Green Car News: Honda/Toyota Move Forward, Hummer Grinds to a Halt
Our video team has put together two short but informative videos from the floor of the Detroit Auto Show about the highly anticipated 2010 Honda Insight and the FT-EV concept vehicle from Toyota. Senior Automotive Editor Brian Moody gets the scoop on how Honda has made its hybrid motor more advanced, yet less expensive. In the second video, Moody interviews Toyota's Bill Reinert, national manager of advanced technology vehicles, and learns that the lessons gathered from this concept will carry over into a full production electrical vehicle in 2012. Get the full story
at the Edmunds Green Car Advisor.
For Hummer, a brand on the opposite end of the fuel economy spectrum, 2008 has not been a kind year. After suffering the worst decline of all GM brands -- down 50.9 percent from 2007 -- Hummer recently announced that it is halting production of its H2 model. With Hummer suffering its lowest sales year since 2002, the 200 layoffs that quickly ensued surprised no one. Check out the Edmunds Green Car Advisor for more information.
Let us know what you think of these developments.
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- Ron Montoya January 28, 2009, 2:16 PM
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..eh, Not much to say except the fact that I never liked H3. Too small to be a hummer, too big to be nice to drive.
Too bad about lay-offs though. I hope the management got the axe, not operation people.