Toyota hits six million hybrid sales
Toyota has reached a major milestone in hybrid sales, hitting 6 million global sales by December 31, 2013. A nice way for the carmaker to round the year off, the latest millionth milestone was ac...
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Sales of electric cars near double in 2013
Tuesday 14 January 2014. The Green Piece Column. There has been an awful lot of press about how little interest there is in electric cars in recent years. And while, yes, it is true that sales rem...
Mitsubishi reveals new mild hybrid Concept AR
Mitsubishi is to make the European premiere of its new Concept AR compact MPV at the Brussels Motor Show (running January 14-26, 2014). Featuring BSG mild hybrid drivetrain technology, the new mode...
Audi brings new plug-in hybrid car to Detroit
As the North American International Auto Show finally gets under way, Audi is emphasising that its future is green with an all-road shooting brake plug-in hybrid concept. A two-door crossover with...
Plug-in car sales near double in the US
Here in the UK we’ve been celebrating the fact that EV sales just shy of doubled last year, with registrations of pure electric nudging a 99 per cent increase in 2013 compared to the previous year,...
Plug-in car sales boom on back of recovering car market
Registrations of plug-in cars and hybrid vehicles rose by more than a fifth in 2013 (20.5 per cent), as the overall market for new cars in the UK soared to their highest levels since pre-recession ...
Malaysian colleges to deliver specialist training in electric vehicles
The UK-based Institute of Motor Industry (IMI) is to provide training support to community colleges across Malaysia—after it signed an agreement with the country’s Ministry of Education—to help stu...
New Honda Fit set for US debut
A new Honda Fit (known as the Jazz over here) will be one of the stars of the upcoming Detroit Motor Show this month, following the launch of a new model in Japan. While we are unlikely to hear m...
Audi reveals plug-in hybrid concept
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas looks set to steal a march on the Detroit Auto Show just a few days later, after yet another exciting green concept was announced for the event. Au...
Toyota production buoyed by hybrid demand
Toyota’s UK production is soaring, thanks to rising demand for hybrid vehicles. According to the Financial Times, the carmaker’s production rose 65 per cent in 2013, with four in every 10 vehicles ...
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