2014 Cadillac ELR Convertible Underway from NCE
22 Mar 2014, 13:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / 2014 Cadillac ELR won't receive a high-performance version like the CTS and the ATS, as stated by Mark Reuss earlier this week, but the brand is looking to "expand the tuning envelope"...
Plug-In Hybrid Chevrolet Express, GMC Savana Coming in 2015
21 Mar 2014, 09:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans are slated to receive plug-in hybrid powertrains from Echo Automotive next year. Already fitting their EchoDrive PHEV system into the Ford E-Se...
Ford to Install First EV Charging Stations in Michigan
20 Mar 2014, 13:35 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Company is teaming up with General Electric to install its first electric vehicle charging stations network in Dearborn, Michigan. The new network, which will be available only to empl...
Life With a Fleet of Toyota Prii
19 Mar 2014, 13:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A large company will surely need a large fleet of vehicles to move around its employees, especially those in charge with sales or catching new contracts with clients. However, not just any car will ...
Cadillac Says No to Performance ELR-V
19 Mar 2014, 09:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Introduced in 2004, the Cadillac CTS-V was the manufacturer’s answer to the BMW M3 sedan, the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG and the Audi RS6. The souped up CTS is in for redesign for the 2016 model...
New Lexus Hybrid Technology On the Way
18 Mar 2014, 18:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Despite the fact many Europeans prefer to buy diesels instead hybrids, Japanese luxury brand Lexus says the oil burners won’t have much to live as regarding the next decades to come. This o...
2014 Toyota Crown Athlete Is a Cool Sedan You Can’t Have
14 Mar 2014, 17:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Do you know why the Corolla bears this name? Well, “Corolla” means “small crown” in Latin, which means the car is a more compact version of a bigger sedan. And that is the mi...
2015 Porsche Cayenne Spyshots Show New Front Fascia
14 Mar 2014, 08:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / After seeing multiple spyshots of the revamped Porsche 911, it is now time to take a closer look at the 2015 Porsche Cayenne facelift. The German SUV was recently caught by our photographers during ...
917 Going 919: Porsche's Big Le Mans Comeback
13 Mar 2014, 17:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The past fourteen 24 Hours of Le Mans races have been nothing but boring endurance events that ended with Audi taking the checkered flag on 12 occasions. No, wait, make that 13. Team Bentley was jus...
Lexus CT Chief Engineer Explains 2014 Model Improvements
13 Mar 2014, 15:42 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / No wonder the new Lexus CT model can now be had in a nail polish red color - the car’s chief engineer is Chika Kako, Lexus’s first female chief engineer in fact. She joined Toyota Mot...
Lithium-Air Batteries Could Allow Lamborghini to Build a Hybrid Hypercar
13 Mar 2014, 15:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Lamborghini recently said that they wouldn’t follow the hybrid hypercar madness going on at the moment. The company explained that the current battery technology would lead to either a heavy o...
How To Get a Hybrid Six-Pack: Porsche Testing 918 Spyder in Italy
13 Mar 2014, 14:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Whenever a car such as the Porsche 918 Spyder is launched, the psychological shock caused by its monstrous spec comes with an interesting side effect. People somehow tend to overlook the monstrous e...
New R36 Nissan GT-R Specs Allegedly Leaked
13 Mar 2014, 09:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We’ve ended up believing that the future R36 Nissan GT-R will use a new type of propulsion - considering how many unofficial info has been written about this, it’s probably safe to assum...
Lamborghini Explains Why It Will Not Offer a Hybrid Hypercar
12 Mar 2014, 08:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / 2013 was the year of the hybrid hypercars, with the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder throwing their petrol-electric venom at each other. Nonetheless, Lamborghin did not rush to f...
This Is the World’s Fastest Toyota Prius
11 Mar 2014, 09:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota Prius was never associated with high speed, tremendous acceleration and hard cornering. No, this hybrid arrived in 1997 to use two times less gasoline than the other cars on the market. ...
Toyota Chairman Expects Hybrids To Make 20 Percent of Global Sales
10 Mar 2014, 19:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Hybrid cars are on the market for about 17 years. It all started with the first Toyota Prius and now almost every automaker tries to push its own electric-aided vehicle on the market. Some of the...
Next Chevrolet Volt to Debut Next Year with New Platform
10 Mar 2014, 17:06 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It’s been seven months since we had any updates on the second-generation Chevrolet Volt, but a new report coming from Edmunds has revealed new details on GM’s upcoming plug-in electric h...
Rolls-Royce Hybrid Should Arrive by 2015
10 Mar 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A part of you may remember Rolls-Royce’s electric car concept (pictured above) from a few years ago. The 102EX, an electrified version of the Phantom, never caught on, but now it seems the co...
Porsche 919 Hybrid Breaks Cover in Geneva · Live Photos
4 Mar 2014, 13:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Endurance racing fans are in for a real treat this season, which will see Porsche making its highly anticipated return to the LMP1 class. Their weapon of choice, the 919 Hybrid, will take on the Aud...
Toyota Teasing TS040 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype
3 Mar 2014, 11:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With about a month and a half left until the big unveil and first official practice stages for the 2014 World Endurance Championship, Toyota brought another teaser to the surface, showing a bit of t...