found about 20 hours ago by Steven J. Ewing on
Autoblog
In addition to the pair of Evoras being introduced at this year's Paris Motor Show, Lotus will also be unveiling two front-engine hybrid vehicles, in keeping with the automaker's promise to offer more gasoline/electric sports cars. Edmunds' Green...
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For more than a year now, the Prius has enjoyed some hefty sales in Japan thanks to the government subsidies for hybrids. But now that the cash-for-clunkers program is coming to an end, sales of Toyota's hybrid model will most likely take a hit,...
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found 3 days ago by Justin Hyde on
Jalopnik
One of the following window stickers released today will give buyers of 2012 model year vehicles fuel economy and efficiency data for gas and electric vehicles. U.S. regulators want you to decide which one...
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Back at the 2009 Tokyo Auto Show, Honda showed off the six-seat Skydeck Hybrid MPV concept. The mini-minivan featured crazy scissor doors and awesome sliding ones as well as the auto-show-norm shell seats. It also moved Honda's IMA...
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For those of your torn between petrol-hybrid and diesel cars, Peugeot may have the answer for you as the French automaker has presented the world's first production diesel-fueled hybrid vehicle, the 3008 Hybrid4. Unlike your common hybrid that makes...
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The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid is preparing to shake-up the green auto world with its stylish, luxurious looks, roof-mounted solar panels and 400-hp powertrain. Before it does, Fisker is giving us a little peek in a new promotional video. The...
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found 7 days ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
Autopia
The Honda Fit hybrid makes its worldwide debut next month at the Paris auto show and rolls into showrooms next year — except in the United States. American Honda execs say there are no plans to bring us the four-door compact hybrid because the...
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This is what happens when you have a Toyota Prius with rear end damage, a Subaru Baja (pickup truck version of the Outback) with front end damage, a lot of free time, and a very weird sense of aesthetics - or a sick sense of humor. This...
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found 8 days ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
Autopia
Toyota, already the biggest player in the hybrid market, wants to nearly double sales of its gas-electric vehicles by 2015. The company said today that it hopes to reach cumulative sales of 5 million hybrids by the middle of this decade, according...
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These are the first official photos of Honda's Paris Motor Show-bound, Fit / Jazz Hybrid. Until recently, it was not clear if the subcompact hybrid model would be launched in markets outside Japan. And while now we know that the hybrid model will...
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Photos: Jeremy Kupfer for Brenda Priddy & Company Even though Chrysler pulled the plug on the Two-Mode hybrid version of the Ram 1500 half-ton pickup earlier this year, it's full speed ahead for a plug-in electric version, as seen in pictures...
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found 10 days ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
Autopia
Peugeot has unveiled what it says is the world’s first production diesel-electric hybrid crossover utility vehicle. The 3008 HYbrid 4 sports a 163-horsepower 2.0-liter diesel engine and a 27 kilowatt peak (37 horsepower) electric motor, a...
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Like it or not, things are going green. Everything. Even racing. Look at ALMS: Cellulosic ethanol diesel, hybrid Porsches (okay, that's not in the series, but they play along). Even F1 is trying to use KERS to squeeze a few extra green points...
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Irrelevant numbers aside, hybrid registrations in the States are falling. Some of the 17% drop between 2007 and 2009 has naturally been blamed on the recession, but the Wall Street Journal proposes a few other factors that may have affected interest...
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Yet another electric (or hybrid) supercar has been announced, this time by Spanish Izaro Motors. The car, conceptualized above, would ride on a basalt fiber / magnesium / aluminum chassis and is called the GT-E; of course it is, because E is for...
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The 2011 Honda CR-Z EX Brussel sprouts. Small, yappy dogs that couldn’t hold their own against a squirrel. The Dallas Cowboys. Hybrid cars. I have no issues if you like any of the above, but they’re simply not for me. I’ve never eaten a...
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The HumanCar Imagine PS is a human-electric hybrid that's capable of doing 100 km/h (62 mph) on a flat surface and 50 km/h uphill (likely with the wind at your back). Labeled a low-mass vehicle (LMV) for obvious reasons, it was developed by...
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Porsche showed off the 918 Hybrid at this weekend's Monterey festivities...and it sounds....awesome. But, that's what happens when your hybrid has a version of the 3.4-liter V8 from the RS Spyder LMP2 car. Speakers...
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found 17 days ago by Keith Barry on
Autopia
Leave it to Infiniti to juxtapose their latest technology with the classics on display at Pebble Beach. Last year, they virtually debuted the current M sedan. Now, Nissan’s luxury marque brought a hybrid to the party. Edmunds reports that — at...
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Plain and simple: no mid-engined Corvette, maybe a hybrid, and a statement that GM is not testing any V6s in the Corvette (yet). That's from GM's global vehicle engineering VP Karl-Friedrich Stracke, and it's fine by me. Spend wisely, slowly upgrade...
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Pretty soon buyers here in the States will have a few new choices when considering an affordable and efficient entry-level coupe or hatch. No, no, we aren't getting VW's Scirocco or Peugeot's RCZ anytime soon (but the Hyundai Veloster is on its...
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found 21 days ago by Arman Barari on
Motorward
With the new M35h Hybird Infiniti believes they have opened a new chapter in hybrid cars book, in which the car are as much about driving fun and performance as they are about economy and environment. They call this car the “driver’s hybrid”....
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On Saturday, August 14th, the Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid will make its North American debut at the 2010 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reuinion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Apart from the hot new hybrid -- 'hot hybrid' still odd --...
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Fresh off its announcement that the Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid is officially go, Porsche showed the concept off in Pebble Beach. At a private event the company even offered some details on how the production model will differ from the concept...
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Japan's Mainichi Shimbun daily reported that Honda will launch the long-awaited hybrid version of its Fit (Jazz in Europe) subcompact in the domestic market in October with prices set to start from around 1.6 million yen, or about US$18,900 /...
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And it sounds like __________________. Somebody at HKS evidently got hold of the old Out of Control Hurry-Up Machine. YouTube via The Real JDM Full Test: 2011 Honda CR-Z IL Feature: 2011 Honda CR-Z vs. 1987 Honda CRX...
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The big news here is that, along with the usual suspension, brake and aero upgrades, famed Japanese tuner HKS, is also readying a supercharger kit for the CR-Z hybrid sport hatch. And while the company didn't publish any performance numbers, it did...
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Starting today, participating Chevrolet dealers in launch markets will begin taking customer orders for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the industry’s first electric vehicle with extended-range capability. Chevrolet is so confident in the overall value...
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What's the point of buying a hybrid vehicle if you're going to tune it and consequently, lose on fuel economy? Well, even though some will beg to differ, SpeedART's answer to that question when it comes to the new Porsche Cayenne Hybrid, is more...
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Lincoln’s new MKZ Hybrid – the most fuel-efficient luxury car in America – will be a standout in the marketplace for another unique distinction when it goes on sale this fall: It will be priced the same as its conventional gas sibling....
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