Green Options » Insight http://greenoptions.com/tag/insight Posts tagged 'Insight' Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:14:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Nissan Skipping Hybrid-Only Cars Like the Prius, Wants to Dominate EVs http://gas2.org/2009/10/23/nissan-skipping-hybrid-only-cars-like-the-prius-wants-to-dominate-evs/ http://gas2.org/2009/10/23/nissan-skipping-hybrid-only-cars-like-the-prius-wants-to-dominate-evs/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:14:56 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2009/10/23/nissan-skipping-hybrid-only-cars-like-the-prius-wants-to-dominate-evs/

According to CEO Carlos Ghosn, unlike its other Japanese rivals, Nissan has made a strategic decision to cede the standalone hybrid wars to them and will not make hybrid-only models such as Toyota’s Prius or Honda’s Insight.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/10/23/nissan-skipping-hybrid-only-cars-like-the-prius-wants-to-dominate-evs/feed/ Consumer Reports: Insight is ‘Most Disappointing’ Honda In a Long Time http://gas2.org/2009/07/06/consumer-reports-insight-is-most-disappointing-honda-in-a-long-time/ http://gas2.org/2009/07/06/consumer-reports-insight-is-most-disappointing-honda-in-a-long-time/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:00:23 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2009/07/06/consumer-reports-insight-is-most-disappointing-honda-in-a-long-time/ It seems that in the quest to sell the cheapest hybrid they possibly could — a “hybrid for everyone” as Honda’s tagline goes — Honda has majorly skimped on some truly essential bits. Have they made a critical strategic error?

As detailed in the just released August issue of Consumer Reports magazine, out of a crop of 22 small hatchbacks and wagons, the Insight — Honda’s much-touted all new Hybrid — came in 21st on the road test with one of the worst performances CR has seen from Honda in longer than many of the editors at the venerable publication can remember. The only car in that group to fare worse on the road test was the Dodge Caliber.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/07/06/consumer-reports-insight-is-most-disappointing-honda-in-a-long-time/feed/ In Japan, Insight Sales Far Outpace Honda’s Expectations http://gas2.org/2009/02/17/in-japan-insight-sales-far-outpace-hondas-expectations/ http://gas2.org/2009/02/17/in-japan-insight-sales-far-outpace-hondas-expectations/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:44:50 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2009/02/17/in-japan-insight-sales-far-outpace-hondas-expectations/

Seems that Honda may have vastly underestimated the appeal of their new hybrid — twice as many Honda Insights were ordered by the time the car had been on sale for ten days than Honda expected to sell in its first two months on the Japanese market.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/02/17/in-japan-insight-sales-far-outpace-hondas-expectations/feed/ Do Cars Really Need to Look Like UFOs to Save Gas? http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/do-cars-really-need-to-look-like-ufos-to-save-gas/ http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/do-cars-really-need-to-look-like-ufos-to-save-gas/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:47:12 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/do-cars-really-need-to-look-like-ufos-to-save-gas/

With the world focused on fuel economy, advanced car design seems to be converging around one point in space. And I do mean, literally, a point in space — a point sometimes seen flying over Roswell, or crashing in the Bermuda triangle.

Regardless of what you think about this type of design, it begs the question: do cars need to look like alien spacecraft to get decent fuel economy?

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]]> http://gas2.org/2008/09/15/do-cars-really-need-to-look-like-ufos-to-save-gas/feed/ It’s True: Honda Has Prius Clone — Designers Lack Creativity http://gas2.org/2008/09/04/its-true-honda-has-prius-clone-designers-lack-creativity/ http://gas2.org/2008/09/04/its-true-honda-has-prius-clone-designers-lack-creativity/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:31 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/09/04/its-true-honda-has-prius-clone-designers-lack-creativity/

Last month I reported on some Car & Driver spy photos that indicated Honda would be building a hybrid-only car that looked almost exactly like the Prius. Today, Honda confirmed that those spy photos were genuine — and that their designers don’t have any creativity.

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