2016 Chevrolet Volt Previewed at CES, Front Looks Like a Dog’s Breakfast
5 Jan 2015, 09:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Totally by surprise, the golden bowtie carmaker decided to showcase just a bit of the 2016 Volt at this year’s edition of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Curious enough, the vehicl...
First Hybrid Aircraft Takes Off
3 Jan 2015, 16:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Hybrid electric-gasoline cars are no longer a tabu subject these days. But if we have them on the roads for more than a decade, why isn't the technology moving to aircraft too? Large passenger ...
2016 Chevrolet Volt Test-Driven by Mark Reuss
30 Dec 2014, 08:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Roughly two weeks separate us from the press days of the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, so it’s not that big of a surprise to see the #NextGenVolt teaser campaign continue in full swing. After we&rsq...
Toyota to Offer High Performance Solid-State Batteries in 2020
29 Dec 2014, 10:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It looks like Toyota isn’t actually giving up on full electric vehicles. Despite the fact it sees fuel cell cars as the future of transportation along with hybrid vehicles, the Japanese automa...
Chevrolet Volt Steering Defect Leads to a Class Action Lawsuit Against General Motors
29 Dec 2014, 07:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors' biggest venture in plug-in hybrid electric motoring has been with us since December 2010, but the Volt was recalled on more than one occasions for a set of faults. This time aro...
Chevrolet Crossvolt Trademark May Lead to a Plug-in Hybrid Crossover
28 Dec 2014, 07:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As you can see in the photo gallery below, the third picture is a screen shot from the Patent and Trademark Office's website, showing the original Crossvolt trademark. Its registrant gave up on...
Your 2015 Ford Mondeo HD Wallpapers Are Served
23 Dec 2014, 18:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Looking back at the Ford Mondeo's almost 21-year-old existence, we find hard to find out a single detail that captured the imagination of petrolheads like us. Maybe the James Bond: Casion Royal...
2015 Ford Mondeo Tested: Edging Into VW Passat Territory
23 Dec 2014, 17:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When the Volkswagen Passat B5 came around back in 1996, the Wolfsburg-based automaker caught every other D-segment sedan off guard for numerous reasons. The B5-gen showed the mid-size competition th...
Check Out Japan’s New Toyota Prius c X-Urban Micro Crossover · Video
23 Dec 2014, 13:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As you might know, the Toyota Prius c (Aqua in Japan) received some changes for 2015, including a new front bumper that gets inspiration from the GT 86/Scion FR-S sportscar. However, if you’re...
Volvo Starts Testing first Electric Hybrid Bus in Hamburg
19 Dec 2014, 13:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / According to European Union studies, noise pollution has a negative effect on life quality, increasing stress levels and sleep disorders for around 110 million people living in large busy cities. Co...
2016 Acura NSX / 2015 Honda NSX Confirmed for Detroit Auto Show Debut · Video
17 Dec 2014, 14:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After way too many rumours from more or less official channels and endless spy photographs, the new Acura NSX / Honda NSX is going to be finally unveiled in just under a month. On January 12th, next...
2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Previewed at Launch Event in Seoul, South Korea
16 Dec 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While the US-spec 2015 Hyundai Sonata is the all-new, seventh generation model, its hybridized brother from the same model year is just a sixth generation. Thanks to the recent South Korean launc...
Next Generation Prius Being Delayed Over Design Issues
15 Dec 2014, 13:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As some of you enthusiasts know, the fourth generation Toyota Prius had to be unveiled in early 2015, but the engineers said it needs further “polishing” so the big event got delayed for...
Street Legal Hybrid Single Seater Could Come True - Egoista EM01 Stradale
10 Dec 2014, 10:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you find yourself being an egocentric adrenaline lover, go buy a motorcycle. If that scares you a bit, try out a single seater... Oh, wait... There aren’t that many and they don’t com...
Volvo XC90 Twin Engine Claimed to Be the Cleanest SUV in the World
8 Dec 2014, 09:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Every now and then, a manufacturer comes up with a new car. That’s all nice and jolly, but we take the marketing side of the biz with a grain of salt because a lot of gratuitous stuff is said ...
Nissan 370Z Successor to Boast With a Turbo-Hybrid Powertrain
7 Dec 2014, 08:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ever since the 240Z (S30) from 1969, the Japanese manufacturer’s pivotal sportscar family was marketed with the last letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Even though Nissan’s most ...
Ford F-150 Hybrid Pickup Truck in the Works
4 Dec 2014, 15:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Blue Oval is reportedly “working very hard” on a hybrid variant of the all-new 2015 Ford F-150 full-size pickup truck. This bit of info was disclosed by Ford global product developme...
2015 Honda NSX Sold Out ahead of Detroit Debut - UK Customers Pleased by Prototype’s Tour
2 Dec 2014, 10:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We are still a month away from the Detroit Auto Show debut of the 2015 NSX and yet Honda’s UK arm has stopped accepting pre-orders. To be more precise about the launch, while Detroit will brin...
Toyota Wins WEC for First Time
2 Dec 2014, 09:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Finally, after all the bad luck encountered in the previous season, Toyota wins this year’s Brazil race, the last in the 2014 World Endurance Championship season, and cements its way to the fi...
Renault Wants the Next Megane RS to Go Hybrid
28 Nov 2014, 09:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The problem with every affordable performance car these days is that owners simply can't live with the fuel bills. Even driving normally though traffic in the morning, a sportscar with a 2-lite...