Support for electric cars and hybrids

Most of the excitement at Geneva this year didn't come from the announcement of new production model cars. No, the task of riling up the auto press was left to the hyper-fuel efficient vehicle concepts trotted

Investment into Russia's car industry may top $40 billion in the upcoming ten years, after the Russian government has given the go-ahead to the country's car strategy on Thursday. At a meeting with Vladimir Putin, Prokhorov said he hopes to make 10,000 models a year in Togliatti, as Russia seeks to cash in on growing demand for electric vehicles.

For years the marketing and advertising from government and car companies alike have boldly stated that it was only a matter of time before electric vehicles took over the car industry. Now, electric vehicles, in the form of hybrids that combine both gas and electric motors, are finally beginning to

This is exciting. I have been waiting for so long to get an additional EV with reasonable and affordable price for my family. I hope the electric car industry will do well so to eliminate fossil fuel use. Waidy Lee

The electric cars provided the templates that were used to develop another type of car---the hybrid cars. The hybrid cars were crossovers or integration of the traditional gas-powered cars and the disappointing electric cars. The hybrid cars were principally made to use the best features and qualities of each of the two types of cars

Florida Power and Light Group, Inc. and Duke Energy plan to convert 10,000 vehicles from their fleets into plug-in hybrid or all-electric vehicles by 2020, a makeover expected to pump as much as $600 million into the electric-car industry.

The still-bloated motor industry eagerly hails the future of electric motoring at the Frankfurt motor show, its first jamboree after months of crisis.