2015 C-Class Plug-in Hybrid Spied For The First Time
10 Apr 2014, 10:08 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Expected to offer the best fuel economy in the entire C-Class W205 lineup, the upcoming Mercedes-Benz C-Class Plug-in Hybrid was recently confirmed to be unveiled later this year, with out best bet ...
BMW Testing Plug-in Hybrid 5 Series in China
18 Mar 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It seems like our presumption that BMW will invest more and more in hybrid plug-in models was accurate as a model dubbed 530Le was just spotted recharging in China. According to the nomenclature,...
New Golf GTE Makes Video Debut, Bringing New Kind of Performance to Light
13 Mar 2014, 17:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Anybody with money to spend on a BMW ActiveHybrid or Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid will tell you electrified performance is nothing new. But what if your credit will only stretch to about €30,000...
Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid Confirmed, Coming by end of 2015
13 Mar 2014, 16:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Last year, Porsche celebrated the world debut of a new Panamera family, which among other things also received a plug-in hybrid version, a first for the Stuttgart brand. This replaces the old Paname...
Volkswagen Golf GTE Revealed ahead of Geneva 2014
20 Feb 2014, 13:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I think I first heard about this car a few months ago, when a British magazine reported it was on the way. Supposedly, Volkswagen was preparing a third member of the Golf GTI/GTD family, one which w...
Plug-In Hybrid BMW F30 3 Series Spied Again
7 Feb 2014, 17:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It looks like the Germans are serious about their plans to release a plug-in hybrid version of the F30 3 Series model. We showed you their first prototype testing yesterday and today we got a fresh ...
2015 C-Class W205 Plug-in Hybrid Comes Later This Year
16 Jan 2014, 15:18 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The recently-unveiled 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class W205 will start sales with three engines in Europe and two of them in the United States, but they represent just the beginning of an ever-expanding f...
Volvo Confirms Next XC90 Will Get Plug-In Hybrid Version, New Safety Tech
2 Dec 2013, 12:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volvo will launch the next-generation XC90 with a plug-in hybrid version and new safety technologies, the Swedish automaker announced at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show last week. According to Lex Kers...
Most US Car Buyers are Unaware of EV Incentives, Study Says
20 Nov 2013, 10:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A survey conducted by two the Indiana University researchers has revealed that most car buyers in the United States are unaware of the financial rebated and incentives offered by state and local gov...
MINI Will Offer Plug-In Model, Pondering Diesel for America
11 Oct 2013, 11:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Oxford automaker has already announced two new engines for the next generation hatchback, a 1.5-liter and a 2.0-liter, both TwinPower Turbo units belonging to a new modular family. But the fi...
Mitsubishi Teases Three New Concept Cars Ahead of Tokyo 2013
8 Oct 2013, 09:13 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Mitsubishi has announced plans to introduce three brand new concept vehicles at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show next month. The company says the concepts were designed to preview its fu...
Renault to Introduce Hybrids by 2020
4 Oct 2013, 12:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Renault is considering offering hybrid vehicles by 2020, a company representative said earlier this week, while a company spokesman revealed an entry-level Dacia could follow if current developments...
Fuel Economy - From Stuttgart With Love
22 Aug 2013, 09:17 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, despite each belonging to a vastly different family – Daimler AG on a shore and the VAG Group on the other - have started as childhood friends, playing in the same n...
Supersonic Skydiver Test Drives Car of the Future
26 Mar 2013, 09:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Supersonic Skydiver Felix Baumgartner's pressure suit would have looked at home next to this car, Volkswagen's production-ready XL1 plug-in hybrid heralded as the car of the future. Th...
Facelift BMW 5 Series to be Launched Along with Plug-In Hybrid Version
11 Feb 2013, 08:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / This year, the BMW F10, F11 and F07 5 Series (the Sedan, Touring and GT) will turn 4 years old. That means, according to BMW’s four-year life cycle, that they will receive a facelift. New s...
Ford Fusion Energi Plug-In Hybrid Gets 620-Mile Range
18 Jan 2013, 10:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Ford's credibility may have been slightly dented with their conflict with the EPA regarding the claimed efficiency figures for the C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid which were at least 10% u...
Next Chevy Volt to Be Considerably Cheaper
18 Jan 2013, 09:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the fact that not even GM themselves are convinced that EVs are the way to go, and neither is their former boss and 'father' of the Volt, Bob Lutz, but according to their North Ame...
Cadillac ELR Sporty Range-Extender Revealed
15 Jan 2013, 06:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Cadillac ELR has finally broken cover, via a set of official press photos, and we`re happy to report it looks every bit as stylish and good-looking as we`d hoped, staying true to the Converj con...
Cadillac ELR Gets Final Teaser Before Official Reveal
14 Jan 2013, 14:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We don`t have long to go now, and we will be bringing you live photos from the official unveiling of the production version of the Cadillac ELR, the sporty range-extender hybrid GM hopes will offer ...
Audi to Reveal A3 Plug-In Hybrid at Geneva Motor Show
11 Jan 2013, 09:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Audi still hasn`t made any real impact with any of its green vehicles, regardless of the fact that they are concepts or production versions, yet this has not stopped them from trying. They are now t...