Hybrids

The first TV commercial for the 2010 Toyota Prius took hundreds of extras and a huge amount of computer graphics

No, you cannot buy a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid through e-mail for just fifteen grand. It's a hoax. It's spam.

Complaints about so-called sudden accleration in the 2004-2008 Toyota Prius occur at roughly the expected rate

NASCAR is expanding into non-Detroit brands with the selection of a Toyota Camry Hybrid as the pace car for several races this summer

Most survey respondents urge the US to lead in hybrids and battery research, but only a quarter would pay more to buy a hybrid car

Surreally harmonious landscapes, solar bus shelters, huge public flowers, living billboards--welcome to the 2010 Prius marketing machine!

Score one for the new Honda Insight; it outsold every other car in its home country last month

Want a Hemi with that Hybrid? Look for one of the very rare discontinued 2009 Dodge Durango Hybrids or 2009 Chrysler Aspen Hybrids

Is there a danger for the 2010 Honda Insight if it's always compared to the Toyota Prius, but Prius buyers ignore the Insight?

The French automaker livened up its annual meeting by revealing an adorable electric minivan that it will build by 2011

Although neither system has reached the market, Mercedes-Benz may be opting to develop its mild-hybrid technology rather than the shared Two-Mode system

Electric performance is great, so more electric performance would be even greater, right? In Chevy performance tradition, we got to thinking about the Volt SS ....

Changing from 11 MPG to 50+ MPG is Bigger Than You Might Think

Toyota RAV4 EV What better place for a parade of electric vehicles than Santa Monica, California, the city that introduced a sustainability plan fifteen years ago, long before "going green" meant anything. On Saturday, a few hundred spectators came out for the EV procession which featured 74...

There have long been rumors about Toyota unveiling a new Lexis hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show in January.  Now the automaker has confirmed it. There are still only incomplete details about the car, but it is expected to come with nickel-metal hydride batteries for now, and switch over to...

Ford has announced that the EPA officially gave its new Fusion Hybrid 41 MPG highway and 36 MPG city fuel eficiceny ratings. This notes Ford is the highest ratings given to a mid-sized car and even beats the much smaller Civic Hybrid by 1 MPG in city driving. The Fusion hybrid also unique from...

It might make your world a better place, but that smug little Prius can't pull espresso, now, can it?

Automaker Audi had previously announced intentions to build a hybrid version of the Q5. This would have been their first hybrid model. These plans have apparently been scrapped. A lack of safety of nickel-metal hydride batteries is cited as the reason for the cancellation. Apparently a senior Audi...

What's the new car all about? Here's our best guess before the world premiere.

   GYM Concept Car What if you could combine your evening commute with your evening workout? You'd save a lot of time, gas and money skipping the trip to Life Time Fitness. This might become reality if Coventry University design student, Da Feng, gets his way. Feng has designed the GYM Concept...