newest hybrid cars pictures

Pictures of the latest hybrid cars and prototypes

PRIUS  610-Z Prototype

BMW X-6 Hybrid

 HONDA CRZ Hybrid-610

CHEVY-VOLT 610Z

 FISKER KARMA 610Z

 

PUBLIC OPINION ABUOT HONDA HYBRID

PUBLIC OPINION

"If it has near Prius MPGs and saves $5000-6000 at time of purchase, Honda could have a good hybrid for the first time in a long while. I wish them luck, but based on past performance I do not expect all that much".
-charles-

"I don't care if it would get 5,000 mpg; I still! don't like it. Why is it so difficult for these people to build an attractive looking car these days. Are all of these manufacturers using the same artistically tasteless design engineer?"
-jamesdavis-

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-thegreenauto-

"good development by Honda..."
-Socks-

"the hybrid fit should get and EPA rating of about 40 to 45 mpg. For hybrid instrumentation I would want an ICE RPM, an Electric Motor RPM, a Battery Charge Rate, a Traction battery State of Charge, and instantaneous MPG gauge. If hybrid fit had two 120VAC outlet rated at 20A each. it could also double as an outdoor generator!"

-walter-

Honda hybrid cars

 HONDA HYBRID CARS

 

Want to miss a step in the production of hybrid cars Toyota, Honda followed with the type of fit as Honda's first hybrid product. Honda is set to unveil the world’s first subcompact hybrid next month at the Paris Motor Show this September, it could carry the lowest price tag. A hybrid version will go on sale in Japan in October, and is expected in the U.S. in 2011. Honda plans to sell the Fit Hybrid in Japan for about $18,600. That’s approximately $3,500 less than the Honda Insight, currently the cheapest hybrid, and about $4,600 more than the gas-powered Fit. Pricing for the Japanese market does not move in sync with U.S. pricing—but a similar strategy in the U.S. would put the base MSRP around $17,000. 

Exact mpg will be released at the Paris Motor Show, which will run from September 30 to October 17, but we anticipate a significant step up from the gas-powered version, which is rated at 28 mpg in the city and 35 on the highway. The Fit Hybrid is likely to become the second most fuel-efficient hybrid, right behind the Toyota Prius (51/48 mpg).

The new Fit/Jazz is updated for 2011—with revised headlights and rear lights, a new front grille, and restyled bumpers and tailgate. Inside, there’s a darker single-color dashboard and blue-lit dials and instruments. The Fit, marketed as the Jazz in Europe, will use Honda’s IMA system— an 87-horsepower 1.3-liter engine combined with a CVT gearbox—currently found in Honda's Insight and CR-Z hybrids. The new hybrid is also available with leather trim, the first time this has been available on a Jazz model in Europe. With so many low-volume luxury hybrids hitting the market in recent years, the introduction of a small affordable high-mpg gas-electric model from Honda is a welcome addition to the hybrid market. 

http://www.hybridcars.com/news/honda-releases-details-and-first-images-fit-hybrid-28488.html 

Media declaring the death of hybrid cars? who's believe...

 Declare death of hybrid cars

Media is declaring the death of hybrid cars. It made for catchy headlines this week, like the Wall Street Journal’s “Hybrids Are Running Out of Gas,” and USA Today’s “As Sales Fall, Is the Hybrid Car Fad Over?” But it simply ain’t true. Global automakers are now preparing for their biggest push ever into gas-electric vehicles.

In Facts ???
It’s true that this year’s hybrid sales are down by about 5% compared to last year. But a closer examination of the trends shows that hybrids got a big boost last year with the Cash for Clunkers program. In addition, the drop in hybrid sales is focused on specific models, like the Honda Civic Hybrid, which is down 72% for the year. Meanwhile, the Toyota Prius is up by 7%; the Honda Insight is up by 2%; The Lexus RX450h SUV is up more than 17%; and the Ford Fusion Hybrid is up 45%.

public comment about hybrid cars etios

public comment about hybrid cars etios

Just how big is the "hybrid premium?" It differs for every vehicle and hopefully it will soon be a thing of the past. However, asking even upper-middle class consumers in India to pay $5,000 extra for a hybrid is just not realistic. In the United States it's a very different story, but the economic benefits of driving a hybrid still vary a lot from model to model.
As for "the adolescent fixation with being cool," I think you may underestimate just how much that plays into the equation for a lot of hybrid drivers as well—they and their friends just have a different standard for cool than people who drive Escalades. In the long run, I think decreasing the amount of oil that we use will come more from society accepting fuel efficient cars as the "new cool" than from altering deep-seeded sociological values. (Not that we have time to sit around and wait until that happens on its own, but I don't think that cool is going away anytime soon.)
 from ; Junior member

Toyota's small hybrid cars

Toyota's small hybrid cars

In developing car markets like China and India, the short-term strategy for carmakers seems to be "small, cheap and fuel-efficient." Fully electric powertrains are expected to catch on eventually, but where the intermediary step for the United States is expected be hybrids—and turbocharged diesels in Europe—small, 4-cylinder engines that deliver high MPGs at a low cost are the name of the game in most of Asia.
Prius was never expected to be major seller in India—just 80 vehicles sold in three months—a dedicated hybrid version of the Etios small car marketed specifically for that market, is apparently on the horizon. While production numbers are yet to be announced, the fact that Toyota is premiering a new hybrid in India suggests that the carmaker is confident in its sales potential. Toyota is yet to announce whether the car will be available in other markets.

It's for this reason that the Toyota Prius, which in America and Japan has been one of the most influential vehicles on the market for the better part of a decade, only came to India last year. When it did, it was priced and marketed more as a high-priced luxury car than an everyday vehicle for the country's emerging middle class

http://www.hybridcars.com/news/toyota-bring-hybrid-small-car-india-28499.html


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Toyota hybrid

Hybrid cars by Toyota's

Toyota's need to lead the hybrid-technology car competition among the world's carmakers. Starting with the successful Prius led the competition, now Toyota is preparing to produce a variety of other hybrid cars.

  

Gerald Killman Toyota powertrain says to detikOto quote from Autocar "Technology is our adaptive hybrid technology. There is flexibility in the application of our hybrid system, we do not want to develop new when we can give more our character," he said, Thursday (8 / 7 / 2010).

The possibly remains newest Toyota hybrid cars will incorporate a 1.8-liter engine with an electric motors that is currently by the Prius, but with the sensation that promise more sporty driving

 While Toyota's intention to issue a sporty hybrid car has long it sounds to rival Honda CR-Z. A car concept called FT-Ch has even they point out.