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Toyota Prius Police Cars Patrol Berlin
Toyota Prius Police Cars Patrol Berlin

23 Jan 2012, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota is joining forces with the Berlin Police to introduce a fleet of green patrol cars on the streets of the German city. The carmaker offers a first lot of three Prius units to the police, as pa...

 
Infiniti Challenges Porsche to Hybrid Drag Race
Infiniti Challenges Porsche to Hybrid Drag Race

20 Jan 2012, 15:45 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Infiniti is extremely determined to show the world that it’s M35h full hybrid is a performance vehicle. Last year, the automotive producer gave the world a Nurburgring PR stunt using the vehic...

 
Honda Sells 800,000 Hybrids
Honda Sells 800,000 Hybrids

20 Jan 2012, 12:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As of the last few days of 2011, Honda has sold 800,000 units of hybrid vehicles across the world. This took them 12 years and 2 months, from the moment the first Insight was delivered in Japan back...

 
Mitsubishi Teases New Crossover Ahead of Geneva Motor Show Debut
Mitsubishi Teases New Crossover Ahead of Geneva Motor Show Debut

19 Jan 2012, 10:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As you know, Mitsubishi is in the midst of a reinventing process, which aims to turn the company into a green one. The carmaker today released a teaser of a crossover that’s scheduled to debut...

 
First Electric BMW ActiveE  Delivered in US
First Electric BMW ActiveE Delivered in US

18 Jan 2012, 18:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Combining all the style of the 1-Series Coupe with the tree-hugging attitude we... love, the first BMW all-electric ActiveE has been delivered to a customer in the US marketplace. [ad}The car wen...

 
Mercedes B-Class Plug-In Hybrid Planned for US
Mercedes B-Class Plug-In Hybrid Planned for US

18 Jan 2012, 18:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mercedes-Benz is not only looking to expand its market share in the US, but the company also wants to venture further into green territory, with the introduction of an extended-range hybrid version ...

 
Bentley Considering Hybrids
Bentley Considering Hybrids

18 Jan 2012, 10:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Bentley is looking to develop new ways of making its vehicles greener, but since the company’s models must meet a certain driving dynamics standard, this is no easy task. However, the British ...

 
Skoda Begins Testing Electric Octavia Green E Line
Skoda Begins Testing Electric Octavia Green E Line

17 Jan 2012, 14:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Yes, Skoda now has its own electric vehicle, based on the Octavia estate, and the Czech automaker has begun testing a fleet of ten such cars. The goal with the Octavia Green E Line is not to create ...

 
Pininfarina Cambiano Concept Second Teaser Photo
Pininfarina Cambiano Concept Second Teaser Photo

16 Jan 2012, 10:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Pininfarina has released the second teaser photo for the upcoming "luxury environment-friendly sport sedan". Right now, all we know is that it’s green and has four doors, but all wil...

 
Spyshots: Renault Zoe
Spyshots: Renault Zoe

16 Jan 2012, 09:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When they unveiled the Zoe Concept at the 2010 Paris Auto Show, Renault said that it was 90 percent identical to the production version of the electric car that would arrive early this year. We now ...

 
Ford EV Smartphone App
Ford EV Smartphone App

12 Jan 2012, 16:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Many top automotive producers are promoting electric vehicles, but in order for these cars to become widespread, the industry needs to facilitate their use and an important part of this is represent...

 
Tesla Roadster Receives Upgrades for 2012
Tesla Roadster Receives Upgrades for 2012

12 Jan 2012, 14:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Tesla Roadster is approaching the end of its life cycle fast, but this hasn’t stopped the company from introducing a series of minor updates for the 2012 model, which come to make the driv...

 
Infiniti Electric Sports Car Video Teaser
Infiniti Electric Sports Car Video Teaser

11 Jan 2012, 16:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Infiniti has recently released a new teaser image for its upcoming range-extended electric sports car concept. The company also released an interview along with the the image, but this was rather bo...

 
Toyota NS4 Advanced Plug-in Hybrid Unveiled
Toyota NS4 Advanced Plug-in Hybrid Unveiled

10 Jan 2012, 16:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota today took the wraps off their brand new ‘vision of the future’, the NS4 Advanced Plug-in Hybrid sedan that made its debut at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show. This car isn’t jus...

 
2013 Ford Fusion Energi PHEV Does 100 MPGe <span>· Photo Gallery</span>
2013 Ford Fusion Energi PHEV Does 100 MPGe · Photo Gallery

10 Jan 2012, 16:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Besides the standard Fusion Hybrid that we’re used to since the previous generation, Ford has reinvented itself and cemented its green ambitions with a plug-in hybrid sedan based on the brand ...

 
Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid Unveiled in Detroit
Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid Unveiled in Detroit

10 Jan 2012, 15:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid greeted everyone at the Detroit Auto Show, saying that it’s the fastest compact hybrid in the world in preparation for its US market launch, which is scheduled for ...

 
Lexus LF-Lc Concept Unveiled in Detroit
Lexus LF-Lc Concept Unveiled in Detroit

10 Jan 2012, 12:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Japanese luxury automaker Lexus finally revealed the LF-Lc sports coupe concept at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, one of the most interesting and exciting new cars ideas coming from them in a long time...

 
Infiniti Teases Range Extended Electric Sportscar
Infiniti Teases Range Extended Electric Sportscar

9 Jan 2012, 15:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Infiniti has released a very psychedelic picture teasing its upcoming pcoming range extended electric sports car concept, which wants to show you can have fun and produce zero local emissions. Fr...

 
2012 smart for-us Concept Bows in Detroit
2012 smart for-us Concept Bows in Detroit

9 Jan 2012, 12:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Registering a full 10 on the wear-o-scale, smart has fully detailed its new concept for Detroit, a two-seater electric vehicle with a pickup bed that extends outward a bit and can accommodate a coup...

 
VW Turns Beetle Into E-Bugster Electric Concept
VW Turns Beetle Into E-Bugster Electric Concept

9 Jan 2012, 10:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For a while now, we’ve all been wondering what the mystery Volkswagen model debuting in Detroit was, and it seems that the rumors saying it’s a convertible Beetle were close but not clos...