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    Hybrid sales to top 1.4M, capture 10% of market by 2015     1277478180

    2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery
    The electric car is slowly emerging onto the automotive scene, but a recent study by J.D. Power predicts that hybrids will continue to be the dominating alternative energy source for cars for years to come. In fact, the study ...

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    Hybrid sales rose again in April, still trail overall industry growth     1273060620

    2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Last month's sales figures show that the overall vehicle market is increasing by leaps and bounds. The total market for April increased almost 20 percent over the same month last year. Hybrid vehicles saw gains again, but the ...

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    NYPD orders up 200 more hybrids from Ford, doubles size of HEV fleet     1272668220

    Imagine a police chase in Manhattan where a Ford Fusion Hybrid pulls up behind the criminal followed by a few Priuses, an Escape Hybrid and a couple of Altima hybrids. Now, think of the scenario where the criminal, driving his gas-guzzling Hummer, takes off out of the city limits on a ...

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    China controls key ingredient for NiMH batteries, supply may run short as hybrids gain popularity     1272582060

    Lanthanides. What are they and why do we care about them? Well, lanthanides are rare-earth metals that are a key ingredient in nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries. More specifically, lanthanides make up an entire row on the periodic table which includes 15 elements, some of which are utilized ...

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    Report: All upcoming Mercedes S-Class vehicles - including AMG - to be hybridized     1270577520

    2008 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG – Click above for high-res gallery
    Automotive News is reporting that all upcoming Mercedes-Benz S-Class models will switch over to hybrid power. The news outlet cites Mercedes dealers as the source of the information, but would not disclose identities. This ...

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    Hybrid sales up 18 percent in March, trail overall market increases     1270558320

    2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image gallery
    The numbers are in for Mach sales and hybrids have fared well compared to last year. Hybrid automakers can't heave a sigh of relief quite yet, because sales have fallen short of the overall industry rise compared to a year ago. ...

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    Cadillac not concerned with Lincoln MKZ hybrid launch, Converj status unchanged     1270155540

    2009 Cadillac Converj concept – Click above for high-res gallery
    Ford Motor Company recently unveiled its Lincoln MKZ Hybrid at the New York Auto Show. The vehicle will become the brand's first entry into the luxury hybrid vehicle segment, a segment dominated by Lexus products. For Ford, ...

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    Survey Says: One in five cars sold in U.S. by 2020 will be a hybrid     1243514940

    According to a recent study conducted by JPMorgan, hybrid sales are about to take off. Last year, there were some 480,000 total hybrid vehicles sold around the world, which represents less than one percent of global sales. By 2020, though, JPMorgan predicts that 11.28 million hybrids will be sold ...

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