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Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner Hybrids Refined for '09
Like their gas-only counterparts, the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner Hybrids will receive powertrain improvements and more for the 2009 model year. In conjunction with the non-hybrid models, the gas-electric versions will get a new 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine in place of the current 2.3-liter. Ford also claims to have smoothed the transition from regenerative braking to traditional braking, and will offer the hybrid models with AdvanceTrac...
Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner Hybrids Refined for '09
Like their gas-only counterparts, the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner Hybrids will receive powertrain improvements and more for the 2009 model year. In...
2008 Green Car of the Year: Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid
As the so-called green movement continues to gain momentum, so does the Green Car of the Year award presented annually at the Los Angeles Auto Show by...
Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly Corvettes Available For Christmas
Sadly, full-sized Corvettes will not be offered for bargain-basement prices. Rather, these are 1/14th scale models of the successful Pratt & Miller racing...
Soybeans: Not Just for Tofu Anymore
By the end of 2009, Ford will reduce its yearly petroleum use by one million pounds and cut its annual carbon dioxide emissions by five million pounds, all...
Hybrid Sales Slump 50 Percent in November
While the sudden onset of momentarily cheaper gasoline prices has millions of American motorists breathing at least a temporary sigh of relief, that...
2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrid Auto Show Video
At this year's LA Auto Show, Ford is getting a lot of attention for its redesigned Mustang. Quietly sharing the Mustang's stage, however, are two new...
Europe's Answer to Hybrids: Audi Q7 TDI Video
Audi was one of the first manufacturers to dive into the hybrid pond, but these days it is much more interested in proselytizing about the benefits of...
Smart fortwo Video: Small is the New Big
Growing concerns about the price of gasoline and America's energy independence have made the concept of driving an ultra small, fuel-sipping city car like...
2011 Chevy Volt Revealed: 40 Miles on Electricity Alone
The Chevrolet Volt is the first vehicle of GM's second century. That's how GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner presented it, anyway, at a 100th birthday...
Driving the Future: Chrysler's Electric Car Hat Trick Video
This auto show season Chrysler will be showing a trio of electrically-driven concept cars developed by ENVI, a division of Chrysler charged with heading up...
2008 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid: Version 1.0
While we expect GM's new 2-Mode Hybrid technology to make its way into the engine bay of the new Malibu, first up is the hybrid powertrain that first...
$1 a Gallon Ethanol? It Could Happen
One of the major knocks on ethanol these days is that E85 is so expensive. Because of its BTU content, E85 doesn't offer the fuel economy of gasoline, so...
Chrysler Shows its Electric Future
A week after GM unveiled the production version of the Chevy Volt, Chrysler took the wraps off a handful of electrically motivated products of its own, at...
Family Sedan Shootout: We Have a Winner
Even as this year's record gas prices and weak economy prompt a seismic shift in new-car buying habits, the venerable family sedan continues to top the...
Coming to America: 2009 Audi Q7 Diesel
What would you say to a quiet, powerful, seven-passenger SUV that returns highway fuel economy close to 30 mpg? Would you be as curious if we told you it...
