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Heels on Wheels - 2013 Toyota Avalon Review

Heels on Wheels - 2013 Toyota Avalon Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2013 TOYOTA AVALON REVIEW By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE AVALON VEHICLE The redesigned Avalon represents a new direction for Toyota, now focused on going after a younger and more tech-based buyer by giving this sedan a sleeker interior and athletic feel behind the ... Continue reading

2013 Ford Fusion - My Love Affair Continues by Michael Bernstein +VIDEO

2013 Ford Fusion - My Love Affair Continues by Michael Bernstein +VIDEO

MORE INFO Ford Buyers Guide Perfect New Car Matcher …the 2013 Ford Fusion rides even better than it looks. By Michael Bernstein Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel The North American International Auto Show, the annual event held in Detroit, was the venue the Ford Motor Company chose to give the world its first peek ... Continue reading

Ford Fusion Launch Ads Show How All-New Sedan Sets Itself Apart from the Bland Competition

Ford Fusion Launch Ads Show How All-New Sedan Sets Itself Apart from the Bland Competition

Three television commercials for the all-new Ford Fusion debut this week and show viewers how and why this sleek new sedan outshines the competition In one of the new ads, all other vehicles on the road become invisible while the new Fusion remains, standing apart from the crowd. In another, a Fusion drives over a clif ... Continue reading

Ford C-MAX Hybrid Outsells Toyota Prius v in First Full Sales Month, Helps Ford Set Hybrid, Small Vehicle Sales Records

Ford C-MAX Hybrid Outsells Toyota Prius v in First Full Sales Month, Helps Ford Set Hybrid, Small Vehicle Sales Records

In its first full month of sales, Ford's new C-MAX Hybrid outsells Toyota Prius v, 3,182 units to 2,769 Ford sets record for hybrid sales in October with 4,612 units -- double October 2011 hybrid sales C-MAX hybrids help Ford achieve strongest October small car sales in 11 years -- total 25,493 vehicles for a 54 percen ... Continue reading

FEV Contract is Latest Hybrid Vehicle Research for Kettering University's Busy Advanced Power Electronics Lab

FEV Contract is Latest Hybrid Vehicle Research for Kettering University's Busy Advanced Power Electronics Lab

Since it was established just over a year ago, Kettering University's Advanced Power Electronics Lab (APEL) continues to become a major industry research hub on campus. 'The advantage of a power electronics lab lies on the ease of managing all the staffs as they work.' ... Continue reading

Ford, Toyota Will Lead Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales in the U.S. Through 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

Ford, Toyota Will Lead Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales in the U.S. Through 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

Assembly lines in Japan and the United States produced more than 20,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2011, an all-time record for such vehicles. But optimism about the market for PEVs has gradually been replaced with a better understanding of the practical challenges of launching new models and expanding PEV sal ... Continue reading

ChargePoint Joins Green Parking Council to Encourage New, Alternative Parking Practices and Green Conversion of Parking Facilities for Electric Vehicles

ChargePoint Joins Green Parking Council to Encourage New, Alternative Parking Practices and Green Conversion of Parking Facilities for Electric Vehicles

ChargePoint today announced it has joined the Green Parking Council. The Green Parking Council is a not-for-profit organization providing leadership and oversight of the green conversion of parking facilities to sustainable, environmentally responsible assets. As GPC's newest Bronze Level member ChargePoint will encour ... Continue reading

Ford, Toyota Will Lead Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales in the U.S. Through 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

Ford, Toyota Will Lead Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales in the U.S. Through 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

BOULDER, Colo.--Assembly lines in Japan and the United States produced more than 20,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2011, an all-time record for such vehicles. But optimism about the market for PEVs has gradually been replaced with a better understanding of the practical challenges of launching new models and e ... Continue reading

Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles will be $1.2 Billion Market in 2020

Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles will be $1.2 Billion Market in 2020

With government policy and investment driving automotive companies toward plug-in vehicles, the technology for delivering electricity to these vehicles will rise to a $1.2 billion market in 2020, according to a Lux Research report. 'It's critical for those invested in charging stations to find the applications where th ... Continue reading

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Review By John Heilig

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Review By John Heilig

MORE INFO Toyota Buyers Guide Perfect New Car Matcher THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG Senior Editor The Auto Channel 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE SPECIFICATIONS Model: 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Engine: 2.4-liter DOHC I4, plus electric motor Horsepower/Torque: 156 hp @ 5,700 rpm/156 lb.-ft. @ 4,500 rpm (plus 105 kw @ 4, ... Continue reading

EV Charging Stations Make Good Old-Fashioned Horse Sense

EV Charging Stations Make Good Old-Fashioned Horse Sense

Electric vehicle (EV) owners traveling in and around Houston can get a charge at four Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations. High-powered rapid charging eVgoSM Freedom Station® sites were recently installed by eVgo, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. at Cracker Barrel® stores in Kingwood, League City, Pearland a ... Continue reading

Experts: Sales Of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles, Including Hybrids And Plug-In Electric Cars, Shatter Records In 2012

Experts: Sales Of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles, Including Hybrids And Plug-In Electric Cars, Shatter Records In 2012

Setting the Record Straight on Misunderstood Topic, Alan Baum and NRDC Auto Expert to Detail Historic Highs in Average Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy, Conventional Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid Sales. Contrary to what is being suggested in some news accounts, the market for clean cars is thriving, with every major record f ... Continue reading

Hertz Puts Customers In Charge With Electric Vehicle Campaign

Hertz Puts Customers In Charge With Electric Vehicle Campaign

During the next month, The Hertz Corporation is partnering with Mission Electric, an outreach campaign co-founded by the City of New York, to give New Yorkers a vote on which neighborhoods in their city should receive new Electric Vehicles (EVs) to rent through Hertz. Based on the results, the most popular locations wi ... Continue reading

Aqua America Chairman Supports Government Mandates and State Grants to Fuel Demand for Compressed Natural Gas

Aqua America Chairman Supports Government Mandates and State Grants to Fuel Demand for Compressed Natural Gas

Aqua America, Inc. Chairman and CEO Nicholas DeBenedictis said he supports the use of efficiency mandates for vehicle manufacturers to increase the use of clean-burning compressed natural gas (CNG) for cars and trucks. The remarks were made during today's Natural Gas Vehicle Seminar in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and sp ... Continue reading

Lexus LF-LC Blue Shines Down Under

Lexus LF-LC Blue Shines Down Under

Lexus has revealed a new high performance sports coupe concept at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney, the LF-LC Blue. ... Continue reading

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