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Hybrid vehicles have been on sale for more than a decade now, but despite all the efforts, they have not yet won broad acceptance in the United States. Two years ago, President Obama’s administration set out to to simultaneously support auto workers and a national transition to fuel efficient technologies by heavily investing in a government fleet of hybrids. According to a report from Bloomberg, Uncle Sam bought almost one out of every four hybrid cars produced by Ford Motor and General Motors since President Obama took office in early 2009. Read more »
- Volt Probe Fuels Republican Fire, Gm Ceo Says Company Has Become A "political Punching Bag"
The issue of the Chevy Volt's fire risk and the following NHTSA investigation that ended last week after GM modified its hybrid and the federal agency cleared the car, seems to be spreading beyond the automotive realm. According to Bloomberg News,...
- Ford Gets $5.9 Billion Gov. Tech Loans, Says Electric Focus Will Arrive In 2011, Plug-in Hybrid By 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that Ford has been approved for a $5.9 billion government loan to develop fuel-saving technologies that will reduce the nation's dependency on foreign oil. Ford, which is the only American automaker not...
- Toyota To Ford: Beat This, We've Sold Over One Million Hybrids In The U.s.
Just the other day, Ford pompously announced that it sold its 100,000th hybrid SUV. Today -and we seriously doubt that this is a coincidence - Toyota announced that the total combined Toyota and Lexus hybrid vehicle sales in the U.S. have topped the one...
- Ford Rolls Out 100,000th Hybrid Suv
Today, Ford Motor Company celebrated the production of its 100,000th hybrid SUV at the Kansas City Assembly Plant, which employs 4,100 people. The U.S. automaker launched the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs five years ago. The 2009 model year...
- Gm Welcomes Obama's Election, Reminds Him That He Said He'd Help...
The folks over at General Motors wasted no time in releasing a statement regarding the election of Senator Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. After congratulating him for his win over his Republican adversary, John McCain, GM gets...
Cars
U.S. Government Buys 1 out of 4 Hybrid Models Produced by GM and Ford
Hybrid vehicles have been on sale for more than a decade now, but despite all the efforts, they have not yet won broad acceptance in the United States. Two years ago, President Obama’s administration set out to to simultaneously support auto workers and a national transition to fuel efficient technologies by heavily investing in a government fleet of hybrids. According to a report from Bloomberg, Uncle Sam bought almost one out of every four hybrid cars produced by Ford Motor and General Motors since President Obama took office in early 2009. Read more »
- Volt Probe Fuels Republican Fire, Gm Ceo Says Company Has Become A "political Punching Bag"
The issue of the Chevy Volt's fire risk and the following NHTSA investigation that ended last week after GM modified its hybrid and the federal agency cleared the car, seems to be spreading beyond the automotive realm. According to Bloomberg News,...
- Ford Gets $5.9 Billion Gov. Tech Loans, Says Electric Focus Will Arrive In 2011, Plug-in Hybrid By 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that Ford has been approved for a $5.9 billion government loan to develop fuel-saving technologies that will reduce the nation's dependency on foreign oil. Ford, which is the only American automaker not...
- Toyota To Ford: Beat This, We've Sold Over One Million Hybrids In The U.s.
Just the other day, Ford pompously announced that it sold its 100,000th hybrid SUV. Today -and we seriously doubt that this is a coincidence - Toyota announced that the total combined Toyota and Lexus hybrid vehicle sales in the U.S. have topped the one...
- Ford Rolls Out 100,000th Hybrid Suv
Today, Ford Motor Company celebrated the production of its 100,000th hybrid SUV at the Kansas City Assembly Plant, which employs 4,100 people. The U.S. automaker launched the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs five years ago. The 2009 model year...
- Gm Welcomes Obama's Election, Reminds Him That He Said He'd Help...
The folks over at General Motors wasted no time in releasing a statement regarding the election of Senator Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. After congratulating him for his win over his Republican adversary, John McCain, GM gets...