Range Rover Sport Getting Performance Petrol PHEV Version
22 May 2014, 13:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Brits at Land Rover have already launched a full range of premium hybrid SUVs with V6 diesel engines. These include the Range Rover, RR Sport and the recently launched long wheelbase model. Howe...
Porsche Working on 700 HP Hybrid 911 and Panamera: 2017 Plan
8 May 2014, 13:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that Ferrari has revealed its future plans, we’d like to hear the same from others. Well, it appears Porsche is next on the list of the automotive industry crystal ball reveals. Zuffenhaus...
Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid Now Available In R-Design Guise
24 Apr 2014, 12:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Scandinavian automobile manufacturer Volvo announced today that customers can now customize the V60 Plug-in Hybrid with the special R-Design exterior and interior trim package. Accounting as one ...
Volvo Unveils S60 Performance Plug-in Hybrid Concept
16 Apr 2014, 09:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volvo Cars has just announced a concept called S60L PPHEV will make its debut at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show a bit later this month. PPHEV is short for Petrol Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle and the ...
Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid US Debut Delayed until 2015
30 Dec 2013, 10:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Although Mitsubishi ’s goal is to use the Outlander plug-in hybrid to rebrand the company as a leader in electrified drivetrains, they have decided to delay its US release of this efficient SU...
EV Charging Stations Themed After Famous Anime in Japan
29 Nov 2013, 14:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While Japan isn't the giant of the auto world that it used to be, we still have a lot of interest for what they're doing there. While maybe half of America hates president Obama for his su...
2013 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Gets 5-Star Rating from Euro NCAP
27 Nov 2013, 10:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Crash test results for the regular Mitsubishi Outlander were released by Euro NCAP a year ago in November 2012. The new SUV was given a clean bill of health and now the electric version of that vehi...
2014 Mitsubishi Outlander US Pricing
29 Mar 2013, 09:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mitsubishi chose the New York Auto Show to announce pricing for its new Outlander SUV and to preview their PHEV version as well. The lines of the previous Outlander were nothing to brag to your g...
Cadillac ELR Will Enter Production in 2013, Shown at Detroit 2013
16 Oct 2012, 16:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After a number of electric-powered concepts, Cadillac will have it’s very first production EV in the form of the ELR, a coupe based on the drivetrain of the Chevy Volt. The latest reports f...
Spyshots: BMW i8 Interior Revealed
7 Aug 2012, 08:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW is moving forward with tests of their most efficient sportscar ever, the i8 coupe. New photos of the car taken as it was undergoing testing in Spain have been taken and for the very first time, ...
Nissan Focusing on PHEV Instead of Diesel With Next-Gen Altima
18 Apr 2012, 10:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan finds itself in a decent position to challenge the Toyota Camry for leadership right now. Their redesigned 2013 model year Altima has just been revealed in New York at the beginning of this m...
Tokyo 2011: Honda AC-X Concept · Live Photos
30 Nov 2011, 10:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Honda has brought a new interpretation of the four-door coupe concept to the Tokyo Motor Show, in the form of the AC-X Concept. While its name stands for Advanced Cruiser eXperience, the vehicle...
SEAT Unveils Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive Prototype Plug-In Hybrid
9 Nov 2011, 14:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The other fresh SEAT revealed today as part of the Spanish automaker’s green ambitions is the Leon TwinDrive, which is supposed to be a plug-in hybrid that combines the “advantaged of em...
Toyota Prius PHEV Set for Frankfurt Debut in Production Form
12 Aug 2011, 14:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota has announced today that the full production version of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) will take place at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 15th. The model now featur...
Toyota and Lexus Hybrids to Shine at EcoVelocity
8 Aug 2011, 13:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota and Lexus will be showcasing their current and future low emissions full hybrid technologies at EcoVelocity, a festival of green cars that is taking place at the iconic Battersea Power Statio...
Ford F-Series Super-Duty Trucks to Get PHEV Tech from Azure
28 Jul 2011, 06:29 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Ford and Azure Dynamics Corporation will join forces once again in a partnership that will see the plug-in hybrid (“PHEV”) technology introduced across the Ford F-Series Super Duty produ...
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport PHEV to Arrive in US in 2013
12 Jul 2011, 07:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mitsubishi is heavily committed to developing plug-in hybrid vehicles at the moment, and one unwanted side-effect would be the arrival of an Evo XI that you’d have to plug into the wall. Howev...
Volkswagen to Use Golf Variant twinDRIVE as Research Vehicles
29 Jun 2011, 14:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German automaker Volkswagen, in cooperation with six other partners, initiated the “Fleet study in electric mobility” in mid-2008, with the goal of consistently use renewable energy sour...
New LZ-1 Electric Super Car from Leo Motors To Debut This Year
6 Jun 2011, 05:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Leo Motors, a US public company based outside of Seoul, Korea, has just announced it is close to finalizing their electric super car project that has been under way since 2006. The vehicle, set to d...
Chrysler Announces Ram 1500 Plug-In Hybrid with HEMI V8 Engine
26 May 2011, 04:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fresh out of the huge debt it owed to the US and Canadian governments, Chrysler made an announcement on Wednesday that took everyone by surprise: out of the clear blue sky, and just when everyone wa...