There is a price premium that comes with the Accord Hybrid — at least compared to Toyota’s Camry Hybrid. Is the Accord worth it? The answer is here.
2021 Honda Accord Hybrid: good but not good enough
Honda has been dithering about with hybrids since at least the ugly ducking Insight – a two-door masterpiece of function over form – that went on sale in North America in 1999. That Insight’s fuel efficiency was brilliant (4.4 litres/100 km) but the car itself was a visual catastrophe, one further burdened by a cheap …
Will Canada make the green pivot with China, USA?
The drive in from China’s Changchun airport to downtown takes about 30 minutes and as you near its end you pass two enormous power plants — one nuclear, belching steam, the other coal-fired with smokestacks puffing out sooty emissions. As you enter the city core, the power-plant effects become obvious and weirdly disorientating: soot and …
The luxuriously equipped little 2021 Nissan Versa — really!
We are now in an automotive world of high tech and high expectations (for comfort and convenience). The basic economy car, therefore, is dead. As Exhibit A, I offer the once-lowly Nissan Versa. At a starting price of $16,498, which translates to monthly payments of $231 when various fees are added, this small sedan is …
April 9, 2021 | Commentary, First on the Grid Like Comments (0) |
EVs will get the needed boost from a problem-solving Biden
Traditionalists, naysayers and fair-minded experts in and around the car business have seen this before. They’ve seen the ebb and flow of the promise of electric vehicles (EVs) for decades. And they largely remain skeptical. Skeptical because they’ve seen EVs come and go and come and go again. EVs, in fact, have been the next …
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