BMW and PSA Commit EUR100 Million to Hybrids
28 Feb 2011, 14:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Building on the announcement made in the beginning of the month, German auto maker BMW and French group PSA Peugeot Citroen announced today that they have decided to invest EUR100 million ($138.2 mi...
Mercedes Benz Is Readying AMG Hybrids
19 Jan 2011, 11:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Tighter emissions standards are forcing the age of green sportscars to come a little sooner than expected. Porsche’s unveiling of the 918RSR at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show was well received, an...
Fiat Favors Natural Gas to Hybrids or EVs
6 Dec 2010, 15:57 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne doesn't want to produce electric cars or hybrids as they present too many obstacles, with long recharge time for batteries being one of them. Instead, he'd rathe...
BMW Lithium-ion Hybrids are Alive and Well
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) will be providing lithium-ion batteries for the mass produced versions of BMW’s 7 Series ActiveHybrid car, which is currently being showcased at the Paris motor sho...
Lexus Hybrids Buzzing for 5.5 Billion Miles
6 Mar 2010, 10:56 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The Japanese premium car maker has been selling hybrid vehicles for 5 years now and thanks to its sales of over 190,000 units launched a new campaign to emphasize the fact that hybrids are no longer...
EDTA Details Action Plan for Electric Drive Future
26 Jan 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) just revealed its 2010 Electric Drive Action Plan for Energy Security, detailing a comprehensive strategy to accelerate the growth of hybrid, plu...
Fleets to Buy 4 Million Hybrids by 2015
17 Nov 2009, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Corporate and government fleets will buy, according to a Pike Research study, some 4 million hybrids by 2015. The same study claims that hybrid fleet sales will increase from 300,000 in 2009 to more...
GM's Four Core Brands See Sales Increase in April
4 May 2009, 09:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although the company recorded a 34 percent over the same period last year, General Motors today praised the April 2009 sales, emphasizing that each of its four core brands - Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC...
Norway to Say Goodbye to Gasoline Cars
28 Apr 2009, 07:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Disturbing news for oil companies and automotive manufacturers came today from the Scandinavian Peninsula. Norway, the country behind this troubling news, has submitted a plan to the country's ...
All-Electric Vehicles, Placebo for the Industry...
24 Mar 2009, 20:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ... or the cars of the future? This is yet to be determined, but in the last couple of months we have been subject to an all out offensive of the environment friendly all-electric vehicle. It would ...
GM's Rick Wagoner Wants Higher Fuel Prices
19 Mar 2009, 11:53 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In a flip-flop twist worthy of a Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner ending, Rick Wagoner is suddenly in favor of a major increase in gasoline prices. The General Motors big kahuna said that increasing t...
Kia MPV Pre-Geneva Innuendo
6 Feb 2009, 16:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Kia will reveal an all-new concept car at the Geneva Show on March the 3rd. So far, the Korean automaker kept to itself and released only small amounts of information and a photos of the new model....