Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Toyota There’s no doubt that the Toyota Prius has been a hit. A year ago, worldwide sales of the hybrid hatchback passed two million and, with annual sales of over 400,000 units, the Prius practically defines the idea of a green car for many people. Toyota is expanding the Prius from a [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a statement on its investigation into a Chevrolet Volt fire that occurred at the organization’s facilities. NHTSA had done a side-impact test on a Volt then parked it outside, and three weeks later Chevy’s plug-in hybrid caught fire. The battery was determined [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Renault It’s not often that an automaker says this about its own car: “It looks like a toy and drives like a toy.” Sure, Renault follows this up with, “but it isn’t a toy,” but by that point the message has been delivered: the all-electric Renault Twizy is not your unusual vehicle. [...]
Volkswagen has releases the new Passat Alltrack,which will debut at the Tokyo Motor show next week. The Volkswagen Passat Alltrack will come equipped with all-wheel drive as standard in the UK and will sit between the Passat estate and the Tiguan in VW’s line-up. VW claims the Alltrack has genuine off-road capabilities, something emphasised with [...]
Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, GM It’s Turkey Day here in the U.S., so why not a post about ducks? Well, a post that mentions ducks, at least. It turns out that old Chevy Volt battery covers are being reused as wood duck nesting boxes at GM’s Milford, MI Proving Ground. That’s just one of the wildlife-friendly [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, UK For all of its glory, Top Gear can be a bit formulaic. Any given episode likely includes Jeremy Clarkson saying something absurd about one vehicle/ethnicity or another, at least two of the hosts embroiled in a ludicrous challenge and, of course, plenty of quick editing and stunning videography. It’s the hosts [...]
