A lot of people thought the Cash for Clunkers program was going to flop.  And there are a lot of good reasons to think so, but the reality seems to point in the opposite direction.  The Prius is flying off of dealer lots along with many other fuel efficient vehicles. The program is so successful [...]

Toyota Motor Corp. is shelving its plans to build the popular Prius hybrid in Mississippi as the slump in the auto industry continues to hobble the Japanese carmaker known for it emphasis on fuel-sipping vehicles. Toyota’s plant under construction in Blue Springs, Miss., was scheduled to begin production in 2010, marking the first time the [...]

Toyota Motor Corp. is shelving its plans to build the popular Prius hybrid in Mississippi as the slump in the auto industry continues to hobble the Japanese carmaker known for it emphasis on fuel-sipping vehicles. Toyota’s plant under construction in Blue Springs, Miss., was scheduled to begin production in 2010, marking the first time the [...]

Some pictures of the new prius have been leaked to the internet.  It looks pretty much the same with a little refinement.

Bob Lutz gives an interview about the Volt. An interesting point he makes is that he doesn’t mind that people think it’s ugly. In many cases he said that he’ll sacrifice functionality for form but in the case of the Volt you can’t do that. Lots of people buy the prius because it looks different, [...]

There are rumors going around detroit that GM and the EPA are having words about how the Volt is rated.  The Volt is an entirely new vehicle that the EPA hasn’t seen before.  Does the EPA consider the Volt a hybrid vehicle?  Or and electric vehicle? What the EPA decides can have an important impact [...]

“Toyota’s President Katsuaki Watanabe revealed that the Japanese automaker is planning to develop a small electric car for sale early in the next decade. Thus the competition between General Motors Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. to produce a rechargeable car is to be updated. Therefore Toyota will speed up delivery of its plug-in hybrid from [...]