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Tuesday, Dec 22
Diesel Hybrids Deliver Big Savings to UPS
According to the lab's report, the hybrids delivered 28.9 percent better fuel economy, averaging 13.1 mpg to the diesels' 10.2 mpg. ... After 28% Fuel Savings with Hybrid Vans, UPS Orders 200 MoreEnvironmental Leader NREL Evaluates UPS Hybrid-Electric Van PerformancePhysOrg.com
World's First Hybrid Motorcycle Heads to India
The ET-120 will be heading to Indian shores and boasts a mpg rating of about 280 mpg and top speed of 40mph. Sure it won't get you anywhere fast, ... Hybrid Motorcycle With 280 MPG Coming SoonThe Business Insider World's First Hybrid Motorcycle To Launch In IndiaGreen Car Reports (blog)
Friday, Dec 18
A Hybrid Fit For A Sheikh
A 250-horsepower electric motor drives the front wheels. In addition to a crazy-powerful hybrid drivetrain that surely packs enough torque to start a ... Kepler Motors Introduces Supercar MOTIONJustLuxe.com all 2 news articles »
Monday, Dec 7
Sweet VW Diesel Hybrid Gets 70 MPG
That makes it more slippery than the 2010 Toyota Prius. The Up! Lite is a tiny car — just 12.5 feet long, 4.5 feet tall and 5.2 feet wide. ... Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept Car world premiere at 2009 LA Auto ShowWheels Unplugged Volkswagen Up! Lite concept car, most fuel efficient with a hybrid driveUb N...
Wednesday, Dec 2
Prius Receives Best Buy Status From Consumer Guide
The Toyota Prius has just won Consumer Guide Automotive's best buy status. And it's not just a mainstream consumer magazine that is recognizing hybrids, ... LA Auto Show Award for Greenest Car: 2010 Ford FusionTriple Pundit Car and Driver Names Ford Fusion Hybrid one of 10 BestAll Cars Elect...
Friday, May 22
Driving a $90000 Hybrid
By Chuck Squatriglia So what's it like driving a gas-electric Mercedes Benz that costs as much as four Toyota Prius hybrids? Pretty sweet, actually. Popular Mechanics spent some time behind the wheel of the new S 400 Hybrid and walked away impressed. ...
Sunday, Jan 4
Fisker Teases Us With A Drop-Top Plug-In Hybrid
The Sunset reportedly uses the same drivetrain as the $87,000 Karma sedan, which has two electric motors that together produce 408 horsepower and a stunning 959 foot-pounds of torque. A 22.6 kW-hr lithium-ion battery provides 50 miles of all-electric range, and a 2.0-liter turbocharged...
10 Cool Cars We Want Now
Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid- A growing cottage industry is busy converting Prius hybridsto plug-ins capable of 100 mpg. Heck -- three ecogeeks did the job in the L.A. Convention Center parking lot. Yet an automaker synonymous with hybrids says it won't have a plug-in Prius until 2010and eve...
Sunday, Dec 28
3 Drivetrains, 1 Car, Zero Emissions
Hybrid? Electric? Hydrogen? Why choose when you can have all three? Mercedes-Benz has developed a modular design that can accommodate a gas-electric, battery electric or hydrogen fuel-cell drivetrain in a compact five-seater it calls Concept BlueZero. By using a common...
Friday, Dec 12
The Fusion Hybrid Is Ford's Escape Route
The gas-electric drivetrain expands upon the technology Ford developed for the Escape and Mercury Mariner hybrids. The 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine produces 155 horsepower, up from 133 in the Escape Hybrid. An electric air conditioning compressor cut parasitic drag on the engine, i...
GM CEO Rolling Up Capitol Hill In a Chevy Volt
General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner is driving a prototype of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid to Capitol Hill, where he will beg lawmakers for $18 billion in emergency loans to keep his company from going under. Wagoner will appear Thursday...
Tuesday, Nov 25
Fisker Raids GM To Build His Hybrid
A 260-horsepower four cylinder is not overkill when you want the performance of a 400-horsepower V8," Fisker told Wired.com. "The Karma electric drivetrain has 408 horsepower, so to keep the performance, acceleration and top speed of 125 mph you need a powerful generator. We are making a l...
Monday, Nov 24
For Hyundai, Blue Is the New Green
By embracing lithium polymer technology, Hyundai is breaking with competitors like Toyota, which remains dedicated to the nickel-metal hydride batteries used in the Prius, and General Motors, which is pouring everything it has into developing the lithium-ion technology at the hea...
Thursday, Nov 20
Toyota Builds a Hybrid For T. Boone Pickens
In the near future, growing demand for liquid petroleum simply and effectively will exceed supply," says Chris Hostetter, VP of advanced product planning. "Before that occurs, automakers must look to vehicles powered by alternative fuels. We believe CNG will be one of those alternativ...
Wednesday, Nov 19
Nissan Will Try and Make the Red Dragon Greener
In 2000, Nissan rolled out its Tino Hybrid car in Japan and only the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight beat it to market. Nissan's Tino full-hybrid car sported a 100-hp gasoline engine, two electric motors, a lithium-ion battery pack and regenerative braking features. The Tino Hybrid increa...
Despite Gloom, L.A. Auto Show Looks to the Future
See Also: All-Electric Mini Unveiled!Title Chrysler's Shocking Promise: An EV By 2010 The Volt Isn't a Prius. It Might Even Be Better. A New Insight From Honda Brings Hybrids to the Masses The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid made history at the Ford 400 NASCAR race when it became the first hybrid to s...
Monday, Nov 17
Solar Hybrid Yacht Shows Electricty and Water Do Mix
The DSe can run for as long as two hours on battery power. Kick on the diesels and she'll cruise at 13 knots while charging the battery pack through a pair of 25-kW generators. Run the diesel engine and electric motor in tandem and she'll hit 15 knots.
Piaggio Unveils a 141-MPG Plug-In Hybrid Scooter
The gas-electric version of Piaggio's funky but fun MP3 scooter uses a parallel hybrid system much like that in the Toyota Prius but advances the technology by adding an electrical cord. Although Toyota, General Motors and several other automakers are developing cars that can be charge...
