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2015 C-Class W205 Plug-in Hybrid Comes Later This Year
2015 C-Class W205 Plug-in Hybrid Comes Later This Year

16 Jan 2014, 15:18 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The recently-unveiled 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class W205 will start sales with three engines in Europe and two of them in the United States, but they represent just the beginning of an ever-expanding f...

 
Volvo Confirms Next XC90 Will Get Plug-In Hybrid Version, New Safety Tech
Volvo Confirms Next XC90 Will Get Plug-In Hybrid Version, New Safety Tech

2 Dec 2013, 12:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volvo will launch the next-generation XC90 with a plug-in hybrid version and new safety technologies, the Swedish automaker announced at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show last week. According to Lex Kers...

 
Most US Car Buyers are Unaware of EV Incentives, Study Says
Most US Car Buyers are Unaware of EV Incentives, Study Says

20 Nov 2013, 10:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A survey conducted by two the Indiana University researchers has revealed that most car buyers in the United States are unaware of the financial rebated and incentives offered by state and local gov...

 
MINI Will Offer Plug-In Model, Pondering Diesel for America
MINI Will Offer Plug-In Model, Pondering Diesel for America

11 Oct 2013, 11:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Oxford automaker has already announced two new engines for the next generation hatchback, a 1.5-liter and a 2.0-liter, both TwinPower Turbo units belonging to a new modular family. But the fi...

 
Mitsubishi Teases Three New Concept Cars Ahead of Tokyo 2013
Mitsubishi Teases Three New Concept Cars Ahead of Tokyo 2013

8 Oct 2013, 09:13 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Mitsubishi has announced plans to introduce three brand new concept vehicles at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show next month. The company says the concepts were designed to preview its fu...

 
Renault to Introduce Hybrids by 2020
Renault to Introduce Hybrids by 2020

4 Oct 2013, 12:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Renault is considering offering hybrid vehicles by 2020, a company representative said earlier this week, while a company spokesman revealed an entry-level Dacia could follow if current developments...

 
Fuel Economy - From Stuttgart With Love
Fuel Economy - From Stuttgart With Love

22 Aug 2013, 09:17 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, despite each belonging to a vastly different family – Daimler AG on a shore and the VAG Group on the other - have started as childhood friends, playing in the same n...

 
Supersonic Skydiver Test Drives Car of the Future
Supersonic Skydiver Test Drives Car of the Future

26 Mar 2013, 09:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Supersonic Skydiver Felix Baumgartner's pressure suit would have looked at home next to this car, Volkswagen's production-ready XL1 plug-in hybrid heralded as the car of the future. Th...

 
Facelift BMW 5 Series to be Launched Along with Plug-In Hybrid Version
Facelift BMW 5 Series to be Launched Along with Plug-In Hybrid Version

11 Feb 2013, 08:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / This year, the BMW F10, F11 and F07 5 Series (the Sedan, Touring and GT) will turn 4 years old. That means, according to BMW’s four-year life cycle, that they will receive a facelift. New s...

 
Ford Fusion Energi Plug-In Hybrid Gets 620-Mile Range
Ford Fusion Energi Plug-In Hybrid Gets 620-Mile Range

18 Jan 2013, 10:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Ford's credibility may have been slightly dented with their conflict with the EPA regarding the claimed efficiency figures for the C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid which were at least 10% u...

 
Next Chevy Volt to Be Considerably Cheaper
Next Chevy Volt to Be Considerably Cheaper

18 Jan 2013, 09:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the fact that not even GM themselves are convinced that EVs are the way to go, and neither is their former boss and 'father' of the Volt, Bob Lutz, but according to their North Ame...

 
Cadillac ELR Sporty Range-Extender Revealed
Cadillac ELR Sporty Range-Extender Revealed

15 Jan 2013, 06:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Cadillac ELR has finally broken cover, via a set of official press photos, and we`re happy to report it looks every bit as stylish and good-looking as we`d hoped, staying true to the Converj con...

 
Cadillac ELR Gets Final Teaser Before Official Reveal
Cadillac ELR Gets Final Teaser Before Official Reveal

14 Jan 2013, 14:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We don`t have long to go now, and we will be bringing you live photos from the official unveiling of the production version of the Cadillac ELR, the sporty range-extender hybrid GM hopes will offer ...

 
Audi to Reveal A3 Plug-In Hybrid at Geneva Motor Show
Audi to Reveal A3 Plug-In Hybrid at Geneva Motor Show

11 Jan 2013, 09:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Audi still hasn`t made any real impact with any of its green vehicles, regardless of the fact that they are concepts or production versions, yet this has not stopped them from trying. They are now t...

 
Indianapolis to Replace all City-Used Vehicles With Either EVs or Hybrids by 2025
Indianapolis to Replace all City-Used Vehicles With Either EVs or Hybrids by 2025

18 Dec 2012, 11:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current mayor of Indianapolis, Greg Ballard, has announced that he has set out to swap all the city-used vehicles in their fleet with either EVs or hybrids, by 2025. Through this measure, they p...

 
Fisker to Resume Production Only After A123 Sale Completes
Fisker to Resume Production Only After A123 Sale Completes

12 Dec 2012, 14:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Green automaker Fisker was forced to stop production of its range-extender hybrid Karma, following the bankruptcy of their sole supplier of battery packs, A123 Systems Inc., and now that the company...

 
Ford C-Max Energi Plug-In Hybrid Granted Access to NY HOV Lanes
Ford C-Max Energi Plug-In Hybrid Granted Access to NY HOV Lanes

12 Dec 2012, 10:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / There are many advantages to driving a hybrid car, of any sort, as long as it is a more modern car, and not a 1990s model. Once you get past the high asking price, you realize that there are a lot o...

 
2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid Priced from $39,780 in the US
2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid Priced from $39,780 in the US

30 Nov 2012, 11:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Honda has officially announced the pricing information for the all-new Accord Plug-In Hybrid. It will start at $39,780 (plus a $790 destination charge), when it goes on sale on January 15, in Califo...

 
Ford Hopes to Achieve 11% Share of US Green Car Market
Ford Hopes to Achieve 11% Share of US Green Car Market

30 Nov 2012, 09:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / All of Ford’s new hybrid or all-electric offerings are highly-competitive machines, which can genuinely challenge the established manufacturers, which have been selling green cars in the US fo...

 
No Batteries, No Production! Fisker Awaiting A123 Battery Plant Sale
No Batteries, No Production! Fisker Awaiting A123 Battery Plant Sale

30 Nov 2012, 08:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Fisker Automotive Inc. has stopped production of the Karma luxury plug-in hybrid, due to the fact that their sole provider of batteries, A123 Systems Inc. has gone bust, and is now awaiting a new ow...