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- a combination of financial instruments, for example, a bond with warrants attached, or a variety of cash and derivative instruments designed to mirror the performance of a financial market
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- The Chevy Volt: A Hybrid Unlike the Others.
- GM?s Chevy Volt is a hybrid like no other. We've compared the Volt and the top-selling Toyota Prius. The differences may surprise you. Chevy Volt Toyota Prius ...
- Articles 2009-11-11
- Detroit's Hybrid Vehicles Face a Tough Race Against Asia
- General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are in trouble, and everyone knows it. The running assumption is that if they just clean up their acts and start making fuel-efficient vehicles, both their prospects and our energy profile will be improved. Yet the goalposts might be moving too quickly for the already-damaged...
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Could Electric Vehicles Be the New SUVs?
- Consumer preference often works in unpredictable ways. America's big vehicle manufacturers switched their efforts to making SUVs when the lumbering, high-priced vehicles became favored by soccer moms and hip-hop culture. Now SUVs are fading out, and hybrid and electric cars are being pushed by the Fed, which is in turn...
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Needed: A Really Cheap Hybrid (Listening, Honda?)
- The path to profitability with hybrid and battery electric cars may not be at the top of the marketâ€"as Fisker and Tesla are assumingâ€"but at the bottom. Take a look at the price wars developing between Honda and Toyota over, respectively, the Insight and Prius. And that’s only the beginning....
- Blog posts 2009-05-10
- Diesel Cars Elbowing into Hybrid Market
- High mileage and European styling have made the new generation of diesel cars a smart alternative to hybrids. We run the numbers to calculate which cars offer you the best deal for the least fuel. 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI diesel ...
- Articles 2009-07-14
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- Hybrids Come out on Top in IntelliChoice.com's 2006 ''Best Overall Value of the Year'' Awards; Ford Escape Hybrid and Toyota Highlander Hybrid Join Toyota Prius at Top of Automotive Value Chain Honda Odyssey Sweeps Minivan Category
- CHICAGO, Ill. -- PRIMEDIA's IntelliChoice.com, the online source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, today announced the results of its "Best Overall Value of the Year" awards for model year 2006. And for the first time, two hybrid SUVs join the reigning hybrid champion Toyota Prius and four other...
- Research articles 2006-02-08
- Prius Diary X: The Plush New Prius
- The following is one in a series of reflections from Micheline Maynard, a business correspondent in Detroit, on her recent switch from a Lexus S.U.V. to a hybrid electric Toyota Prius. Share your thoughts on the topic here, or discuss the Prius directly with Ms. Maynard at our Prius Diary...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Australian Minister Takes Delivery of Prius HEV. (David Kemp, Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicle).(Brief Article)
- Australian minister for the environment and heritage David Kemp recently took delivery of a new Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicle HEV for "ministerial use." Kemp said the vehicle represents "what can be achieved when environment Australian minister for the environment and heritage David Kemp...
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- Auto News digest.(Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. to notify a software defect it Toyota Prius hybrid cars)(Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. plans to increase capacity)(Tower Automotive Inc. to close plants)
- Toyota to fix faulty Priuses LOS ANGELES - Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. will notify owners of about 75,000 Toyota Prius hybrid cars that it will fix a software glitch that could cause the gasoline engines to shut off. The problem, on...
- Research articles 2005-10-17
- Flexcar Places HEV at VHA Headquarters in Vancouver, WA.(Flexcar places a Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicle)(Brief Article)
- Seattle, WA-based car-sharing company Flexcar recently announced it has placed a Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicle HEV at the headquarters of the Vancouver Housing Authority VHA in Vancouver, WA under a partnership with VHA and the city of Van Seattle, WA-based car-sharing company Flexcar recently announced...
- Research articles 2003-09-02
- Toyota Prius brings hybrid technology to the open road.(Auto Preview)
- Byline: Dave Boe Daily Herald Auto Editor Background: The 2004 Toyota Prius arrived just in time for a test spin. Memorial Day weekend was just around the corner and gas prices were hovering in the $2.10 per gallon neighborhood. The Prius has been the...
- Research articles 2004-06-10
- CHEAT SHEET: Truth About Sky-High MPG Claims for Electric, Hybrid and Mini Cars
- The battle of the MPGs kicked into high gear this week with General Motors making the bold claim that its upcoming Chevy Volt, an extended-range electric vehicle, will get 230 MPG for city driving. Nissan countered with an announcement that its 2011 all-electric LEAF sedan will get some 367 MPG...
- News items 2009-08-12
- BETWEEN 10 AND 60 MPG, GUIDE FINDS BROAD RANGE OF FUEL ECONOMY
- Toyota and Honda are once again the most fuel-efficient vehicles according to the U.S. government's latest fuel economy guide. For the fourth year in a row, the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicles continue to be the fuel economy lea Toyota and Honda are once again...
- Research articles 2003-10-27
- Toyota Prius T4
- Byline: By Maxine Ashford It's the world's first and most successful hybrid power vehicle and, with more than 130,000 sales worldwide, the Toyota Prius is paving the way for the future. Apart from being the world's cleanest, it is exempt from congestion charges, has outstanding fuel economy and...
- Research articles 2004-01-16
- Toyota, Honda top list of fuel-efficient vehicles
- WASHINGTON -- The hybrid-electric Toyota Prius leads the government's annual top-10 fuel economy list of vehicles that can make living with high gas prices a little more tolerable. The 2007 Prius, with 60 miles per gallon in the city and 51 mpg on the highway, ranked first while...
- Research articles 2006-10-18
- Local Nebraska Police Purchase Toyota Prius.(Brief Article)
- The Lincoln Police Department in Lincoln, NE, recently announced it has purchased a 2002 Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicle in an effort to help reduce local air pollution. According to Lincoln's assistant chief of police Jim Peschong, the department plans to use the Prius...
- Research articles 2002-10-16
- Naperville family plugs into Toyota Prius full time.(AutoPlus)
- - There's more than one way to beat the rise and fall of gasoline prices. Naperville residents Cindy and Eddie Bedford took ownership of an all-new, 2001 model year, silver, Toyota Prius on Thursday, becoming one of the first families in Chicagoland to take...
- Research articles 2000-07-31
- Toyota Prius
- FORGET the Toyota Prius. If you really want to tell the world you're green, you need to buy an Aptera. The New Mexicobased car- maker says it's ready to take orders for its threewheeled two- seater commuter car. You can choose between a fully electric version capable of 120 miles...
- Research articles 2007-10-07
- Toyota Prius T-Spirit
- Byline: By Alistair Coull Val Jessop and Alistair Coull take on the Toyota Prius T-Spirit. Her view: We were momentarily transported into a world of silence. Well almost. No, the engine hadn't stalled. Well, actually, it had - but only because it was programmed to do so...
- Research articles 2004-04-02
- Local CA City Purchases Toyota Prius HEVs.(California, hybrid electric vehicles)(Brief Article)
- Local California newspaper the Press-Enterprise recently reported that the Calimesa City Council has purchased two 2004 Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicles HEVs, which will be operated by the city's Public Works Department and the local citizens' volunteer patrol group. "We've been striving to...
- Research articles 2004-03-11
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