Toyota Wants All Hybrid Car Batteries Recollected
6 Feb 2015, 12:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Current hybrid vehicle batteries are quite expensive and Toyota Motor Europe aims to collect all of them for recycling purposes
Custom Toyota Prius Isn’t as Bad as You Think at Tokyo Salon 2015
2 Feb 2015, 18:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Some say custom Toyota Prii are ugly and a waste of money. We say beauty is in the eye of the tuner and this example here is almost perfect
Nissan GT-R LM NISMO Brings FWD to Le Mans, Hints at R36 Nissan GT-R
2 Feb 2015, 13:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The front-wheel drive, hybrid racecar know as the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO is hailed as the "200 MPH plus laboratory for the GT-R of the future."
Top Gear UK is Adamant the R36 Nissan GT-R Will Be a “Front-Engined 2+2 Hybrid”
30 Jan 2015, 15:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / More information has been shared on the 2018 Nissan GT-R (R36). And by "more information" we mean the same intel we've known since forever.
McLaren-Honda MP4-30 & Mercedes-AMG W06 Hybrid F1 Cars Unveiled
30 Jan 2015, 09:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / McLaren and Honda are at it again for the 2015 Formula 1 season. After a dissapointing stint running Mercedes mills, the Woking outfit switched to Honda again.
Toyota Testing Brand New SiC Technology to Increase Hybrid and EV Efficiency
29 Jan 2015, 16:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Silicon carbide technology will aid Toyota develop better power control units and increase its hybrids and EVs efficiency
Scania Wireless Charging Bus to Commence Testing in Sweden
28 Jan 2015, 10:57 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Scania also plans to make green buses and their first hybrid wireless recharging prototype is said to start tests in Sweden next year
2016 Chevrolet Volt Hailed as the Next Generation of Electric Hybrid Cars
28 Jan 2015, 10:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 2016 Chevrolet Volt may be the most heavily-anticipated PHEV model to debut this year, but we have the feeling Chevrolet is too generous in describing it.
Hybrid Hyundai Elantra-like Prototype Spied, to Start Production in 2016
20 Jan 2015, 13:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / South Korea's Hyundai is no stranger to hybrid technology, but Hyundai never offered a direct Toyota Prius rival. What our team of carparazzi spotted lately is that very car in test mule f...
Hybrid Pickup Trucks Rolling off VIA Motors’ Assembly Line
20 Jan 2015, 10:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Americans love big trucks, but sometimes these aren’t used properly to haul stuff, turning them into oversized passenger cars burning through gallons of fuel like thermite through a sheet of s...
2018 Jeep Wrangler to Go Hybrid for Enhanced Off-Road Capability
19 Jan 2015, 11:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In continuous production since 2007, the JK-gen Jeep Wrangler off-road sport utility vehicle is in for a dramatic redesign in 2017, when an all-new generation is slated to make its debut as a 2018 m...
Lexus CT Gets Advance Plus Grade in the UK
16 Jan 2015, 14:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Few of you American readers know the Lexus CT 200h comes in no less than 6 grades in the UK. Oh, make that seven now with the introduction of the Advance Plus flavor. Man, marketing is a strange thi...
Honda VTEC Turbo Just Kicked In Yo’, New Forced-Fed Engines to Be Assembled in the US
14 Jan 2015, 16:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you are a petrolhead, then you have no excuse to not know about the “VTEC just kicked in, yo!” line. If you don’t, consider it as 4chan rambling for sudden-velocity situations a...
2017 Chrysler Town & Country Confirmed for 2016 Detroit Auto Show Debut
13 Jan 2015, 19:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The posher sibling of the Dodge Grand Caravan is set to receive an all-new generation at next year’s edition of the North American International Auto Show. In a recent tweet from @FCAcorporate...
2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid Introduced at Detroit Auto Show · Video
13 Jan 2015, 13:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After the new Sonata Hybrid made its official world debut in South Korea in mid-December, the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid dropped by at the Detroit Auto Show. Looking at the specs of the Asia...
Volkswagen Cross Coupe GTE Concept Up Close and Personal at Detroit Auto Show · Live Photos
12 Jan 2015, 20:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This year's edition of the Detroit Auto Show was to Ford what last year’s Paris Motor Show was to the Volkswagen Group. Heck, the Blue Oval took the stage burnouting the beejesus out of t...
2016 Acura NSX Debuts at Detroit, Jerry Seinfeld Orders One On the Spot · Live Photos
12 Jan 2015, 18:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When somebody talks about the first-gen of the Acura / Honda NSX, I automatically think of Ayrton Senna hell-and-toe-ing the mid-engined Japanese sportscar at the Suzuka circuit. But as far as the 2...
2016 Chevrolet Volt Delivers 50 Miles of EV Range · Live Photos
12 Jan 2015, 13:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 2015 Detroit Auto Show opened its doors with great pomp and circumstance today, with the first exhibiting marque to unveil its newbies being the golden bowtie manufacturer. Without further ado, ...
2016 Mercedes-Benz C350 Plug-In Hybrid / C350e Boasts With a 19.3-Mile EV Range
12 Jan 2015, 13:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / So it has come to this, ladies and gentlemen. The three-pointed star wasn’t 100 percent happy with the W205-gen C-Class’efficient turbo diesel motor, which is why the Germans spoiled us ...
Honda Reveals New Jade Hybrid 6-Seater in Japan
8 Jan 2015, 13:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Honda has revealed the first photos and details regarding a brand new 6-seater estate model called the Jade. The passenger car will go on sale come February 13 and by the looks of things, it will be...