He ups A123, the maker of hybrid and electric car batteries, to Buy from Neutral.
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He became chief engineer for the Prius, the world's first mass-produced petrol-electric hybrid car, in 1996.
The overall electric car market has seen increased demand, with electric and hybrid car sales increasing 164% in June 2012 compared to June 2011.
Shares of electric and hybrid car battery maker A123 (AONE) have spiked this morning after Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes upped his rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral.
Now, if we want to have everybody getting maximum use out of an electric car or a hybrid car, part of what we have to do is to create a similar distribution mechanism for electricity.
The plug-in hybrid is an interesting bridge to the electric car, so settle down all you Prius owners!
The growing smorgasbord in new car showrooms includes 43 hybrid-electric vehicles, four plug-in hybrids and 12 pure electric cars.
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At the Ford display, we talked to folks wandering between the big green pickup, the muscle car and the hydrogen electric hybrid.
"There's going to be hybridisation and electrification of vehicles in many different ways, " according to Stefan Suckow, hybrid sales director with Johnson Controls, which makes electric car batteries for several manufacturers.
Stadler drove out onto the stage at the Las Vegas Hilton in an Audi e-tron Spyder concept car, a hybrid vehicle with two electric motors and a twin-turbo V6 engine, capable of zooming from 0 to 60 in just 4.7 seconds.
Yesterday, AUDI AG chairman Rupert Stadler gave his own keynote address at CES, driving out onto the stage at the Las Vegas Hilton in an Audi e-tron Spyder concept car, a hybrid vehicle with two electric motors and a twin-turbo V6 engine, capable of zooming from 0 to 60 in just 4.7 seconds.
GM's plug-in electric hybrid, the Volt, won the coveted North American Car of the Year award, while Ford won the award for best truck.
Smart was a green-minded statement car that predated the hybrid Toyota Prius and the electric Chevrolet Volt when it officially launched in 1998 in Europe.
Brin and Page both drive hybrid Toyota Priuses and have made personal investments in Tesla, an electric car maker.
The new BMW i3, a tiny electric car, and the BMW i8, a plug-in hybrid, both due in 2013, are the first fruits of that effort.
In an age where green travel and eco-focused marketing continue to grow, car rental companies are bolstering their rental fleets with electric and hybrid cars, giving travellers the opportunity to reduce their carbon footprint, save money at the pump and take one of these new-technology vehicles for a spin before perhaps buying one of their own.
Take a 20 kilometers-per-liter hybrid, which is a small car with two engines--one gasoline, one electric--that work in collaboration.
Of course, there are some high-profile debuts, most notably the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, perhaps the most-hyped car in history, and the Nissan Leaf all-electric, both due in November.
The Karma is so close to being right, absolutely close enough for hand grenades, but the legacy of the car is marred by two things: First, the range-extended hybrid-electric powertrain a daring engineering enterprise never fully made the case for itself in terms of efficiency and emotion.
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The company has created hundreds of American automotive jobs and its first model, the Roadster sports car, lit a fire under Detroit to begin producing electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars but with less success.
Ovshinsky proudly takes credit for the car, claiming he invented the "enabling technology" that helps power the gas-electric hybrid.
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