- State offers rebates to buyers of hybrid cars (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Pennsylvania has more than $1 million available to pay rebates to motorists who bought hybrid cars in the last six months.
- Hybrid cars too quiet for pedestrian safety? Add engine noise, say human factors researchers (EurekAlert!)
( Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ) Hybrid and electric vehicles do not emit the sounds pedestrians and bicyclists are accustomed to hearing as a vehicle approaches them. Human factors/ergonomics researchers examined participants' preferences for sounds that could be added to quiet vehicles to make them easier to detect.
- Forbes picks best cars for the buck (Global TV National)
Who would you think is happier with the value their car provides, the owner of a Lincoln MKX or a Lexus RX 400 hybrid? Only a few years ago, it wouldn't be much of a question at all -- American cars in general were considered inferior.
- Hybrid cars too quiet for pedestrian safety? Add engine noise, say human factors researchers (PhysOrg)
Important pedestrian safety issues have emerged with the advent of hybrid and electric vehicles. These vehicles are relatively quiet—they do not emit the sounds pedestrians and bicyclists are accustomed to hearing as a vehicle approaches them on the street or at an intersection. In a recent study, human factors/ergonomics researchers examined participants' preferences for sounds that could be ...
- Verizon doubles hybrid fleet to 200 (BizJournals)
Verizon Communications Inc. is greening its vehicle fleet by adding 100 more hybrid sedans in seven states and D.C. — nine of which will roll around the area. (VZ)
- Nissan Plans to Start Selling Electric Cars in China by 2012 (Bloomberg)
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Nissan Motor Co. , Japan's third- largest automaker, intends to begin offering electric cars in China by 2012 as the country seeks to boost sales of fuel- efficient vehicles to cut pollution and oil usage.
- Honda plant to roll out natural gas cars (The Indianapolis Star)
Cleaner, greener cars: New Greensburg plant will produce Civics that run on natural gas.
- Hybrids sell despite cheap gas (UPI)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. gas prices have been falling with oil prices, but hybrid cars are still selling fast.
- Scott Burgess: Hot for Fusion hybrid (Detroit News)
The big news for Ford is not the stylishly restyled sedan triplets the company will unveil this morning at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
- Homestead: Ford drivers Fusion Hybrid quotes (Motorsport.com)
The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2010 Ford Fusion Sport have been chosen to be the official pace cars of the Ford 400, the NASCAR Sprint Cup season finale and the final race of Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday.
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