http://www.hybridsuv.com Hybrid SUV Reviews Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:04:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After 6 years of losses nearing $260 million dollars, Elon Musk and Tesla Motors may have finally turned the corner. Following last month's Initial Public Offering (IPO) that raised $226 million, it now appears that Tesla has struck a deal with the mighty Toyota. You may recall our excitement back in May, when we ... http://www.hybridsuv.com/announcements/toyota-rav4-all-electric The 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6 is one of the most unusual vehicles currently available on the hybrid market. While most other full-size hybrid sport-utility vehicles are oriented towards using their battery-powered electric engines to help ease the pain felt at the pump by owners of these heavy automobiles, the ActiveHybrid ... http://www.hybridsuv.com/bmw-activehybrid-x6/price-mpg-review On my way to work this morning a pulled up to a stoplight directly behind what I thought was a hybrid Chevrolet Tahoe. Upon closer inspection, I discovered it was instead their flex fuel model. I'd seen the Flex Fuel logo/badge thousands of times on a handful of SUVs but I'd never researched ... http://www.hybridsuv.com/compare-hybrids/flex-fuel-versus-hybrid For the past several weeks a leading headline in local and national news has been flooding. Flash floods in Nashville, Tennessee, northeast Nebraska, Arkansas, and most recently in France and China have reminded us of the dangers associated with rapidly rising waters. Earlier this week I was glued to CNN as they showed ... http://www.hybridsuv.com/hybrid-resources/electric-shock-risk Where do we go from here? If you read the article last week about 2010 hybrid sport utility vehicle prices, you know that your total number of hybrid SUV options has decreased over the past two years. We lost green versions of the Durango, Aspen, and Vue - the Tribute might as well ... http://www.hybridsuv.com/opinions/hybrid-future-positive Hybrid sport utility vehicles have been around for about 5-6 years now (the first was the 2005 hybrid Ford Escape that went on sale in 2004) and while there once were several more to choose from (including the hybrid Dodge Durango, hybrid Saturn Vue, hybrid Chrysler Aspen and the hybrid Mazda Tribute), you still have a ... http://www.hybridsuv.com/compare-hybrids/pricing-2010-suvs In news and blog discussions last week were claims and denouncements of a possible plug-in hybrid electric sport utility vehicle (PHESUV) being developed by Land Rover. It has been a while since Land Rover and "hybrid" were side-by-side in any credible news stories. In 2008, the English car manufacturer debuted ... http://www.hybridsuv.com/news/land-rover-phesuv Late last year we blogged about how close the race was for the top selling hybrid SUV of 2009. If you read it, you might recall that the Ford Escape hybrid was in the lead but barely managed to hold on to the top spot. The Lexus RX 400h was nearly 20% behind Ford ... http://www.hybridsuv.com/compare-hybrids/2010-hybrid-suv-race General Motors pulled back the curtain on a Chevy Volt SUV at Auto China 2010 (here) this week. The 5 passenger crossover concept is currently known as the Volt MPV5 and measures 7 inches longer and 7 inches wider than the original Volt sedan we've been hearing about for many months. ... http://www.hybridsuv.com/concept-vehicles/mpv5-volt-crossover Where do you go online to get your hybrid car and SUV information? For many people, automotive websites and search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo! have been their main source of news, reviews and data. For the past ten years or so, bookmarking our favorite hybrid sites, subscribing to ... http://www.hybridsuv.com/hybrid-resources/hybrid-cars-social-media