The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In recent years, I've been making an effort to find discarded examples of early hybrid efforts that have faded from our memories. Some standouts include the 2007-2011 Nissan Altima Hybrid , the 2013-2016 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid and the 2011-2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 7.

Malibu Hybrid 62

Malibu Hybrid 2009 Chevrolet Hybrid 62

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. liter engine and automatic).

VUE 104

VUE Saturn 2007 Green 104

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

For MY 2010, the Prius is the top fuel economy leader , with EPA ratings of 51/48 mpg city/highway. The estimate is calculated based on the vehicle’s miles per gallon (mpg) rating and national estimates for annual mileage and fuel prices. Each vehicle listing in the Fuel Economy Guide provides an estimated annual fuel cost.

Fuel Economy 150

Fuel Economy 2010 Economy EPA 150

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2006

There is more to Dan Neil's recent LA Times column than a favorable review of yet another gasoline-only hybrid. He likes the Nissan Altima Hybrid well enough. Calls it a "Camry hybrid in tight jeans." More important, Neil says, is that it comes from an automaker that had scoffed at "hybridization."

Altima Hybrid 100

Altima Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Lithium Ion Plug-in 100