Uber, a start-up based in San Francisco, has won a following among urbanites with its novel twist on calling a car service: its app lets you summon a luxury sedan with a tap on your phone. Now it is trying to appeal to the less affluent by adding less luxurious cars. In San Francisco and New York on Wednesday, Uber will start to give customers the option of choosing a hybrid car at a price that it says will be 10 to 25 percent more than a taxi. That compares with the 40 to 100 percent premi...
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The news at Chevy and Honda this past week has been electric - literally. Honda is preparing to begin delivering the EV version of its Fit subcompact hatch and it recently announced EPA range and fuel economy equivalence certification. With an EPA MPGe (Miles Per Gallon equivalent) rating of 118, Honda now leads the field [...]
The news at Chevy and Honda this past week has been electric - literally. Honda is preparing to begin delivering the EV version of its Fit subcompact hatch and it recently announced EPA range and fuel economy equivalence certification. With an EPA MPGe (Miles Per Gallon equivalent) rating of 118, Honda now leads the field [...]