Billionaire Mikhail D. Prokhorov, the major owner of the New Jersey Nets, and the second-richest man in Russia has become one of the newest investors in the green car movement. Specifically, he’s recently unveiled the first Russian hybrid car: the YO, this week in Moscow. The HybridCars blog offers the following description of the car: [...]
If you’re considering a new car before the year’s out, a hybrid might be your best bet, or at the very least you should be looking at cars that rate highly in terms of fuel efficiency. Why? Because experts are predicting that the price of gasoline might hit $3.00 by January. Just this past Monday [...]
Kia is asking owners to share stories of their Kia experiences in exchange for the opportunity to win a ticket to the Australian Open. We’re sharing their “Kia Smile” video here, but you should check out the KiaBuzz blog as well.
Reuters shared yesterday that roughly 650,000 Toyota Prius models with a coolant pump defect that could cause overheating and power loss will be repaired at the company’s expense. The repair campaign is for those cars from model years 2004-2007, and over half of them – roughly 378,000 – are in the United States. Evidently, the [...]
Remember those claims of Toyota hybrids and unintentional acceleration? Well, now the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating another claim about a similar issue, only this time the car in question is a Honda. Earlier today, the auto safety regulation organization said that it had agreed to investigate a complaint that came out of [...]