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As of the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, California-based Fisker Automotive continues to maintain that their exotically styled plug-in hybrid will begin shipping at the end of 2009 with a starting price of $80,000. We hope so. Fisker claims the Karma will deliver 50 miles of range on electricity alone, after which a gasoline or diesel engine takes over to extend range up to 600 miles. Promising…
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posted in Hybrid SUVs |
1st
August
2008
When the Saturn VUE Green Line 2 Mode (its full and proper name) arrives near the end of 2008, the VUE will be the first vehicle to offer a choice of two hybrid powertrains. The hybrid system in the original VUE Green Line is inexpensive, but doesn’t offer all the fuel savings of a “full” hybrid. The VUE Green Line 2 Mode, on the other hand, promises a 50-percent increase in city fuel ec…
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posted in Hybrid Pickups |
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August
2008
Cars.com’s Lindsay Bjerregaard and Stephen Markley take you through the latest, coolest, weirdest car-related news they could dig up. Check out KickingTires.net for more about GM’s windshield technology, hybrid pickup trucks, and Audi’s traffic sensors.
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