Toyota to Race Only One TS030 Endurance Prototype
26 Jul 2013, 13:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The next two rounds of the World Endurance Championship won’t see both Toyota’s TS030 Hybrid prototypes, as the automaker decided to run only one of them. Actually, Toyota was not int...
Audi Readying Plug-in Hybrid for the Chinese Market
26 Jul 2013, 09:57 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Audi has announced plans to develop a plug-in hybrid vehicle for the Chinese market. The new automobile will be jointly-developed with the German automaker’s Chinese partner, First Automotive ...
Next-gen Toyota Harrier Hints at New Lexus RX
26 Jul 2013, 08:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Lexus RX model, as it’s known in America and Europe today, has its roots shared with the Toyota Harrier available for the Japanese market. Basically, its the same vehicle, except for the b...
Toyota and Ford Cancel Hybrid Truck Joint Development
24 Jul 2013, 08:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After about two years of cooperation, automotive giants Toyota and Ford are ending their collaboration over developing a rear-wheel drive hybrid pickup truck. In 2011, Ford and Toyota explained t...
Next Mitsubishi Evo Could Be a 500 BHP Hybrid
22 Jul 2013, 14:01 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Word has it the next Mitsubishi Evo could arrive with a hybrid drivetrain that will send no less than 500 BHP to the ground. According to Autocar, the eleventh-generation Evo will inherit technol...
How Would You Like the Next Toyota Hybrid
19 Jul 2013, 15:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Wouldn’t it be great if this would end up as the fourth generation Toyota Prius? It will surely fulfill our need for hybrid/EV cars to be as outlandish as possible to compensate for their soul...
How the Third Generation Toyota Prius Got its Shape
19 Jul 2013, 15:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota Prius shape is so known that it many cases people hearing the word “hybrid” involuntarily picture it in their mind. But how and why the automaker chose this unmistakable shape...
Lexus Says No to Lithium Batteries
19 Jul 2013, 11:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Just because the competition got upgraded tech in their hybrids doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to keep up and switch to it as soon as possible. Lexus pioneered hybrids in the luxury...
2014 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid: Ford Doubling Production
19 Jul 2013, 09:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford is set to double the production of the 2014 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid, with the move coming as a reaction to the surging demand for petrol-electric power. Raj Nair, Ford’s Vice President of G...
Toyota Auris Hybrid Touring Sports Ad - Because Curiosity
18 Jul 2013, 14:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Don’t know if this commercial was created under the influence of trip-giving substances, but it’s amazing and it will blow your trucking mind. This ad revolves around curiosity, a sta...
Ford to Update Hybrids for Better Fuel Economy
18 Jul 2013, 11:42 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford has announced plans to introduce a series of updates for the 2013 C-MAX, Fusion and Lincoln MKZ hybrid models to improve fuel efficiency. The vehicles will receive a range of calibration upd...
Jeremy Clarkson’s Daughter Crossing Africa in Lexus RX 450h
18 Jul 2013, 12:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Emily Clarkson might have started quite a fuss at home, when her father found out she chose a hybrid car to travel across Africa instead of something with “more powaa”. Emily and her ...
Toyota Prius Plug-in Showcased for EV Day
18 Jul 2013, 08:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you are a “greenhead” wanting to learn more about advanced hybrid/EV vehicles and happen to live around Toronto, then the second annual “EV Day” is the right place to be t...
Toyota + Giugiaro = Awesome Forgotten Hybrid Concept
16 Jul 2013, 13:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta is not just a lineup of Italian names to make the introduction of this material. He is the man that made cellphones and laptops exist as you know them tod...
Watch the New Lexus IS in Action at Goodwood · Video
15 Jul 2013, 15:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Lexus brought its two most amazing cars to show off at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed - the all-new IS sport sedan and the almighty LFA supercar. While the 300-unit limited LFA is c...
Jon Voight Drives a Hybrid Lexus
15 Jul 2013, 08:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Seen in dozens of movies as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pope John Paul II or Tomb Raider’s father of Lord Croft (Angelina Jolie’s father in real life also), was seen recently as an ambassador...
If You Want Hybrid Estate “The Toyota Auris Is the One”
11 Jul 2013, 20:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Want to go places with your family in a green way? Well, if you do and don’t fancy the Prius v or other hybrid people carriers the Toyota Auris Touring Sports Hybrid. The new Toyota Auris T...
Volkswagen XL1 Hybrid Visits London · Video
11 Jul 2013, 12:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Green cars in Europe would not be what they are today without the embargoes forced upon them by the London Congestion Charge. You can't enter the British capital with a gas guzzler these days u...
Toyota Motors Europe Sales Resist Market Decline
10 Jul 2013, 14:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has recently announced its second quarter sales, consisting of over 200,000 Lexus and Toyota vehicles delivered to their owners in the last six months. Totaling 215,734 ...
Mazda on Hybrid Technology: "It can wait"
9 Jul 2013, 14:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While most major Japanese automakers are already selling hybrid vehicles, Mazda says the eco-friendly technology can wait for a few more years, especially on the European market. Speaking to AOL,...