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You've been waiting for this, haven't you? When gas-electric hybrids run in electric-only mode, about all you'll hear is a whir and maybe some slight wind noise. Upon the introduction of hybrids first, I read very little about the interaction between silent vehicles and blind people. Here in this CNN video, you'll learn about a child who just didn't know the Toyota Prius was coming. Â
- Take That Sgt. Jones: Vw Plays Prank On Stockholm Passersby With A Beatboxing E-up!
Everybody knows electric vehicles are as silent as bicycles at city speeds and need to be equipped with artificial sound systems in order for pedestrians to hear them. The VW e-Up! makes no exception, and the carmaker wanted to show people the advantages...
- Epa To Review Ford Fusion And C-max Hybrids After Consumer Reports’ Mpg Findings
Ford has been making a lot of noise about the mileage of its Fusion and C-MAX hybrids, claiming that their 47 mpg city/highway/combined mileage easily beat rival Toyota Camry and Prius models. When tested by Consumer Reports (CR) though, both Ford hybrids'...
- Toyota To Launch 21 New Hybrids And A New Fuel Cell Vehicle In The Next Three Years
When the first-generation Prius was launched in 1997, annual sales were negligible. Today, Toyota delivers more than one million hybrids annually and which account for 10 percent of its total global sales and 50 percent of the brand’s domestic...
- Lotus Adds Some Sound Into Hybrids And All-electric Vehicles
Electric and hybrid vehicles (when running on electric power only) have recently come in for heavy criticism from blind and partially sighted people due to the almost silent operation of the electric engine that puts them at risk as they cannot hear the...
- Honda Insight Best Seller Japan
Hybrid sales success has, in a way, been rather overstated. Even in America, the nation that has gone head-over-heels for hybrids, the best-selling cars are not gas-electric. Honda, however, is changing the story. Since becoming the first automaker to...
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CNN REPORTS ON SILENT PRIUS AND PEDESTRIAN
You've been waiting for this, haven't you? When gas-electric hybrids run in electric-only mode, about all you'll hear is a whir and maybe some slight wind noise. Upon the introduction of hybrids first, I read very little about the interaction between silent vehicles and blind people. Here in this CNN video, you'll learn about a child who just didn't know the Toyota Prius was coming. Â
- Take That Sgt. Jones: Vw Plays Prank On Stockholm Passersby With A Beatboxing E-up!
Everybody knows electric vehicles are as silent as bicycles at city speeds and need to be equipped with artificial sound systems in order for pedestrians to hear them. The VW e-Up! makes no exception, and the carmaker wanted to show people the advantages...
- Epa To Review Ford Fusion And C-max Hybrids After Consumer Reports’ Mpg Findings
Ford has been making a lot of noise about the mileage of its Fusion and C-MAX hybrids, claiming that their 47 mpg city/highway/combined mileage easily beat rival Toyota Camry and Prius models. When tested by Consumer Reports (CR) though, both Ford hybrids'...
- Toyota To Launch 21 New Hybrids And A New Fuel Cell Vehicle In The Next Three Years
When the first-generation Prius was launched in 1997, annual sales were negligible. Today, Toyota delivers more than one million hybrids annually and which account for 10 percent of its total global sales and 50 percent of the brand’s domestic...
- Lotus Adds Some Sound Into Hybrids And All-electric Vehicles
Electric and hybrid vehicles (when running on electric power only) have recently come in for heavy criticism from blind and partially sighted people due to the almost silent operation of the electric engine that puts them at risk as they cannot hear the...
- Honda Insight Best Seller Japan
Hybrid sales success has, in a way, been rather overstated. Even in America, the nation that has gone head-over-heels for hybrids, the best-selling cars are not gas-electric. Honda, however, is changing the story. Since becoming the first automaker to...