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Topic: hybrid cars
(Image: EPA/Oliver Weiken)

More than half the cars sold in Norway last year were electric. What’s Australia doing?

Choice Charts

Jan 13, 2021

14

(Image: AAP/Private Media)

Hybrids survive Australia’s collapsing car market

Choice Charts

Oct 20, 2020

12

The recent global recall of the Toyota Prius has caused an "outbreak of global gloating", says author <b>Toby Litt</b>. For anti-environmentalists, there's delightful schadenfreude in seeing ultimate symbol of tree-hugging do-gooders fail.

Why people love to see the Prius fail

Environment

Feb 12, 2010

Toyota launched Australia’s first locally-produced hybrid on Monday, but the event has been smothered by the latest recall to hit the battered carmaker, writes <b>James Stanford</b>.

Prius debacle drives hole through the Camry

Companies

Feb 10, 2010

1

Good for the environment maybe, but perhaps not so good for people. Statistics show that noiseless hybrid cars are sometimes <b>twice</b> as likely to cause pedestrians and cyclists crashes than normal cars.

Hybrid cars: the silent killer?

Environment

Sep 30, 2009

From sleek and sporty to funky and futuristic, check out next year's batch of lean, green (or leaner and greener) cars from the world's largest auto show in Germany.

PHOTO GALLERY: Green cars of tomorrow

Environment

Sep 17, 2009

Even with hybrid cab fleets hitting the roads in a growing number of cities, when it comes to efficiency and intelligence, the design of most cabs falls short. Designboom featured a collection of taxi concepts from automakers and designers in markets around the world.

Hail a taxi from the future

Environment

Jul 25, 2009

Is a bus more efficient than a train? A scooter vs a hybrid? A side-by-side analysis of the cost efficiency of various modes of transport: which uses the least fuel per passenger?

The efficiency of transportation

Environment

Jul 17, 2009

The Toyota Prius outsold all other cars in Japan last month, with two other hybrid cars making it into the country's top-five.

Prius tops car sales in Japan

Environment

Jul 08, 2009

Honda's new low-cost hybrid, the Insight, may be environmentally friendly, but it kind of sucks -- a lot, says <b>Jeremy Clarkson</b>.

“Biblically terrible”: Honda’s new low-cost hybrid

Companies

May 19, 2009

The value and effectiveness of plug-in technology is being questioned, even as President Obama pledges to have 1 million plug-in hybrids on the road by 2015.

Plug in hybrids too hyped?

Environment

May 06, 2009

Has hybrid driving Climate Change Minister Penny Wong fallen for the hype which threatens to obscure a massive opportunity for Australian science and industry asks <b>Peter Vogel</b>.

Essay: The great hybrid swindle

Energy

Oct 01, 2008

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