Buyers of plug-in vans in the United Kingdom will receive about 20% off the cost of their payments for the green vehicle or up to $12300. This was recently announced by the ministers of Transport and Business. The program is actually an extension of the currently active Plug-in Vehicle Grant that extends help of as [...]
Mazda is leaning on their SkyActiv technology to battle it out with hybrid and plug-in vehicles in terms of efficiency. The carmaker will equip the Mazda3 set to hit showroom in the early part of 2012 with fuel saving technologies. Mazda will make use of the 2.0L 4-cylinder SkyActiv G gasoline engine. The direct-injected powerplant [...]
According to the most recent survey conducted by Ernst and Young Global Automotive Center, 60% of Chinese respondents in China states that they’re considering the possibility of purchasing a plug-in hybrid or fully-electric car. Noticeably, this is almost five times bigger than what respondents in Japan, the UK, Germany, and the US revealed. Ernst and [...]
Car manufacturers are worried of how they can meet the 35.5 mpg fuel mileage set as the new CAFE standards that will take in effect by 2016 in the United States. The Obama government has cleared a path to take so the goals will be achieved to meet the deadline. The plan will require carmakers [...]