While the sudden onset of momentarily cheaper gasoline prices has millions of American motorists breathing at least a temporary sigh of relief, that fortuitous flip-flop also had a rather chilling impact on the demand for hybrid vehicles. According to figures from Autodata Corporation, the sales stats...
One more hybrid hat has been tossed in the racing ring with the announcement that Lotus Engineering is working with the British firm Oaktec to create a competition version of the Honda Civic Hybrid for use in both rally and circuit racing. Oaktec, an independent company that specializes in energy-efficient...
While the intended attraction of small hybrid vehicles, such as the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic Hybrid, is their greater operating efficiency (under certain conditions) and their resultant environmental friendliness, a much more pragmatic and popular appeal of hybrids (in California, anyway) is their...