Audi Says Diesel Is Better Than Hybrids
25 Jun 2009, 10:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / An interesting battle is currently taking place in the United States, a market which is now encountering what seems to be one of the most important restructuring time frames in its history. While Pr...
Land Rover LRX Hybrid Approved
25 Jun 2009, 09:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Land Rover is getting greener day by day, just like all the other automakers across the globe who are seeking new ways to raise fuel efficiency while reducing CO2 emissions. After debuting the new F...
GM Struggles to Meet Obama Plug-in Hybrid Goal
24 Jun 2009, 10:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors admitted that it will struggle to comply with President Obama's goal to have 1 million plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles on the streets of the United States by 2015, a company...
Toyota to Receive UK Funding
24 Jun 2009, 09:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota joins the ranks of manufacturers to receive R&D money to be used in the development or implementation of alternative fueled vehicles. UK's Technology Strategy B...
Kia Considers an LPG Hybrid for Australia
24 Jun 2009, 09:17 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Australian market could welcome an LPG hybrid small car from Kia in the near future, since the Korean automaker is about to release a new LPG hybrid based on the Cerato small sedan already on sa...
Toyota Auris Hybrid Confirmed for September
24 Jun 2009, 08:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota finally confirmed it will debut a hybrid version of the popular Auris hatchback, a model which was often rumored to be launched as a cheaper alternative to Honda's very own hybrid Insigh...
Toyota Hybrid Supra Successor on Track for 2011
23 Jun 2009, 09:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota Supra is surely one of the most popular models ever designed by the Japanese manufacturer and, even it was officially discontinued in 2002, there are still a lot of fans out there praising th...
France Approves Funding for Low CO2 Vehicles
22 Jun 2009, 14:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / France has approved funding today, through Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie (ADEME, the local environment agency), for two low-CO2 emission vehicles to be dev...
Honda Plans Two Cheaper Hybrids to Tackle Prius
18 Jun 2009, 11:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Remember the old hybrid battle between Insight and Prius, after which Toyota confirmed its plans to design a cheaper hybrid to compete with Honda's very own product? Well, at that time, Honda s...
Toyota Adds Weekend Shifts for Prius
18 Jun 2009, 07:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced it will start weekend shifts at its Tsutsumi factory, in order to meet the demand for the new Prius. Together with the other Toyota plant in Japan, belonging t...
Porsche Cayenne Hybrid to Debut in Late 2010
18 Jun 2009, 07:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Only a little is known about the hybrid version of the popular Porsche Cayenne SUV but it appears that we're quickly approaching to the official release date. At least, this is what a source fa...
Toyota Says No to Diesel Prius
17 Jun 2009, 13:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese manufacturer Toyota does not intend to create a diesel hybrid version of the popular Prius, an official of the company revealed, despite that some automaker seem to be tempted to migrate to...
Hyundai Is Taking Orders for Elantra LPI Hybrid, the First of Its Kind
16 Jun 2009, 12:19 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Before officially introducing the car in Korea, Hyundai is now taking pre-launch orders for the company's first hybrid vehicle for commercial sale. And it's no ordinary hybrid either, as i...
Jaguar Slams Lexus Hybrid: Inefficient!
16 Jun 2009, 09:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Developing a hybrid model nowadays seems to be a key task for automakers out there and Jag makes no exception to the rule. But the company is apparently more concerned to talk about its rivals'...
Honda Insight Sees Storm Clouds in the US
15 Jun 2009, 13:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After they began the year expecting milk and honey to run alongside hundreds of thousands of Insights on American streets, the Japanese over at Honda now face some troubled times ahead. Based on the...
AVL Opens Engineering Center in California
12 Jun 2009, 10:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Opportunities lying just over the horizon for companies who operate in the hybrid powertrain sector has made yet another European based manufacturer to expand its US operations. Austrian hybrid powe...
Mazda Promises Hybrid Powertrains by 2010
12 Jun 2009, 07:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The whole market is slowly moving towards hybrid powertrains and Mazda makes no exception to the rule. The Japanese manufacturer recently announced it will concentrate its efforts on gasoline-electr...
GM Kills Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura Hybrids
12 Jun 2009, 06:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Still under the Chapter 11 umbrella, General Motors takes the first decision regarding its product lineup: it will stop making Chevrolet Malibu and Saturn Aura hybrids but will design a new and more...
First Gen Honda Insight Enters Museum
11 Jun 2009, 10:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Honda has become particularly fond of museums around the world. After in early May the new Honda Insight has become part of the daily activities of the British Science Museum, ...
2009 Mercedes ESF S400 Hybrid Concept
10 Jun 2009, 06:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mercedes-Benz has just given us a hint into how car safety features might look in the future through the so-called Experimental Safety Vehicle based on the upcoming S400 Hybrid. The new prototype is...