Consumer knowledge about hybrids, combined with continuing hybrid advancements, the development of indigenous battery suppliers for U.S. automakers, and an anticipated post-recession rise in fuel prices will help drive the consumer hybrid vehicle market in the coming years, according to a new report by ABI Research.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has completed one million miles of plug-in hybrid electric testing (PHEV) through its advanced vehicle testing centre at its Idaho National Laboratory.
Cumulative sales of hybrid vehicles to fleets will total nearly four million worldwide between 2009 and 2015, according to a recent report by Pike Research.
More than a dozen business leaders, including Nissan Motor Company CEO Carlos Ghosn, have formed the Electrification Coalition with the intention of deploying electric vehicles.
A plant-derived resin radiator end tank used on some 2009 Toyota Camry models has earned an environmental award for Toyota and its partners DENSO and DuPont Automotive.
An ethanol plant in Saskatchewan will receive up to $77.75 million from the federal government over seven years to support the production of the biofuel in the province.
