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Popular Mechanics
October 22, 2007
Ben Stewart |
2009 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Prototype: Test Drive Toyota may be the first to market with a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.   |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
John Carey |
Giving Hybrids A Real Jolt A plug-in gas-electric vehicle may be key in saving fuel and cutting pollution. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plugging Away in a Prius Jonathan Sawyer spent $30 000, and voided the warranty, to add a plug to his Prius hybrid. |
Outside
April 2007
Amanda Griscom Little |
Detroit Takes Charge Electric cars are poised to make a comeback and this time they might stick around for good. |
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2008
David Welch |
The Heated Rivalry in Low-Carbon Cars The planned eco-friendly fleets of GM and competitors. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2007
Rich Smith |
Plug It In? If plug-in hybrid cars ever become a reality, they'll open up numerous investing opportunities -- in the automakers, of course; in the ethanol companies, perhaps; in battery makers; but most of all, in electric companies |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Jim Motavalli |
3 Big Questions for the Electric Car's Future With big pushes from GM, Ford and Toyota, plug-in hybrids are back in the spotlight, but lurking in the shadows is the same old problem: building a lightweight, powerful, affordable battery. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2005
Willie D. Jones |
Take This Car And PLUG IT Customer-modified hybrids can be propelled exclusively by their electric motors for, in some cases, more than 30 kilometers without their gasoline engines ever turning on. The factory-built Prius can run on electricity only, but for just a kilometer or two. |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
PG&E Plugs a Problem Pacific Gas & Electric shows how a new hybrid car could also power homes and businesses. Investors, this is a trend to watch. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2010
John Petersen |
Toyota's Straight Talk On Plug-in Vehicles Toyota helps consumers separate hype from reality. |
BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005 |
Why Hybrids "Are Here to Stay" Toyota's Takehisa Yaegashi led the team that developed the Prius. He explains how his doubts about hybrids back then have given way to certainty. |
Popular Mechanics
September 4, 2008 |
Honda, Ford, Nissan Prep Hybrids to Hunt Prius Before Volt Unveil As it is likely that General Motors will unveil the production version of its much-anticipated Chevy Volt later this month, competing automakers are now codifying their plans for next-generation hybrids of their own. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2007
John Voelcker |
Electric Atmosphere at Electric Vehicle Symposium Plug-in hybrid cars definitely on the way, but what about vehicle-to-grid technology? |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
John Voelcker |
Lithium Batteries for Hybrid Cars Hybrid cars need to travel farther in electric-only mode, and that means lithium-ion battery technologies have a lot riding on them. |
Popular Mechanics
February 6, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
Inside Plug-in Car Tech's Race to Production (and Top 10 Rides) Big automakers and promising startups say electric vehicles are coming as soon as next year, but there's a lot of work to be done by scientists before lithium-ion batteries are ready for mainstream hybrids. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why the Chevy Volt Doesn't Add Up Plug-in hybrids with big batteries, like the Chevy Volt, may never save consumers any money. |
Wired
April 2005
Brendan I. Koerner |
Rise of the Green Machine In a nation of gas-guzzlers, Toyota made hybrids cool. Now the world's number-two automaker wants to make the internal combustion engine obsolete. |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005 |
Getting Juiced At Energy Investors are betting on surging demand for hybrid vehicles throught the stock of battery maker Energy Conversion Devices. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
Willie D. Jones |
You Tell Us: The Home Plug-In Hybrid Kit CalCars is selling a do-it-yourself conversion package for just under $5,000 that will allow anyone to turn a Prius into a plug-in. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Kathleen Kerwin |
"Detroit Is Missing The Boat" Demand for hybrids is rising, but the Big Three are slow to get on board. |
Popular Mechanics
December 14, 2009
Andrew English |
2012 Toyota Plug-in Prius Pre-Production Test Drive The differences between this car and the Prius at the local Toyota dealership are minimal. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why Plug-Ins Will Make (Dollars and) Sense Q&A with the electric power research institute's Mark Duvall. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2010
Philip E. Ross |
Loser: Why the Chevy Volt Will Fizzle General Motors' Chevrolet Volt hybrid car is a courageous design, but it won't make money |
Popular Mechanics
January 7, 2007
Ben Stewart |
GM Goes Beyond Hybrid: Chevy's Electric Car Big news from the Detroit auto show, with video: General Motors has a 100-mph, all-electric entry into the market for hybrid 2.0. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
John Voelcker |
How Green Is My Plug-In? The carbon impact of the millions of electric vehicles soon to hit the road will depend on the grids that supply them. |
BusinessWeek
January 29, 2007
David Kiley |
Toyota: How the Hybrid Race Went to the Swift As Toyota prepares to motor past Ford as the world's second-largest carmaker, it has become a textbook case on how a green reputation delivers a competitive edge. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Hybrid Sales Blast Off Hybrid sales are strong, but do they offer a better value? it pays to remain intrigued by the developments in hybrids from an investor's point of view. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2, 2008
John Stewart |
Toyota, Experts See Plug-in Car Trouble: Electric Reality Check With lithium-ion technology finally advanced enough for the world to resurrect the electric car by late 2009, why is the world's No. 1 automaker suddenly questioning its viability? |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Rich Smith |
Will Anyone Kill the Gasoline Car? Last year's eco-movie Who Killed the Electric Car? bills itself as a documentary -- a movie based entirely on fact. GM investors, meanwhile, will be hoping that in a few years' time, the Volt will turn out to be something more than fiction. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2007
Toby Shute |
Quick Take: Plugging Into Lithium Demand Plug-in hybrids are one way to relieve pain at the pump, but what's going to power them? Investors, maybe it's time to look at Chile for its lithium reserves. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
John Voelcker |
An Almost All-Electric Car? GM'S 1997 all-electric EV1 failed, but its successor, the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt, boasts promising new technology. |
BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005
Chester Dawson |
Takehisa Yaegashi: Proud Papa Of The Prius Toyota senior engineer Takehisa Yaegashi is known as the father of the hybrid. |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2007
Toby Shute |
Go, Go, Google Hybrid! Through its nonprofit arm, Google.org, the company is taking up the cause of electric vehicles. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Welch & Dawson |
Itching To Ditch The Slow Lane To boost hybrids' market share, carmakers must overcome daunting technological hurdles -- most of all, making battery systems smaller, less costly, and more powerful. |
Salon.com
August 15, 2000
Ray Thursby |
Hopping into hybrids Automakers hope smog and high gas prices will persuade consumers to embrace their new "green" lineup. |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2007
Ian Rowley |
Toyota's Bid for a Better Battery CEO Watanabe confirms that Toyota will develop new lithium-ion batteries for its third-generation hybrids. |
National Defense
February 2009
Frodl & Manoyan |
Converting U.S. Car Park to Hybrids Should Be Priority One Reducing personal vehicle demand for gasoline is the quickest and most effective way to cut our consumption of crude oil, and by extension, make our nation more secure. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Automakers Still Don't Get It Car companies take the cash, but skip the innovation. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
The Hybrid Invasion Hybrid cars are everywhere. Should you give them the green light for your portfolio? |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Time to Plug in Your Car? Toyota has vowed to have rechargeable hybrids ready in three years. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2011
Evan Niu |
A123 Systems Scores With GM Shares of A123 Systems roared today as the company announced that it was awarded a contract to supply General Motors. Will it be enough? |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Dealers Cash In on Hybrids High gas prices and pollution concerns are prompting car dealers to do something they haven't been able to do in many years -- charge premium prices for automobiles, specifically, gas-electric hybrids. But will your hybrid auto save you money? |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Keane & Green |
Green Energy: Why Hybrids Still Need Government Motors As the next generation of plug-in cars comes online, a decline in hybrid sales doesn't bode well for their success. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 10, 2003 |
Hybrid Autos: Will the Big Three Catch up with Toyota and Honda? The news that Toyota outsold Chrysler in August to take the No.3 position in U.S. car sales for the first time focuses attention on a growth area where all three U.S. manufacturers are lagging several years behind -- the market for gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009 Electric-drive cars take second place to sheer survival. |
National Defense
August 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Energy Security: Impact on the War on Terror There is a growing consensus that the United States has to find ways to bring along alternative and renewable sources of energy for both the military and the nation. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2012
David Schneider |
Plug-in Vehicles Proliferate Full battery-electric and hybrid-electric plug-in vehicles will start hitting the streets in significant numbers later this year |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Hybrids: A Harder Sell The Prius is hot, but hybrids with conventional siblings can't compare. Investors should keep an eye on the technology, but should not go overboard thinking hybrids are the next big thing. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Toyota Accelerating Past GM? The Japanese auto company is posturing to become the world's largest car manufacturer. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Great Gas Phaseout Record-high gas prices are putting a renewed focus on alternative fuel vehicles. |
