hybrid News Updates

With high gas prices sending car buyers flocking to hybrids, General Motors is giving the technology another look.

With the advent of electric, hybrid and alternative fuels propulsion, the methods and means to control these energy sources must evolve in kind.

Toyota is expected to grow its market share to 15.8% in the first half of this year, while GM’s share is expected to tumble by almost 1 percentage point to 16.8%.

Most cars lose value the moment they leave a dealer’s lot. The Toyota RAV4 hybrid gains it.

Some manufacturers are introducing forms of hybridization geared specifically toward freight transportation.

The U.S. Senate’s tax-writing panel in June put its official stamp on the chamber’s upcoming budget bill, which will notably not include a fee on electric and hybrid vehicles.

A massive House-passed tax and budget measure promises to return a federal account central to transportation maintenance projects to solvency.

The company will begin its first small production run in a new 305-acre manufacturing facility in Golden, British Columbia, founder and CEO Chace Barber told Transport Topics.

A Texas-based startup is promising 40% fuel efficiency savings and reductions in carbon emissions from a hybrid diesel-electric Class 8 tractor set to be unveiled at the end of March.

Volkswagen AG’s forthcoming Scout line of battery-powered sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks is adding gasoline-fueled internal combustion engines to the mix.