President Bush visited Saudi Arabia on Thursday to beg the leader of the world's leading oil-producing nation to open the spigots—in an attempt to provide price relief at the gas pumps back home. But days before he arrived, Bush himself characterized the act as an empty gesture.
According to a number of urban myths, the growing fleet of hybrid cars is actually an evil force ready to inflict great harm to people with pacemakers, blind people, and anybody who dares to sit behind the wheel of a gas-electric vehicle. Here are the top five safety dangers supposedly posed by hybrids.
Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of Nissan, unveiled the company’s five-year business plan on Tuesday. The plan puts a major emphasis on electric vehicles. Hybrid and EV fans responded with enthusiasm—but also engaged their well-worn vaporware alert systems to detect false promises, improbable plans, and insincerity.
