Honda Motor Co. announced that it would soon offer its Fit EV electric vehicle in New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Beginning last summer, the automaker placed the car in Oregon and California markets only. The Fit EV can travel 82 miles between charges, and is available for lease at $389 per month. [...]
Ford Motor Co. announced this week that it plans to have at least 900 dealerships certified to sell the company’s plug-in hybrid and electric cars by mid-year. Ford will be selling three alternative-fuel vehicles in 2013, all of which are versions of cars it already sells. The Focus Electric will be joining the C-Max Energi [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has given the Ford Focus Electric its top safety rating, a five-star designation. NHTSA’s New Car Assessment program measures diverse parameters of vehicle safety, including side-impact and front crash testing. The Focus Electric is the first all-electric model Ford has produced. The car has a unique system of airbags [...]
Hybrid car sales in the U.S. rose 61 percent in 2012, compared to 2011. Total hybrid vehicles sold hit the 1.35 million mark, with a full 20 percent of those cars accounted for by Toyota alone. The Japanese automaker’s Prius is the best-selling hybrid vehicle in the world and in the U.S. While Ford and [...]
According to a recent National Insurance Crime Bureau survey, the most stolen SUV or CUV between Jan. 1 2008 and the middle of 2012 is the Ford Escape. During the period in question, almost 20,000 SUVs and CUVs were swiped, and the popular Ford was at the top of the thieves’ wish lists. After that, [...]
Buoyed by a surge in new buyers, Ford Motor Co. set a sales record for hybrids in January, with this year’s numbers beating January of 2012 by a hefty 300 percent. The company sold approximately 5,500 hybrids last month, but in January of 2012, sales of Ford hybrid vehicles hovered near 1,300. More significant from [...]
The 2013 Washington Auto Show, which runs through Feb. 10 at the Walter Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., is enjoying one of its biggest years ever, with a huge display of green, energy-efficient vehicles that is the centerpiece of the event.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu opened the show last week with a speech [...]
Ford Motor Co. has discounted the three-year lease price for its Focus EV by as much as $10,750 and is lowering the base price by $2,000. For those who purchase the car for cash, Ford will reduce the base price by an additional $2,000. For buyers who wish to finance the vehicle, there is a [...]
Chevy, Toyota, Ford, and Honda are displaying electric cars at the Detroit Auto Show, which is open through Jan. 27. Show-goers are also getting the feel for electric cars by trying out charging stations that adorn the booths. Since making their debut just over two years ago, the number of plug-in cars available has grown [...]
Lincoln’s MKC concept, on display at the Detroit Auto Show this week and next, shows off a smaller, more refined version of Ford’s Lincoln crossover. Making elegance a key component of every aspect of the MKC’s look, there is no official word on whether the vehicle will end up with a hybrid powertrain. Ford Motor [...]
The 2013 Detroit Auto Show, which is already breaking attendance records, is host to a group of concept vehicles that might just be the best the event has ever assembled. Under one roof, visitors to Cobo Center can see the Acura NSX, Toyota’s Corolla Furia, Via Motors’ X-Trux, the Lincoln MKC, and many others. While [...]
Ford Motor Co. has added another trophy to its already crowded shelf of Fusion’s accolades. The Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid took home the title Connected Car of the Year from none other than Connected World in Las Vegas last week. The vehicle was cited for its ingenious methods of keeping drivers in touch with the [...]
