Hybrids

Mercedes-Benz is bringing two new hybrid models to the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, one of which has been confirmed for sale in the U.S. next year. The two hybrids are the gasoline-electric 2013 Mercedes-Benz E400 Hybrid and the diesel-electric Mercedes-Benz E300 Bluetec Hybrid, and for now only the...

A replacement for Toyota's flagship sports car, the Supra, is under development and will use a hybrid drivetrain good for an estimated 400 horsepower.

Lotus will offer a Proton-manufactured city car to compete with the Aston Martin Cygnet, at a price some 2,000 GBP less.

Californian green car startup Aptera promised a lot over the years but delivered nothing more than a handful of prototypes and a lot of broken dreams. Late last week the company announced that it was closing its doors for good, citing a lack of resources as the reason behind its decision. Aptera...

The 2011 Subaru Advanced Tourer Concept is the follow up to the original 2009 Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept and once again demonstrates the Japanese automaker’s hybrid technology set to debut in production form in 2013. Subaru describes its Advanced Tourer as a mid-size wagon designed to...

Not to be outdone by its fellow carmakers at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show that opened Wednesday, Honda is putting its faith in three high-tech features in its future models. Demonstrated with the Fit EV and SH-AWD test vehicles, Honda has shown a reinvention of regenerative braking, introduced a...

As we reported just a few days ago, BMW and Toyota will be working more closely in the future over the development of green technology. This week at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show the two auto giants signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning a mid-to-long-term collaboration on...

Honda has used the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show to announce a range of environmentally friendly technologies it plans to roll out grouped under the new heading of “Earth Dreams Technology”. Similar to Mazda’s “SkyActiv” range of green technologies, Earth Dreams Technology is...

The Tokyo Motor Show is well underway and Volkswagen has just taken the wraps off a new concept it calls the Cross Coupé. The concept previews what a compact hybrid crossover can be when combined with style, performance, efficiency, according to Volkswagen. Designed by Walter de Silva and...

For a roomy five-seat sedan packing 338 horsepower and capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in 5.6 seconds, the new 2013 Lexus GS 450h is remarkably fuel efficient. Lexus’ own mileage estimates for the car are 29/34 mpg city/highway or 31 mpg combined. To put that into perspective, the Lexus...

BMW and Toyota are in dialogue over sharing green technologies for the European market.

Lexus recently took the wraps off its new 2013 GS 450h and although the automaker is yet to announce any mileage figures, the latest hybrid luxury sedan is expected to be roughly 30 percent more fuel efficient than the one it replaces. That means we could be seeing a combined gas mileage of around...

While details on BMW's 2012 ActiveHybrid 5 have already been released, the automaker has chosen the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show to debut the production version of the car.

Toyota is showing just how serious it is about its 2012 endurance racing comeback by announcing today its driver lineup for the newly established World Endurance Championship. Driving the automaker’s new hybrid LMP1 prototype race car will be Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima...

We sometimes wonder if, back at the dawn of the motor car, sides were as divided between traditional horse and carts and cars, as they are today with regular fossil-fuelled vehicles and those harbingers of doom, hybrids and electric cars. Almost certainly, we suspect. Initially slower and noisier...

After recently announcing its 2012 comeback to endurance racing, including a stint at next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyota has this week confirmed that it will be partnering with French motorsports group Oreca for support in the new endeavor. Oreca is known for its experience in...

Since the EPA uses interior volume to determine size classes, it considers the new Fisker Karma to be a subcompact, alongside the Chevy Sonic and the Aston Martin Rapide.

This weekend saw the danger of motorsports rear its head once again, with the death of MotoGP racer Marco Simoncelliat Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit, and we mourn the loss with the rest of the racing world. Business keeps on ticking, however, and the 2013 Fiat 500 'Elettra' electric car...

Hybrid vehicles may still not sell in high volumes but automakers will be forced to offer more of the electrically-aided vehicles in order to meet tough new CAFE standards proposed for 2025. Additionally, the tougher regulations will also see the introduction of more diesel vehicles in the U.S...

The new 2012 Buick Verano is only just coming onto the market but already we have news of a hybrid version in the works, though the green compact sedan isn't expected to be launched until 2015. The juicy tidbit was revealed in a document posted by Automotive News, which shows a list of the...