The Hybrid Car Moves Beyond Curiosity Stage. Danny Hakim.
by Hakim, Danny; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 66Environment. Publisher: New York Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Automobile industry and trade | Automobiles -- Fuel consumption | Automobiles -- Motors -- Exhaust gas | Consumers' preferences | Experimental automobiles | Hybrid electric vehicles | Petroleum products -- PricesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Hybrids, vehicles that save gasoline by combining electric motors with internal combustion engines, are emerging as the first alternative-powered cars to show signs of catching on with automakers and some consumers since the automobile's early days. Toyota and Honda are already selling tens of thousands of hybrids, and General Motors and Ford, worried about ceding another fast-moving market to the Japanese, have announced plans to join them. The hybrid's rise has been encouraged by pressure from environmentalists and regulators, particularly California rules curbing greenhouse gases and smog-forming pollutants." (NEW YORK TIMES) The author comments upon the increasing popularity of hybrid vehicles.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Hybrid Car Moves Beyond Curiosity Stage, Jan. 28, 2003; pp. A1+.
"Hybrids, vehicles that save gasoline by combining electric motors with internal combustion engines, are emerging as the first alternative-powered cars to show signs of catching on with automakers and some consumers since the automobile's early days. Toyota and Honda are already selling tens of thousands of hybrids, and General Motors and Ford, worried about ceding another fast-moving market to the Japanese, have announced plans to join them. The hybrid's rise has been encouraged by pressure from environmentalists and regulators, particularly California rules curbing greenhouse gases and smog-forming pollutants." (NEW YORK TIMES) The author comments upon the increasing popularity of hybrid vehicles.
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