A Hybrid by any Other Name

With gas prices increasingly becoming a popular topic of discussion across America, it's no wonder that better gas mileage is a hot topic in Detroit. Even so, says a study commissioned by Johnson Controls, a maker of high-tech batteries used in hybrid vehicles, the pain at the pump isn't enough yet to start moving mainstream consumers toward hybrid vehicles. That, says the report, won't happen until the price per gallon is somewhere between $4 -$5. Despite the results of that survey, consumers definitely want better gas mileage even if they aren't ready to make the leap to a full-fledged hybrid vehicle.

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Buying American? Are You Sure?

It's no secret that most automobiles these days have parts made in a wide variety of countries regardless of where the car itself is finally assembled. The Big Three U.S. carmakers were born and raised right here in the good old U.S. of A., but are they still the most American of the major automakers?
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Would You Like a Solar Panel with your New Car?

While electric vehicles have the potential to be cleaner and greener than gasoline powered vehicles, as long as they rely on coal and oil fired electrical power plants, some may argue that all their really doing is moving the source of the pollution a little further down the road. While the reduction in automobile emissions may mean cleaner air for city-dwellers, roughly the same amount of emissions will be generated at the ultimate source of the electricity being used to charge these cars.
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Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Coming Near You

For most people, the biggest objection to purchasing an all-electric vehicle, those without any gasoline back-up engine, is uncertainty about the availability of recharging stations. Sure you can plug them in at home, but many of these cars have limited ranges and if you're planning to travel more than a couple hundred miles, you're going to need to find a place to plug in.
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