Tokyo—TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces that it has started discussions with potential users in Japan of the newly developed "Prius Plug-in Hybrid".  Approximately 200 units will be leased through a leasing company to ...

VANCOUVER (CP) _ High-performance car lovers who worry that a future filled with Earth-friendly hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles condemns them to life driving glorified golf carts need not fret. Al Gore III, the ...

Transportation Minister Jim Bradley says he'd like to see electric cars with zero greenhouse gas emissions approved for use on Ontario roads. ZENN Motor Company, a Toronto firm which manufacturers small, low-speed electric cars ...

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday his company is working hard to develop the next generation of smaller, lighter auto batteries _ a technology that holds promise for electric ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ DaimlerChrysler AG has agreed to pay a US$1.2 million fine to settle allegations that it did not promptly alert the government about emissions problems in some Mercedes ...

General Motors Corp. started production Monday of its two-mode gas-electric hybrid transmission systems that will debut in the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and GMC Yukon Hybrid sport utility vehicles. Built at the automaker's Baltimore ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) _ General Motors Corp. has signed an agreement with a battery maker that could propel it ahead of Toyota Motor Corp. in the race to bring plug-in hybrid ...

TOKYO (AP) _ Toyota's latest luxury car is powered by the world's first commercially mass produced hybrid system that's especially designed for rear-wheel drive vehicles. The Japanese automaker said Thursday the Lexus GS450h, ...

India's Tata Motors plans to unveil its ultracheap $2,500 car at an auto show here next month, the company said Wednesday. Analysts believe the car may force other manufacturers to lower their own pricing. While ...

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