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• GM accelerates its move into the hybrid realm

  - 2007-11-26

  After watching archrival Toyota get all the glory during the past seven years for its push into gasoline-electric hybrids, General Motors Corp. now seems intent on catching up. The world's largest automaker now has more hybrids in its lineups or on the way than Toyota does, with the...

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• Toyota's global hybrid sales hit 1M

  - 2007-06-08

  TOKYO -- A decade after the first Prius went on sale, Toyota's global sales of hybrid vehicles have hit a landmark 1 million, underlining the Japanese automaker's lead in "green" technology that has changed the face of the auto industry. Toyota Motor Corp.'s cumulative sales of gas-and-electric- powered...

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• Tax credits can reduce premium you pay for hybrid vehicle

  - 2006-05-09

  Back when gas cost $1.50 a gallon, folks who wanted to impress their neighbors bought luxury cars with lots of horsepower and wide leather seats. Now that gas is selling for close to $3 a gallon on average nationwide, trendsetters are buying hybrids. "Purrs like a kitten and gets...

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• Larger hybrids taking longer to sell

  - 2006-03-21

  LOS ANGELES -- While buyers are still hungry for cheaper gas-thrifty hybrid cars, some of the bigger models are sitting longer on sales lots. The smaller Toyota Prius and Honda Civic gas-electric hybrids remain hits that are in short supply. But the luxury Lexus RX 400h SUV and Honda...

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• Toyota plans ways to make hybrid models stand out

  - 2005-07-25

  Toyota is planning more prominent emblems on its gas-electric hybrid SUVs in a new belief that owners want others to know of their environmental consciousness. Hybrids save gas and reduce air emissions compared with conventional gasoline-powered cars and trucks. Toyota's first hybrid was Prius, a distinctive car that...

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• Gas prices fueling surge in alternative vehicle market

  - 2005-04-15

  Colorado College President Dick Celeste drives a hybrid vehicle not only to save money at the gas pump, but to promote environmental sustainability. While we talk about sustainability, our lifestyle choices sometimes conflict, Celeste said. Folks love sport utility vehicles, but they are notorious gas hogs. ...

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• Green & Mean; Forget about those puny gas sippers. Carmakers are coming out with new hot-rod hybrids that promise to shake up the industry.(high performance hybrid vehicles)(Cover Story)

  - 2004-11-29

  Byline: Karen Lowry Miller and Keith Naughton (With Michael Hastings in New York, Sarah Schafer in Beijing, Hideko Takayama in Tokyo and Ginny Power in Paris) Avnish Bhatnagar has always lusted after fast cars like racy BMWs. But when the California computer programmer and...

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• Motorists soon to have more environmentally friendly vehicle choices.

  - 2004-08-27

  By Mark Glover, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--Light-truck buyers with an eye on the environment and improved fuel economy have pretty much been out of luck ... until now. Environmentally friendly transportation has been limited to...

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• The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Test Drive column.

  - 2004-08-12

  By Steven Cole Smith, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 12--FORD ESCAPE HYBRID SUV: Step right up, SUV fans! How's about a sport ute that has plenty of power, room for five people and gets 36 miles per gallon...

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• Chicago Tribune New Cars Column.

  - 2004-07-18

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 18--FORD HYBRID AN ESCAPE FROM THE CAR-BASED: Imagine peeking at the instrument panel display reading that the vehicle is obtaining 60 m.p.g. as it passes the gas station advertising unleaded regular for ...

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