Hybrid Car

One car purchasing incentive that seems to be working worldwide is for the government to provide money to people to give up their old, gas guzzling and polluting cars and use the subsidy to buy a new, more fuel efficient, cleaner car.The United Kingdom is the latest government to approve ...    Read more

It appears that a Mini electric, which first debuted earlier thisyear, has come to the shores of the U.S. It’s called the Mini E (sounds like Mini Me, shades of the Austin Power’s movies). The cars are being stored in a facility in Central California where it will receive some ...    Read more

They’re coming! Pure electric cars -- cars powered only by an electric motor and batteries, no hybrid here -- are coming. And society is preparing. It is believed that when the electric car is finally here in numbers people will be re-charging them at home overnight. But people will want ...    Read more

Earlier this year, General Motors debut the Cadillac Converj concept car, a potential luxury hybrid coupe based off the Chevy Volt hybrid. Response was extremely positive, and Motor Trend Magazine reported last week that GM had given the green light for a production version. Oops. Per eGMCarTech: ...    Read more

PHOENIX, Ariz. (April 16, 2009) – The Renault-Nissan Alliance today announced that Nissan and Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), which represents the Phoenix metropolitan region, are forming a partnership to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting the development of an electric vehicle (EV) charging network.ECOtality Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz., clean electric ...    Read more

Financial newspaper Nikkei reports the electronics giant Toshiba has develop what could a low cost, quick-charging, battery for hybrid vehicles. Per Nikkei: ...    Read more

In its recent report, President Obama's Auto Task Force challenged the commercial viability of the Chevrolet Volt.It said that GM was “at least a generation behind” Toyota in developing an alternative drivetrain. It criticized the vehicle as being much more expensive than a gasoline-powered vehicle and that it could not ...    Read more

The Obama Administration recently announced it will be buying 17, 600 fuel efficient vehicles from the Detroit Three ala Genearl Motors, Chrysler, and Ford, by June 1, 2009. This is despite the fact the leaders of the GOP in Congress said that such action would be a waste of taxpayer ...    Read more

04/09/2009 - TORRANCE, Calif. - Recognizing Honda's commitment to environmental leadership in the area of alternative fuels and hydrogen-powered fuel cell technology, the Honda FCX Clarity was declared the 2009 World Green Car, American Honda Motor *** Inc., announced today.At a press conference hosted by the New York International Auto ...    Read more

NEW YORK, April 9, 2009 -- Mitsubishi Motors is accelerating its drive toward greater environmental responsibility and reinforcing its Drive@Earth global sustainability initiative by announcing today its commitment to develop the pure electric, four-passenger Mitsubishi i MiEV for global markets. Ending months of heightening speculation, Mitsubishi Motors North America President ...    Read more

Can't quite afford the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid? How about Yukon instead to meet your speed, power, and green needs? Per Automobile Magazine: ...    Read more

Auburn Hills, Mich., Apr 6, 2009 - Chrysler LLC today announced one of its strategic partners and production battery supplier for the company’s first production electric vehicles.Chrysler LLC and A123Systems have signed an agreement stating that A123Systems will supply energy storage systems for Chrysler’s first-generation ENVI Range-extended Electric Vehicles and ...    Read more

When times are volatile like they are now, the traditional way of doing things may give way to a whole new way of doing things. Take the auto industry, for example. For as long as there has been an auto industry, vehicles have been sold by dealerships or franchises associated ...    Read more

Ithaca, N.Y. (March 31, 2009)—Hybrid vehicle drivers can reduce their carbon footprint and save money this spring with free lodging at four eco-friendly B&Bs in Ithaca.The green properties, which range from a luxury garden yurt to a repurposed 1850s barn, are offering hybrid drivers a free night’s stay to reward ...    Read more

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - April 1, 2009... MINI USA looks set to take a world lead in fuel efficiency with the announcement today (April 1) of a revolutionary magnetic propulsion system that will extend the range of its MINI E to several hundred, possibly even thousands of miles, on a ...    Read more

People at Fisker Automotive must be starting to get excited. The company has been around developing, testing and constructing an electric car called the Karma and building up a retail distribution network through which it could sell the car. The company has 27 retailers spread out through North America who ...    Read more

So it has taken a recession and a massive stimulus program initiated by a new president to get this nation off its collective behind to do something about the infrastructure. You know, the roadways, the rail systems, the communications networks, the bridges, the means of distribution, and, yes, the electric ...    Read more

The Lexus HS 250h will be the first vehicle to offer Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc.’s all-new telematics systems. Lexus EnformTM with Safety ConnectTM will be available on the dedicated luxury hybrid sedan when it goes on sale late this summer.“We are proud to introduce these services and advance ...    Read more

As all of us have been concentrating on how General Motors and Chrysler were going to survive, there has been a little battle going on between small automakers located in the Silicon Valley of California -- where the computer related industry is hosted -- and the battle worn, old traditional ...    Read more

Want to save even more fuel with your hybrid vehicle? Invest in a GPS system. Per cartech: ...    Read more

Automakers have been touting the virtues of electric cars and release news of their EVs at a constant stream to the press, blogs, and auto shows. But what does the public think of electric cars? Is it really the Next Big Thing? Or are car companies plugging up the wrong ...    Read more

The human is a piece of work. We are never satisfied with the status quo. We believe that anything can be made better. Thus, a team of engineers from the Institute of Engineering and Design of Brunel University in London has shown that a normal combustion engine can be adapted ...    Read more

Automakers are recognizing that the immediate future of the car industry will be in hybrids. The major automakers involved are Toyota, Lexus, Ford and Honda. Toyota points out that sales of hybrid vehicles have reached the one million mark in the U.S., with total worldwide sales of Toyota and Lexus ...    Read more

The Toyota Prius has Leonardo DiCaprio. Is the all-new hybrid Chevrolet Volt going to get entertainer and, more importantly, car enthusiast Jay Leno as its spokesperson? Sounds like it. Per GM-Volt : ...    Read more

Finally! Toyota looks like it's getting back into its sporty groove. According to Auto Express, the automaker has announced it is developing a hybrid coupe. Per the site: ...    Read more