2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids are Eligible for $3,400 Tax Credit

Ford has announced that the new 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids are now eligible for a $3,400 tax credit.

The $3,400 tax credit is the highest credit amount offered for a hybrid since the end of 2005.

The Fusion and Milan Hybrids have been rated at 41 mpg in the city and 36 mpg on the highway, which is better than its closest competitor, the Toyota Camry Hybrid.

If you are planning on buying one of Ford's newest hybrids you better do it before March 31, 2009 because after that the tax credit will be cut in half.

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Honda announces plans to put the CR-Z Hybrid Concept Car into production

After releasing preview photos of the Hybrid concept the CR-Z earlier this month Honda just announced at the Tokyo Auto Show its plans to put the car into production. Their hope is that the car will make it into production just as it is now, but very few cars make it from concept to production without changes. While the representatives for Honda at the auto show were vague on a time-line for production unnamed sources have indicated that the car could make it to market some time in mid-2009 or early 2010.

With the introduction of the CR-Z and other hybrid concepts Honda has coming down the line they expect to be selling a 1/4 million hybrids a year by 2009. That number would ofcourse double how many hybrid cars they have sold EVER. (more…)

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Hybrid Cars getting Special Parking Privileges

It seems that Hybrid owners are now the recipients of yet another reward; better fuel mileage AND better parking spots. That is the case that the above photo captured outside an Ikea testifies. It might seem to some that having a Hybrid car should entitle you to more trips around the parking lot for that choice parking spot. That is not the case for some eco-friendly businesses, as choice parking goes to the fuel miser.

 

Maybe now there is yet another reason to go do a little Hybrid shopping this next week. Maybe we can get the Hybrid market and the Health Food market to join forces. If driving a Hybrid earned me a discount at my local smoothie shop (my daily necessity) then that just might be the incentive I have been waiting for all this time (that or the Toyota FT-HS to hit the market… mmm..).

Thanks for the tip, Ben.

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