Ampera Qualifies for Plug-In Car Grant of £5,000
14 Dec 2010, 10:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve just announced that the Toyota Prius is eligible for as much as £5000 ($8,000 or €5,900) in government grants. Now it’s the Ampera’s turn under the spotlight, as i...
Toyota Prius Qualifies for £5,000 Government Grant
14 Dec 2010, 08:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota’s efforts to bring the Prius Plug-in Hybrid to the mass market have just received some important help from the British government. The Department for Transport and the Office for Low Em...
Allianz 4000 Is the World’s First Hybrid... Sweeper
14 Dec 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Manufacturers are all jumping onto the green train lately. Whether its hybrid vans, hybrid buses or even hybrid motorcycles, we’ve seen them all. What we didn’t expect to see is an elect...
No More Tax Credits for Hybrids in the US after December 31st
11 Dec 2010, 18:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you are still undecided about the whole buying a hybrid car thing, than you’d better decide fast, because time is running out to get your tax credit. The Energy Policy Act of 2005, which st...
Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Will Replace Family Cars
10 Dec 2010, 15:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / According to a study published by eurotaxglass, the UK’s leading vehicle valuation specialist, almost two thirds of British motorists agree or partly agree that EVs will replace their current ...
Range Rover Evoque Won't Have a Hybrid Version
10 Dec 2010, 13:25 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The new Range Rover Evoque compact SUV will not be equipped with hybrid technology, although its LRX concept car predecessor featured electrically driven rear wheels, as part of an environmentally-f...
Hybrids to Surpass Petrol Cars in 10 Years
10 Dec 2010, 09:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The push for alternative means of propulsion for cars will not remain unanswered, as it is likely that in the next decade or so petrol powered vehicles to be overcome by hybrids. At least, this is t...
Halle Berry Drives a Lexus Hybrid, Buys a Xmas Tree
9 Dec 2010, 13:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Hybrids are pretty popular these days, especially because they are the new trend in the automotive industry and more and more companies are focusing their efforts on this particular sector. Still, t...
Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid Is Eligible for Federal Tax Credit
7 Dec 2010, 10:19 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The all new 2011 Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid, the company's first production hybrid, has been declared eligible for the Alternative Motor Vehicle Tax Credit as a Qualified Hybrid Motor Vehicle. Cu...
Toyota Dismisses Lithium Ion Batteries for 10 More Years
6 Dec 2010, 10:23 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The leader in hybrid technology, production and sales, Toyota Motor Corporation, says it will stay with nickel-metal batteries for at least 10 more years. This comes as a surprise, as most of Toyota...
Spyshots: Toyota Corolla Hatchback Hybrid
6 Dec 2010, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota promised a while back that in a few years’ time, each model in its lineup would have a hybrid version. By all intents and purposes, the Japanese carmaker seems determined to keep that p...
Toyota to Offer Hybrid Technology to Chinese Partner
2 Dec 2010, 10:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota recently ruled out the possibility to start building hybrid cars in China so, in order to be able to compete against powerful names such as Volkswagen and General Motors, the Japanese company...
2011 Honda Insight Gets Cheaper Entry Level Model
1 Dec 2010, 09:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Since it’s launch, Honda’s Insight hasn’t managed to steal any of the Prius’ market share. With the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf ready to join the fight, the Insight needed...
Obama Buys 25 Percent of US Hybrids
30 Nov 2010, 10:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The US government has always supported the green car market, so nobody should be surprised when hearing that the White House administration has purchased the biggest number of hybrid vehicles in the...
Infiniti's Marketing Predicament: Performance or Efficiency?
29 Nov 2010, 09:10 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / When Infiniti releases its first ever hybrid vehicle, the 2012 M35h sedan, it will face a challenge it had never encountered before. From the marketer's perspective, this is new ground for the ...
VW Personnel Trained in Augmented Reality
26 Nov 2010, 14:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The level of technological advancement we reached in our age is perhaps more visible in the automotive world than it is in any other field of the heavy industry. For carmakers, having the right tech...
Lorinser Launches Easybrid smart fortwo
25 Nov 2010, 14:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A multitude of aftermarket companies have announced interesting development for this year’s edition of the Essen Motor Show, which will be held between November 27 and December 5. However, the...
Sanyo Supplies Batteries to Six Automakers
23 Nov 2010, 14:20 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Back in August, Sanyo Electric Co, the world's biggest maker of lithium ion cells, has completed construction of the “Kasai Green Energy Park” lithium-ion production facility in Hyo...
Toyota Turbocharges Its Engine Lineup
23 Nov 2010, 10:25 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Toyota plans to introduce 11 new or redesigned hybrids to its lineup by 2012, but it doesn't ignore the fact that consumers are still demanding traditional internal-combustion propelled vehicle...
Honda Hit by the Unintended Acceleration Disease
23 Nov 2010, 09:39 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received a report of a 2005MY Honda Accord Hybrid being involved in an accident due to brake power loss and unintended acceleration after c...