Once a point of contention regarding gas-electric hybrids, Consumer Reports now affirms that the purchase of a hybrid can save consumers anywhere from $500 to $4,250 over a five-year ownership period. Especially with steep gas prices, the greater mileage afforded by even mild hybrids, such as General Motors' alternator-driven hybrid models with ..

A Toyota dealer that got a little anxious over the purported plug-in Prius hybrid has been rebuked--and customers are getting their deposits back. In a gentle but public slap on the wrist to Silicon Valley-adjacent Magnussen Toyota in Palo Alto, Calif., Toyota announced that it's "very proud that Magnussen's Toyota intends to return the ..

You're looking at what could be the production version of the Chevrolet Volt, at long last. The Transformers Live Blog site capture these pics--and the video below--that contain photos of a car labeled "Volt." Autoblog's also stripped stills from the video that show more details of the car. The footage was captured from the shoot of the ..

This could be a car interior designed by a group of rogue Apple engineers, trying to woo their way back into Steve Jobs' heart--or it could be the cockpit of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. The stray image, with no details or claims to its veracity, is posted on the forums over at MotiveMag, where the lads in charge offer no explanation of it ..

Toyota, Honda, GM, and Ford are some of the world's biggest car companies--and Hyundai wants to be in their clique. So while all those brands offer a range of hybrid vehicles, so too will Hyundai, starting with a gas-electric version of the Sonata sedan. Automotive News reports that Hyundai's American product chief John Krafcik confirms the ..

A new front end and some marvy new tech features are the highlights of the 2009 Honda Civic and Civic Hybrid lineups, the Japanese automaker said today. The major news is a mildly revamped front end. The Civic's bumper gets a few more creases and a newly styled grille, along with new taillights and clear lens covers. New alloy wheels also ..

Unpredictable gas prices and concerns over global warming have drivers and carmakers alike looking to hybrid vehicles. But is a hybrid the right choice for you? There are many good reasons to buy a hybrid -- and some bad ones, too. Some people approach hybrids as a silver bullet to their gas bills. In some cases, it's true -- but some ..

Toyota has become synonymous with hybrids--and the Japanese automaker wants to make that connection even more universal in the next dozen years. The Wall Street Journal reports Toyota will make a hybrid powertrain option available on all its vehicles by 2020. The move comes as Toyota is facing increased pressure with new hybrids coming from ..

The 2011 Chevrolet Volt is being revealed, slowly but surely, sketch by video by Webisode by photo--and these are the latest driblets in the GM PR machine's steady leak of Volt information. The sketches are said to show the production front end and tail of the 2011 Volt, the plug-in hybrid that GM promises will go on sale in late 2010. The ..

The 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid is wearing something today aside from a big, snazzy grille and lots of "hybrid" graphics. Cadillac's sticker price for the new large luxury SUV hybrid has been affixed to the big green machine--and it's $71,685, according to the GM luxe brand. GM points out that the $3,600 premium over the gas-only ..

Mercedes-Benz might have to postpone--or even cancel--the arrival of the hybrid M-Class SUV, over a dispute with onetime battery supplier Cobasys. The hometown newspaper for the M-Class, the Tuscaloosa News, says a dispute with Michigan-based Cobasys is triggering concern at the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International plant in Tuscaloosa County, ..

At a wide-ranging presentation on its "green" car initiatives, Nissan said today that it's working on a new lithium-ion-based hybrid powertrain to bow in 2010, and showed off the electric-vehicle technology it's developing for a new car to bow in 2010. The hybrid vehicle, Nissan says, is a rear-drive hybrid system--possibly making it a ..

While the Prius may be the poster child for Caucasianity everywhere, Honda's upcoming hybrid family car could be the deal that snatches away customers from the Toyota hybrid with a much lower price tag. Honda's aim, in fact, is to drop about $2,000 from the Prius' price tag with its own new model, which TheCarConnection.com showed you before ..

The world's most popular hybrid car, the Toyota Prius, is getting a new look, and here are the first photos of it. Caught earlier as a mule, with the new front welded to the old body, these are the very first photos of the completely new 2010 Toyota Prius due to bow at the Detroit auto show in January. The new Prius has grown, and is now ..

My local "drug" dealer, also known as Sonny's Sunoco, as regular readers may recall, likes to play roulette with prices. It's not unusual for me to see the numbers on his display board switch three or four times a day, apparently depending upon how his personal trading is going on the spot market. So I was surprised to see the figures hold ..