City’s Lengthy Push for Hybrid-Engine Taxicabs Hits a Legal Dead End - New York Times
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 New York Times | City's Lengthy Push for Hybrid-Engine Taxicabs Hits a Legal Dead End New York Times The city's plan, which would have penalized taxi owners who did not use hybrid cars, had been rejected by lower-court judges as a de facto regulation of emissions standards — a power that, under existing laws, belongs to the federal government. ... Supreme Court Rejects Bloomberg's Push For Hybrid Taxis In NYC Court won't hear appeal over blocked taxicab rule Supreme Court Won't Hear Case About City Forcing Cabs To Go Green |
Supreme Court Rejects Bloomberg’s Push For Hybrid Taxis In NYC - AltTransport
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 NY1 | Supreme Court Rejects Bloomberg's Push For Hybrid Taxis In NYC AltTransport Based on Mayor Bloomberg's proposal, taxi owners who did not use hybrid cars would have faced financial penalties. A group of taxi owners, Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, brought the original suit against the plan in 2007, when the city first ... City Room: Court Halts Mayor's Push for Hybrid Taxis Court won't hear appeal over blocked taxicab rule Supreme Court Won't Hear Case About City Forcing Cabs To Go Green |
Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Delay: Deciding To Make It Make Noise, Always - CBS New York
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Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Delay: Deciding To Make It Make Noise, Always CBS New York Hyundai Sonata HYBRID again delays release of HYBRID cars in US – vast defect suspected – Hyundai has NO hybrid Sonata cars at US dealers – what's going on? We are usually skeptical of “vast defects,” but our suspicions grew when Hyundai refused to ... |
Do Battery-Pack Failures Reduce the Life of Hybrid Cars? A Reader Asks - CBS New York
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 Truth About Cars (blog) | Do Battery-Pack Failures Reduce the Life of Hybrid Cars? A Reader Asks CBS New York If that Saturn were a hybrid, I'm guessing the battery pack would have died about four years ago, give or take. But replacing a battery pack would be a huge expense, no? And the older the car gets, the less incentive there is to incur this huge expense ... Sop hope for hybrid cars Plug in Cars: Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid missing critical EV button Quick Review: Toyota Prius Plug-In |
City Room: Court Halts Mayor’s Push for Hybrid Taxis - New York Times (blog)
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NY1 | City Room: Court Halts Mayor's Push for Hybrid Taxis New York Times (blog) The city's plan, which would have created financial penalties for taxi owners who did not use hybrid cars, had been rejected by prior judges as a de facto regulation of emissions standards — a power that, under existing laws, belongs to the federal ... Supreme Court Rejects Bloomberg's Push For Hybrid Taxis In NYC Court won't hear appeal over blocked taxicab rule Supreme Court Won't Hear Case About City Forcing Cabs To Go Green |
Ford Supercharges Electric Vehicle Plan, Bringing New C-Max Energi And C-Max … - PaddockTalk
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 Top Gear | Ford Supercharges Electric Vehicle Plan, Bringing New C-Max Energi And C-Max ... PaddockTalk "C-MAX Energi and C-MAX Hybrid will be perfect for families looking to maximize their hybrid car experience," said Nancy Gioia, Ford director of Global Electrification. "Thanks to the versatile interior, these cars are going to appeal to ... Ford offers glimpse of electric future at Geneva Motor Show |
Prius keeps Toyota a top automaker according to Consumer Reports - FavStocks
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 Globe and Mail | Prius keeps Toyota a top automaker according to Consumer Reports FavStocks By Hybrid Cars on 02/28/2011 – 12:28 pm PST Based on Consumer Reports testing and predicted reliability, Toyota is the 3rd best all around automaker, falling just behind Honda and Subaru respectively. Additionally, the Toyota Prius was one of 3 top ... Just two US models among Consumer Reports' Top Picks Ford Named Most Improved Carmaker by Consumer Reports Honda and Subaru score high on auto report card |
India’s Government To Incentivize Electric And Hybrid Cars - AltTransport
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 Moneycontrol.com | India's Government To Incentivize Electric And Hybrid Cars AltTransport India's 2011 budget, which was announced earlier today, seems great for hybrid and electric cars. The government has proposed to set up a National Mission for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles to ... Auto sector encouraged to drive the green road 2011 Union Budget: Electric and Hybrid vehicles get a fillip! Industry welcomes incentives for electric, hybdrid cars |
Auto sector encouraged to drive the green road - Financial Express
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Moneycontrol.com | Auto sector encouraged to drive the green road Financial Express Apart from this, the government also announced an excise duty reduction to 5% from 10% on manufacturing of hybrid vehicle kits. The pro-environment steps has prompted automakers from Mahindra & Mahindra to General Motors to mull increasing focus on ... 2011 Union Budget: Electric and Hybrid vehicles get a fillip! Industry welcomes incentives for electric, hybdrid cars More power to the electric vehicle maker |
Honda CR-Z Delivers MPG and a Dose of Fun - Reuters
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Honda CR-Z Delivers MPG and a Dose of Fun Reuters The CR-Z is built on the same platform as the Insight hybrid, but engineers didn't just copy, cut and paste. The structure is more rigid, the wheelbase is clipped 4.5 inches, overall length is shortened by some 8 inches and the car is considerably ... |
