Hybrids

Audi may have given up on plans to launch an R8 e-tron supercar, but the brand with the four rings hasn’t completely given up on electrified cars just yet, revealing today its 2014 A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid ahead of the car’s debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show on March 5. The plug-in...

Plans to launch a production version of the Jaguar C-X75 concept have been canceled, according to the automaker’s global brand director Adrian Hallmark. The car was on track for launch in late 2013, with Cosworth and the Williams F1 team signed on as technical partners. Speaking with What...

Back in July, we brought you news that Porsche had plans to unveil a shooting brake or estate version of its Panamera sedan at this year’s Paris Auto Show. Now that we’re just hours away from the opening of the Paris festivities, it turns out that we were correct. Making its world...

Porsche’s 918 hybrid supercar is on track for delivery to customers in late 2013. While we’ve only seen a glimpse of the production-ready street version, Porsche hasn’t been shy about releasing images and video of the 918 in various racing liveries. Early cars were shown in a...

At this month’s 2012 Paris Auto Show, Mitsubishi will take the covers off the long-awaited plug-in hybrid version of its recently revealed 2013 Outlander crossover. First hinted at in 2009 with the Concept PX-MiEV, Mitsubishi’s plug-in hybrid Outlander, which is labeled the Outlander...

Building on its XJ Limo-Green project of 2009, Jaguar has unveiled today an updated XJ plug-in hybrid prototype at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in under 6.5 seconds and cruising to a top speed of 150 mph, the XJ prototype, dubbed the XJ_e, delivers...

Though most BMW and Toyota owners probably don’t realize it, the two automakers are already partners in developing next-generation lithium-ion battery technology. In exchange for access to Toyota's battery technology, BMW has agreed to supply Toyota with its advanced-technology, low-emission...

If a few years ago you said Porsche would be the first major automaker to fit electric drive technology in each of its models, you would have probably been labeled somewhat delusional. Today, however, such a statement is close to being true as every model in Porsche’s lineup is either already...

The 2012 New York auto show is underway and one of the stars is the BMW i8 Concept Spyder. It's the topless version of the BMW i8 we've come to know and spy, and it has the same contradictory superposition of sports car performance over hybrid/electric gas mileage. Rated at 354 combined horsepower...

When Lexus unveiled its LF-LC concept at this year’s Detroit Auto Show, it was clear about one thing: the car was a design concept, so it wouldn’t be heading to a Lexus showroom any time soon. In fact, Lexus didn’t even provide details about the car’s drivetrain, saying only...

As the maker of the first racing hybrid that would do serious business on the track--courtesy of an F1-style kinetic energy recovery system--Porsche is no stranger to the idea of high-performance hybrids. But the brand, under then-CEO Michael Macht, has said as recently as 2010, that it won't build...

At January's 2012 Detroit Auto Show, Acura showed off a thinly-veiled sedan concept dubbed the ILX Concept. Now, just a month later, it's revealing the production version of the ILX compact sedan at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. Based on the Civic, the new ILX is Acura's competitor for cars like the...

Mazda believes that offering a range of diesel products in the U.S. will boost sales and differentiate it from the competition.

Designed solely as a styling exercise, Lexus' futuristic LF-LC coupe will likely influence the design of Lexus models for years to come.

The Lexus LF-LC is a rarity among modern auto show concepts: it's an actual concept. It's not intended to directly preview any production model, and it's certainly not a thinly-veiled production-ready car. It's also pretty daring in its details. And it's a hybrid. Beyond that, there's not a lot to...

Though the 2013 Lexus GS sedan has already taken the Lexus brand in a new--and we think positive--design direction, the future beyond the GS is being previewed this week with the new LF-LC Concept, penned in the company's Calty design studio. "The concept we're showing here in Detroit continues the...

A new report has Toyota campaigning a Prius hybrid in next year's Super GT series.

Tomorrow is the first official press day of the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, but there’s another major automotive event taking place this month, the prestigious 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, which kicks off on November 30. Not surprisingly, information on all the new model and concept debuts is...

The upcoming Maserati SUV may not be named Kubang after all--a new report gives the nod to the much more melodious name "Cinqueporte." Buick is working on a Verano Hybrid, due by 2015, but before that, the WRC-inspired Prodrive-developed MINI Countryman should hit the streets. We also have BMW...

Volvo has already confirmed that its upcoming V60 Plug-In Hybrid will be sold in the U.S., albeit in gasoline-electric form whereas the rest of the world will get diesel-electric versions, but now the automaker has given us a rough timeline of when it might finally appear in showrooms. Volvo has...