Toyota has sold 3 million hybrid vehicles since launching the Prius in 1997.
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A slight slip in the price of oil allowed Japanese investors to focus attention on positive employment figures out of the U.S., boosting the Nikkei 225 Index by 0.9%. In Hong Kong the Hang Seng also Index added 0.3%, while the …
Billions of dollars of electricity is wasted annually by inefficient power-conversion systems. But a fledgling company called Transphorm believes its technology can cut electric bills significantly — and hike mileage for hybri…
In the State of the Union address in January, President Barack Obama set a goal of getting 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015. Now he’s proposed $7,500 rebates, instead of tax credits, to reach that goal. Will that be …
German chipmaker Infineon Technologies is considering the idea of an electric car that’s steered with a joystick, which could help car companies slash costs as they replace expensive mechanical parts with cheaper electronic one…