Hybrid Car

The Fisker Atlantic debuted last night in Big Apple ahead of the 2012 New York Auto Show, carrying with it the promise that it might be the first car the green automaker will produce en masse in the U.S. That promise might've been something of a white lie, though. "The ...    Read more

At long last, the Fisker Atlantic has made its official debut before the start of the 2012 New York Auto Show. Promising to bring concept car-like styling, new plug-in hybrid technology, and coachbuilt touches to the well-to-do masses, the Atlantic is intended to be Fisker's first foray into the world ...    Read more

General Motors announced today that it will be halting production of the Chevrolet Volt for three weeks in July. The plug-in hybrid hatchback has already seen its production stalled once this year as it's currently on hold until April 23. The latest production delay isn't entirely unexpected though, as many ...    Read more

Perhaps you were wondering what greenie-posturing celebrities would be driving next after their fleets of Toyota Prius, Tesla Roadster, and diesel Mercedes-Benz products ran out. The answer will likely be the Fisker Atlantic. The hybrid sports sedan, formerly known as the Fisker "Nina," dropped cover over the weekend ahead of its ...    Read more

What you're looking at right now is the BMW i8 Spyder concept, slated for its world introduction at the Beijing Auto Show at the end of April. But what BMW wants you to see is that despite tightening fuel economy regulations, high gas prices, and an uncertain future for our ...    Read more

It appears the recent spike in fuel prices nationwide has even reached not just the one percent, but the one percent's one percent. To combat this issue, luxury Italian automaker Ferrari is working on a V-12 hybrid powertrain that could see action in the successor to the Enzo supercar. While ...    Read more

Here's what we know: the 2013 Audi A8 Hybrid, and the extended, limo-like version of the luxury sedan, the A8 L Hybrid, will hit European showrooms in a couple of months. Audi hasn't confirmed that the hybrid will come to the U.S., but given Americans affinity for hybrids, and the ...    Read more

Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle owners in the state of California will soon have a much easier time charging up. As part of a settlement for overcharging customers, energy company NRG has agreed to pay $120 million dollars to settle old claims. $100 million will go directly to creating 200 ...    Read more

Toyota and BMW have made it official that they'll be banding together in the name of more efficient cars. Under an agreement signed today, the two automakers will begin researching how to make longer-lasting, better-performing, more efficient lithium-ion batteries for future electric and hybrid vehicles. Additionally, as part of the agreement, ...    Read more

Fisker Automotive, the startup responsible for the plug-in Fisker Karma sports sedan, is launching an all-out quality control melee to satisfy customers following a report that Consumer Reports' purchased test car stopped working with just 200 miles on the odometer. The automaker announced it would be upgrading its VIP Customer ...    Read more

Fisker Automotive has released a few squiggly lines depicting the general shape of its second model, to debut before the New York Auto Show: the midsize Fisker Nina. The automaker didn't give us much information about its upcoming car. In fact, all we received was a one-sentence press release saying "Fisker ...    Read more

While the Toyota GT 86 (known in the U.S. as the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ) has been getting a ton of buzz from the automotive press, it's the Toyota FT-Bh concept which hints to Toyota's future directions. The Toyota FT-Bh, which stands for "Future Toyota B-segment", ...    Read more

Hyundai is recalling its 2011-12 Sonata Hybrids for a center rear seatbelt issue. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, the center rear seatbelt is detachable in both the lap and shoulder portion, and could become unrestrained in the event of an accident, which defeats the purpose of a ...    Read more

Rivals must be envious of Toyota at the moment. The automaker is struggling to fill demand of its all-new Toyota Prius c which went on sale this month. The 2012 Toyota Prius c is the second vehicle to join the original Prius in Toyota's hybrid sub-brand, following the larger ...    Read more

It only took three days this week for the hot new 2013 Toyota Prius c, the five-door hatchback hybrid, to catch up to and surpass the combined February sales of the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf. With 1,201 Prius c sold, beginning March 12, the compact Toyota hybrid is one ...    Read more

When Porsche first announced it would be releasing a hybrid model, people had a hard time believing it. But from the $750,000 Porsche 918 Spyder to the Porsche Cayenne Hybrid, the German sportscar maker has doubled down on the technology. Now, it's taking things a step further, with a plug-in ...    Read more

Seeing Heather Peters' crusade firsthand as she took on Honda as a former lawyer looking for some parity for her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid's lackluster fuel economy looked inspiring. As it came out, she was awarded $9,867 in damages for her car's subpar 29 mpg observed average versus its original ...    Read more

Corporate sibling and "lifestyle" publication Automobile Magazine recently covered the upcoming refreshed Mercedes-Benz E-Class, which is tentatively schedule to make a bow in 2013. The most interesting changes from the consumer side is the inclusion of more electronic gadgetry. "Congestion assistant" allows the E-Class to follow vehicles ahead even during lane ...    Read more

The 2012 Toyota Prius c is the latest to join Toyota's ever-expanding hybrid family, and the automaker has released the Prius c online configurator for consumers to build their entry-level hybrid hatchback. The Toyota Prius c configurator offers a breakdown of the four models (unimaginatively called One, Two, Three, ...    Read more

As the first full week of March comes to a close, we take a few minutes to reflect on everything that happened over the last five days in the automotive world. This past week brought a whole bunch of new or redesigned vehicles into the world, using the Geneva Motor ...    Read more

Chrysler has big plans for the 2013 Ram 1500. As revealed in papers filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the next Ram will get the award-winning Pentastar V-6 as the base engine, along with an eight-speed automatic transmission. The addition of the Pentastar V-6 engine comes as a welcome sign ...    Read more

Audi boss Rupert Stadler confirmed the Audi A3 will be offered with a plug-in hybrid version in 2014, furthering the company's plans to offer electric vehicles in every segment. Audi's CEO, in his annual address to the company, indicated the A4 and Q7 crossover would also have electric motors paired ...    Read more

Are we finally moving away from gas-powered cars for good? It may be too soon to tell, but that's not stopping Toyota from planning on it. Standing alongside the Toyota FCV-R hydrogen-powered concept car at the Geneva Motor Show, Didier ...    Read more

Manabu Nishimae, President of Honda Europe, announced the automaker's plans for the European automotive market at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show this week, and dropped a few other tidbits of the company's future engine plans that could make their way Stateside as well. The major jaw-dropping news is the ...    Read more

While the Chevrolet Volt is getting savaged in typical American election-year politics, overseas the Volt and Euro-twin Opel Ampera recently won the European Car of the Year 2012 award. "Our car demonstrates that electric driving can be fun and reliable without ever compromising the owners’ lifestyle,” states Susan Docherty, Chevrolet ...    Read more