalism • energy industry • fuel • hybrid car

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