Plug-in Prius hybrid hits UK roads

Toyota and EDF Energy have launched the first ever UK trials of a plug-in hybrid vehicle by a car manufacturer. EDF will use the plug-in Prius' as part of its company fleet, with employees getting to test out the new car for the next year. EDF has helped to install 40 charging posts in the UK,…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 12, 20081Comment

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Honda revs up for hybrid price war

Honda has given a sneak preview of a concept version of its family hybrid car, which will be on display at the Paris Motor Show next month, and is aiming to crank up a hybrid price war with other car manufacturers. The full production version, called the Honda Insight, is due to go on sale in…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 9, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Build your own hybrid fuel car

It's been a bit quiet on the new hybrid car front for the last few weeks, but this speedy little thing caught Greenbang's eye today. It's the XR3 Hybrid - a hybrid fuel two-seater sports car that comes in a kit for motor enthusiasts to build themselves. Oh, and it's a three-wheeler, but don't let that…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 4, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

US shoppers willing to buy hybrid when they know what it is

Greenbang stumbled across a great green themed press release this week. As opening paragraphs go, this one's a doozy: "According to a new survey by global market research firm Synovate, US consumers are more familiar with advanced propulsion systems compared to a year ago". Advanced propulsion systems? Familiar? Greenbang wonders how Synovate worked out the familiarity…

ByThe Global ViewJune 24, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

DoE spends $30m for 40 mile hybrids

Greenbang wonders how effective green car marketing really is. Every time someone says hybrid, she doesn't think of the clean tech, she thinks of that weird mouse that had a human ear attached to its back in the name of science. She thinks about that mouse a lot. Like, where is he now? Did the…

ByThe Global ViewJune 16, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Hybrid batteries cost Toyota, Matsushita £98 million

If you want something doing well, do it yourself, goes the saying. Toyota's version might go a bit like this: if you want something doing well, do it yourself and then Matsushita Electric Industrial Co to help you out a bit. And then go and polish your Prius. Toyota has, according to reports, decided to buddy…

ByThe Global ViewMay 28, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

How many hybrids will Honda sell?

Earlier this week, Greenbang asked you to guess how many people drive a Prius. Today, there's the second leg of the eco-car guessing game. It's called guess how many models of its new hybrid car Honda expects to sell annually? You've got 30 seconds (feel free to imagine the Countdown music playing for extra effect). So, what's…

ByThe Global ViewMay 23, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Democratic Convention powered by beer

Waste beer. Say it out loud: "waste beer". And once more. No, doesn't sound right does it? Almost oxymoronic in its unlikeliness. But apparently, according to the Molson Coors Brewing Company, there actually is such a thing as "waste beer". Hey, dry those tears, now, at least the waste beer in question is being used for the good…

ByThe Global ViewMay 23, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Guess how many people drive a Prius

If you were sitting around wondering how many hybrid cars are filling the driveways of Europe, mop your fevered brow and breathe out, for Greenbang has some info to share with you. The info in question is the amount of Priuses (is that the plural of Prius? Or should it be Pri-ii? Answers on a postcard)…

ByThe Global ViewMay 19, 20082Comments

Smart Cities

Want a hybrid? Now you can update your old banger

Plug-in hybrid cars. There's something about them, isn't there? Is it an image problem? They may not belch out as many nasties as your average car, but they do tend to ferry around worthy celebs and the smugs residing in the country's better post code areas. Greenbang thinks of hybrids, she thinks of Leonardo di…

ByThe Global ViewMay 2, 20080Comments

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Plug-in Prius hybrid hits UK roads

Honda revs up for hybrid price war

Build your own hybrid fuel car

US shoppers willing to buy hybrid when they know what it is

DoE spends $30m for 40 mile hybrids

Hybrid batteries cost Toyota, Matsushita £98 million

How many hybrids will Honda sell?

Democratic Convention powered by beer

Guess how many people drive a Prius

Want a hybrid? Now you can update your old banger

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