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The good ole days, at least for hybrid sellers
Change. Talk about what a difference a few months makes.
Just six months, you couldn’t find a Toyota Prius on a dealer lot. In December, however, Prius sales fell 45 percent according to the AP. But it isn’t just hybrid cars that are getting hit hard, but fuel [...]

New hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs by 2012
We’ve heard it before. Ford was going to become a hybrid leader, then they weren’t. Of course, now there is also a new sheriff in town with new rules and new plans.
Ford’s new CEO, Alan Mulally, achieved much success striving for efficiency while at Boeing. Can he do [...]

GM takes 2nd in December, but not the year
In December GM sold more hybrid vehicles than both Honda and Ford, led by GM’s large dual mode SUVs, such as the Chevy Tahoe hybrid. In December, GM sold 2,555 hybrids, although about 800 of them were mild hybrids.
For 2008, however, both Ford and Honda sold significantly [...]

Let’s get real folks
I’ve pretty much had it with the EV1, GM killed the electric car, folks.
Did GM kill the electric car? Shut up.
Every automaker is working on an electric car today. No one killed the electric car. Cheap gas, however, delayed the emergence of the electric car.
Did GM screw up the EV1 program? Absolutely, [...]

Plenty of supply now
Hybrid cars and electric vehicles. They are the future, right?
Sure, I think even hybrid haters accept the reality of the electrification of the automobile, but when will the majority of vehicles sold in America be electric?
Not for decades, at least in America, if fuel prices don’t rise significantly. Instead, for decades, such [...]