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STUDY: Hybrids more likely to be involved in crashes with pedestrians, bicycles

A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finds that hybrid vehicles are more likely to be involved in accidents with pedestrians and bicyclists under certain scenarios. According to state-level accident data, 77 of 8,387 hybrid vehicles (that's .9 percent) were involved in crashes with pedestrians and 48 (.6 percent) were found to have been in accidents with bicyclists. By way of comparison, 3,578 of 559,703 non-hybrid vehicles (.6 percent) were involved in pedestrian accidents and 1,862 (.3 percent) were ... Read more →

Toyota's long hybrid patent fight with Paice continues in court Sebastian Blanco

Toyota's legal battle to over making and selling the Hybrid Synergy Drive has a long history. Toyota has fought with both Solomon Technologies and Paice LLC over the gasoline-electric technology. ...

Ferrari reportedly confirms all-wheel drive hybrid system Jeremy Korzeniewski

It's long been suspected that Ferrari was hard at work developing a hybrid powertrain for its line of supercars and grand touring machines, especially since a series of patents were located proving ...

GM awarded DOE money to research Shape Memory Alloy heat engines Chris Shunk

General Motors has been awarded $2.7 million by the Department of Energy to create a working prototype engine using Shape Memory Alloys (SMA). The idea is for the prototype to use SMA tech to ...

Peugeot to use Sanyo NiMH batteries in upcoming diesel hybrid Sam Abuelsamid

Earlier this year, Peugeot announced that it would introduce its first production vehicle based on the new 3008 crossover in 2011. Peugeot will likely be the first automaker to introduce a light ...

STUDY: Market share for plug ins, hybrids set for huge growth by 2013 12 days ago on Autoblog Green

Reports that hybrid vehicles would continue to be popular are nothing new and seem to be coming true. But a new study by NextGen Research paints a picture that might be a bit too rosy. Maybe. Components used in electric and hybrid vehicles will see a huge growth spurt in the coming years, ...

Bright Automotive announces eSolutions, army plug-in hybrid contract 13 days ago on Autoblog Green

Bright Automotive is proud of the work they've done on the IDEA van, but the company has always intended to make the vehicle just one method of bringing greener transportation to the masses. As we learned from Bright's VP Corporate Strategy, Michael Brylawski, the company will also offer plug-in ...

REPORT: Honda plans a return to larger hybrids 14 days ago on Autoblog Green

To put it mildly, sales of the Honda Accord Hybrid never quite set the world on fire. Regardless, Japan's Second Largest Automaker is reportedly hard at work developing its proprietary Integrated Motor Assist hybrid platform so that it can once again be used to power larger vehicles like the ...

Tokyo 2009: Honda CR-Z coming to America next fall with six-speed manual! 20 days ago on Autoblog Green

Honda fans of all sorts have cause to celebrate today with the reveal of the 2009 iteration of the CR-Z coupe. In typical Honda fashion, this CR-Z remains a concept in name and detail only. What you see here is essentially the production coupe that will go on sale in Japan next February and then ...

Tokyo 2009: Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV shows its more conventional face 20 days ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi has put its plug-in hybrid Concept PX-MiEV crossover concept on a pedestal here at the Tokyo Motor Show, touting the CUV's "environmental and on-road performance," as well as its serial and parallel modes and wireless charging capabilities. The crossover's design language ...

Coming Soon: Downloadable ring tones for your silent electric car? 25 days ago on Autoblog Green

Like to download new ring tones for your phone so that you don't sound like everybody else in the world that opts for the free cell phones from their chosen service provider? The same kind of thing is reportedly in the works for future electric cars. We've been hearing for the last few years ...

Ford hybrid sales up 73 percent compared to 2008, when Fusion/Milan weren't available 26 days ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Ford_hybrid_sales_up_73_percent_compared_to_2008 '; Last year at this time, Ford Motor Company was not yet selling the Ford Fusion or Mercury Milan hybrids. These two models have proven to be quite popular, and are a regular bright spot in Ford's sales ...

BMW gets back into the leaning trike thing with SIMPLE concept [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

BMW has been rumored as of late to be pursuing everything from a so-called "0 Series" range of cars to a revival of its Isetta microcar brand, but the Bavarian automaker remains essentially mum on plans to diversify into the microcar market. Stoking the fires, however, is the new Simple concept, ...

KU EcoHawks turn 1974 Volkswagen Beetle into a biodiesel-electric hybrid [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

At the University of Kansas, a group of students is working small and thinking big. The EcoHawk students are part of a mechanical engineering senior project that is building small, 1/8th scale ecocars and has also turned a beat-up 1974 Volkswagen Beetle into a biodiesel-electric hybrid with ...

Bargain Bin: High-priced hybrids get hefty incentives 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Surprise! Lexus and its parent company, Toyota, are apparently finding that it's not as easy selling hybrids for $106,000 as it is to move them for $25,000. The Lexus LS 600h L is certainly an excellent piece of automotive engineering, delivering gobs of horsepower and torque with at least a ...

REPORT: Mazda looking to raise $1.1B to catch up in hybrid race 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

According to a report from Reuters, Mazda plans to raise up to $1.1 billion (95.9 billion yen) by issuing 315.2 million new shares and selling 96.8 million treasury shares. The resulting funds are to be reinvested in the company, mainly for research and development into hybrids and other ...

REPORT: EPA planning to address outlandish fuel economy claims of electric cars 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

The EPA is aware that range-extended electric vehicles can game the current fuel economy test to deliver mileage estimates way up in the stratosphere. It makes for impressive advertising, like General Motors' touting of the Chevrolet Volt's estimated 230 mpg, but the EPA wants to give a more ...

Debate rages over whether to extend HOV-lane exemptions for hybrids in CA 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Besides the potential feeling of environmental superiority, one of the great benefits to having a hybrid in California has been the availability of a magic little sticker set for a vehicle's rear bumper and fender. The "Access OK" tags have allowed its possessors to cruise in the carpool lanes ...

Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid can't get any greener 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

One day children, will be taken to a Museum of Momentous Moments, and there among artist's impressions of the missing link and the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs will be an example of the first Toyota Prius. The placard next to it will declare that it is the car that turned green... ...

REPORT: Toyota looking to apply Prius name to other hybrid vehicles, but not as a sub-brand 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Not long ago, we wondered just how steep the hill of customer acceptance is for a new technology like the Volt is. The question was how well the Chevy Volt and the Voltec powertrain could compete with the established Prius brand? Toyota, for its part, apparently thinks it's worth spreading the Prius ...

Mercedes-Benz now shipping the S400 hybrid to U.S. dealers 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes-Benz has apparently begun shipping the new S400 BlueHybrid sedan to its U.S. dealer network. One of our readers spotted one and grabbed a photo of the window sticker. The S400 is Mercedes' first production hybrid vehicle and utilizes the mild hybrid system it developed in conjunction ...

Frankfurt 2009: Hyundai ix-Metro concept is all white by us 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Hyundai returned to Frankfurt a far bigger player than it was two years prior. The Korean company has leapt up the sales standings to become the world's fourth largest automaker, eclipsing such major players as Ford and Honda. And its product line has long since expanded from diminutive ...

Frankfurt 2009: Mercedes-Benz S500 Vision Plug-in Hybrid broods quietly 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes is working to complete the circle, combining the frugality of its smallest A- and B-Class offerings with the luxury of its S-Class offerings. For the U.S. the S400 Hybrid began the earnest trek down that road, followed by the announcement of the four-cylinder S-Class, and at Frankfurt, ...

Frankfurt 2009: Lexus LF-Ch Concept hits, misses 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

We spent over 40 minutes photographing the oddly named Lexus LF-Ch Concept and still aren't sure what we think of it. From certain angles it's brilliant – everything the Lincoln Concept C tried to be, but wasn't. Yet from other angles... the word 'deformity' comes to mind. As does the term ...

Frankfurt 2009: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept is mean German green 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

BMW hosted a lengthy press conference during which cars zoomed all around its raised track, and at the end the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept silently took the stage. It's a glass-topped Hot Wheels with two engines, a deep dish seventies-looking steering wheel and matching contoured wheels. ...

Euro Nissan Qashqai crossover may get through-the-road hybrid in 2010 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

The Nissan Qashqai compact crossover is set for an update in 2010 and it may get a new through-the-road hybrid system. The Qashqa, built at Nissan's UK plant and sold in European markets, currently uses a conventional all wheel drive system driven by a take-off from the front transaxle. The new ...

Officially Official: Lexus reveals the LF-Ch concept, coming to LA show 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Lexus has released a whole batch of exterior and interior photos of the LF-Ch concept that debuts next week in Frankfurt. The C-segment five-door hatchback seems a likely candidate for production in the next couple of years, but the car gets a very aggressive looking nose that will almost ...

Going Green: Hybrid sales increase again in August 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Buoyed by Cash for Clunkers for the second month in a row, hybrid sales looked pretty darn good overall. Let's look at a few numbers. The biggest winner of the month was Nissan, which posted an almost unheard of 207-percent gain last month over August of 2008. Delving a bit deeper, Nissan's ...

REPORT: Toyota to ask Japanese government to extend green car incentives 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

It comes as little surprise that Toyota would want the Japanese government to extend its current series of green car incentives past their scheduled ending date of March, 2010. After all, the automaker has seen sales of its latest hybrids skyrocket in its home market, and much of that success ...

Saturn Vue 2-mode hybrid rated at 27/30 mpg by EPA, will never be built 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of our readers was was perusing the EPA's fuel economy listings and stumbled across a vehicle that we didn't even know had been rated. The two-mode hybrid version of the Saturn Vue had been scheduled to go into production in November 2008. However as General Motors careened toward financial ...

Hybrid benefit #25335: Get a free bikini car wash from Angry Green Girls 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The long-standing tradition of using attractive ladies to draw attention to a cause continues unabated out in Los Angeles thanks to Angry Green Girl and her free hybrid-only bikini car wash. The girls in green offered up free car washes to drivers of hybrids, smart cars and anything they ...

REPORT: China pondering hoarding precious metal exports used in hybrids and EVs by banning exportation 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ever hear of neodymium? How about dysprosium or yttrium? Thulium or lutetium? These are just some of the metals that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is considering either banning for export or at least severely limiting the amount that it will let leave the country. These ...

VIDEO: Inside Line resides over the battle of the fuel sippers 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fuel efficiency is the big buzz word in marketing circles, and with good reason. 2008's record fuel prices appears to have finally curbed America's appetite for inefficient trucks and SUVs, and customers are demanding less pain at the pump. Several vehicles have been beneficiaries of the green ...

Next-gen BMW 3 series to get turbo three, better aero, hybrid powertrain 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The next generation of BMW's 3-series looks like it will get some major revisions when it arrives in about two years. The new model is expected to be the first in the range to get new turbocharged three cylinder engines in both gas and diesel variants. The three-cylinder engines will likely be ...

GM looked at hybrid for new GT2 Corvette - passed for now, could happen down the road 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

During yesterday's conference call to announce the new GT2 version of the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, we asked program manager Doug Fehan about using a hybrid or KERS powertrain in the Corvette. The Corvettes race in the American Le Mans Series where the Green Challenge is becoming an increasingly ...

Surprise! Hybrid sales rose in July thanks to new Prius, Cash for Clunkers 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

For the first time in what feels like ages, a small handful of automakers were actually able to post positive sales numbers as they reported July sales this week. On the currently-available green car side of the books, strong demand for the new Prius and the Cash For Clunkers program helped push ...

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