Hybrid Cars

It will make its competition debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Nissan publicly unveiled its ZEOD RC last week and during the lead up to the Six Hours of Fuji, Nissan sent it on track at Fuji Speedway in front of the public for the first time. "This has been a fantastic opportunity for everyone involv...

It shares its powertrain with the Chevrolet Volt

The Cadillac ELR has been teased since last winter and even longer if you consider the concept, but it will finally hit showrooms in the United Stated in January for a base price of $75,995. The ELR is an adaptation of the technology in the Ch...

It is coming in the first quarter of 2014

Land Rover set off on a journey from its headquarters in Solihull, England, to the Tata Headquaters in Mumbai, India, 53 days ago with three Range Rover Diesel Hybrid prototypes, and the trek has been an unequivocal success. The 10,472-mile (16,85...

It will even have a system cheap enough for Dacia to use

Nissan and Renault are among the market leaders in electric car tech, but oddly they have not done much to exploit that technology for hybrids. Although, Renault’s head of powertrain strategy says that will likely change. It plans to a plug-...

It uses a light hybrid to provide a boost of power when driving away

Peugeot is introducing an even cleaner version of the 208 in the coming weeks that emits 95g/km of CO2. The new version uses the e-VTi 1.2-liter engine with 82hp and 87lb-ft of torque (118Nm) and five-speed ETG5 gearbox to emit 95g/km of CO2 a...

It plans to have 400 fueling stations in Germany by 2023

Hydrogen represents a future for green motoring around the world. The major problem with it is that there is practically no infrastructure to support refueling of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The companies involved are investing €350 million ...

Even during development, the M engineers had nothing to do with the i3 or i8

BMW is putting up a united front that the i sub-brand and M cars will not be mixing anytime soon, and the M engineers had no hand in developing the i8. “It is separate – M and i. It’s two different sub-brands, but there will ...

It is still waiting on a green light for the project

Almost since the day it went on sale, there has been rumors either Toyota, Subaru or both are developing a higher performance version of the GT86. There have been rumors of a turbocharged version, larger displacement and hybrid version. While none...

It will build three Evoques using different electric technologies

Jaguar Land Rover will begin a £16.3 million, two-year research project into batteries and hybrid technology called Evoque_e in October. The Technology Strategy Board, third-party suppliers and universities in the UK are supporting it. The p...

He pitches it as an experiment to develop performance hybrid tech

Electric car technology is rapdily becoming common in sports cars. The McLaren P1, Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 918 all use electric motors to boost power, and even the Lamborghini Aventador uses an ultra capacitor based system its start/stop sys...