WASHINGTON - David Sandalow starts his five-mile commute each day by unplugging an orange extension cord connecting his Toyota Prius hybrid to an outlet in his brick carport.
The Prius hybrid has spearheaded sales growth for Toyota in Japan for more than a year, helped by government subsidies. The model will likely bear the brunt of plunging demand as the support ends.
When Jenna Doucet was a university student in Halifax, N.S., she liked to take her books to Point Pleasant Park where she could read away from the noise and bustle of the campus.
Automakers are operating in terra incognita as they prepare for the biggest change in the way cars are powered in a century. As they begin to add battery-powered cars to their lineups, they will have to solve some fundamental problems about how the cars are built and sold.
Toyota, which benefited more than any automaker from last summer's Cash for Clunkers program, reported that its U.S. sales tumbled 34% in August from a year earlier as sales of small models such as the Yaris, Corolla, Camry Prius and its Scion division plummeted without the incentives that sparked small car demand last summer.
by Sean Tucker It might be the only time of year that TV commercials tell you the truth. Our pricing partners at TrueCar.com confirm it: Labor Day weekend is a great time to buy a car. The best deals of the month may actually be found a few days before the holiday -- but don't be afraid to shop on Labor Day itself. A dealer who knows that this is...
Almost two years after the near collapse of the U.S. financial system, a sweeping reform package has finally been signed into law. Now the real work begins.
