At the other end of the hybrid spectrum is the Fisker Karma luxury sedan

Calendar March 28, 2010 | Posted by admin

At the other end of the hybrid spectrum is the Fisker Karma luxury sedan. With a powertrain similar to the one intended for the Chevy Volt, this low-slung four-door will be able to go 50 miles on HP Mini 1000 Battery power alone, while providing sports car-like performance from twin electric motors producing over 400 horsepower.

The US-based boutique carmaker already has over 1,000 orders for the $87,900 four-seater, and promises to have them on the road by the HP Pavilion DV5 Battery end of the year. If it does, it will be the first plug-in hybrid vehicle available in America.

Honda, Japan’s second-biggest automaker, said it will boost hybrid sales to 500,000 a year HP Pavilion DV4 Battery after 2010. Honda said it will introduce a new hybrid-only model next year for a total lineup of four hybrids.

“As U.S. vehicle manufacturers commercialize their hybrid programs, the industry will be best served with a qualified and robust domestic HP Pavilion DV7 Battery supply base,” said Alex Molinaroli, president of Johnson Controls Power Solutions.

Johnson Controls-Saft is a joint venture between auto parts maker Johnson Controls Inc. and Paris-based battery producer Saft SA.

Eager to limit its fast-growing dependence on the crude oil imports needed to fuel its growing Sony VGP-BPL5A Battery legions of autos, and to limit choking emissions, China is pursuing a medley of programs aimed at putting new energy buses and other vehicles on the roads.

Last week, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology and the U.S. Department of Energy agreed to collaborate on alternative fuel vehicles, focusing on Sony VGP-BPL5 Battery performance, testing and evaluation _ areas bound to dovetail well with BYD’s own approach.

In the tests, Ford said the utilities were joining its partnership with Sony VGP-BPL4A Battery the Electric Power Research Institute to conduct tests on a fleet of Ford Escape plug-in hybrid vehicles.

The utilities include: New York Power Authority, Consolidated Edison of New York, American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio, Alabama Power of Birmingham, Ala., and its parent, Atlanta-based Southern Co., Progress Energy of Raleigh, N.C., DTE Energy of Detroit, National Grid of Waltham, Mass., and Sony VGP-BPL4 Battery the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority.

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