The electric car will come with a slew of other upgrades and innovations, along with companies coherently working on fine tuning their business models to offer them at more and more affordable prices.
- Honda CRZ Hybrid, Confirmed. Honda Executive Vice President Koichi Kondo has confirmed the Honda CR-Z hybrid will be available early next year and will sport 140hp with a 1.8 liter Honda derived engine, via MotorTrend. It is rumored to go for about $20,000.
- Electric Highway, Following The Internet Model? This title alone would make for a complete post but the accent here is on the other aspect of the electric vehicle, EV, making sure the infrastructure is in place. EcoGeek talks about what is happening in the U.S.
- Ford’s First PHEV To A Canadian Fleet. Ford is on track and has released its first Escape plug-in hybrid, PHEV to a Canadian utility, according to Gas2.
- The Future Of Ultracapacitors. Readers here know how much we favor ultracapacitors, especially in a mix battery configuration, otherwise known as hybrid batteries and this article from NextBigFuture goes into details.
- Penske Talking To Renault-Nissan. Interesting turn of events painting an ever increasingly complex new landscape, with Penske talking to Renault-Nissan in order import their South Korean built vehicles, according to AutoExtremist.
That’s it for now, stay tuned for more.