Hybrid Cars

It will go on sale in the late summer of 2013

Porsche gave the 918 Spyder its UK public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend. The 887hp hybrid supercar is powered by a 4.6-liter V8 and two electric motors to get it to 100km/h in 2.8 seconds and a 211mph top speed. Plus, it has...

Instead it will focus on wringing the last bit of efficiency from combustion engines

Mazda says that it has no intention to introduce hybrid models anytime soon at least in Europe and the US. Instead, it will focus on wringing out the most efficiency from internal combustion engines. "While downsizing can be an effective ...

It features an internal bike carrier and plug-in hybrid

BMW is reviving its Concept Active Tourer from last year for the new Concept Active Tourer Outdoor that will be on display at the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany. While BMW has not said as much officially, the Concept Active Tourer is mea...

It used a turbocharged and supercharged 1.6-liter turbo engine

Jaguar’s C-X75 supercar program could have been a revolution in 2010, but because of the poor financial market when it was ready, the project was cancelled. The hybrid supercar produced 850hp and 738lb-ft of torque from its supercharged and ...

The model will role out to the rest of the world slowly

Subaru has released the XV Hybrid in Japan, and it will go on sale in other markets soon. The XV is Subaru’s first step into the hybrid vehicle market. The XV Hybrid uses a single 13.4hp electric motor with a 0.6kWh nickel-metal hydride ...

It claims better fuel economy and faster acceleration

For the 61st Internationales Motorpressekolloquium Bosch presented an Aston Martin DB9 with two modular hybrid electric motors that it claims increased acceleration and gave 25.75km of pure electric range. A plug-in hybrid battery pa...

The project took four years and involved 16 companies and 14 public bodies

Seat has officially ended the Cenit Verde project that had 16 companies and 14 public bodies testing plug-in electric Seat Leons in Spain and developing an electric vehicle infrastructure for the last four years. Seat also showed the new Leon Verd...

The cars are made at Toyota's UK factory

Toyota has begun building the Auris Touring Sports at its factory in Burnaston, England.  "This is an industry that is helping generate the jobs and wealth we need to secure the UK’s place in the global economic race,&rdqu...

The 918 Spyder will introduce the future of its hybrid tech

Last month, Porsche revealed that it plans to broaden its hybrid lineup and eventually would offer a hybrid 911. It plans to have a second-generation of hybrids ready by 2016 or 2017 with more power, less weight and longer range. As more details a...

Ford hybrids staying on dealer lots as little as 10 days on average

Ford hybrid car sales have hit their highest rate in the US ever with 2013 sales meeting all of Ford's 2012 hybrid sales in just the first five months of the year. As of May, it has sold 37,000 hybrids in 2013. For example, in Los Angeles the ...