Hybrid Cars

The car is expected to debut next year

The fourth-generation Prius is set to go on sale next summer or fall, and Toyota has been caught testing the car. News last year indicated that Toyota was deciding whether to simply evolve the look of the Prius for the new generation or to have a ...

Ten e-trons were built but they will not be sold to customers

Audi is refining its hybrid strategy and will stick to creating smaller hybrids instead of focusing on the R8 e-tron pure EV as a flagship. The brand has eschewed hybrids more than nearly any other major auto brand in the world, but it believes th...

It hopes to sell 10,000 plug-in hybrids a year by 2014

Volvo's V60 Plug-in Hybrid was a huge success, but the one problem was that Volvo only build 1,000 units for the first year. They sold out in the first month. It has finally found capacity to increase production, and Volvo is finally building ...

Auris Sales up 69%

Toyota is seeing rising hybrid sales in Europe this year, which it attributes to buyers looking for cleaner, more fuel efficient vehicles. Sales of the Auris Hybrid are up 69% in the first quarter of the year.  The sales announcement come...

Style will be inspired by Emerg-E and Essense

Nissan head of product planning Andy Palmer says that Infiniti is working on an electrified halo GT car that will be aimed at wealthy Asian buyers in 2016. The style of the car will borrow elements from the Emerg-E and Essence concepts.  ...

It already has three major fleet customers

Ford has found three major corporate partners who are buying the Fusion Hybrid and C-Max hybrid for their fleets. In the past year, it has sold over 1,000 cars to these companies. Ford predicts that using the hybrids can cut operational costs by 4...

It predicts that it can improve fuel economy by 25%

Volvo has revealed a new flywheel hybrid for its cars that it claims improves fuel economy by 25%. It tested the system on public roads and confirmed that it is an efficient solution.  "The results show that this technology combined ...

Imagines a high-end hybrid crossover for the future

Volkswagen is continuing its “Cross” family of concept cars with the CrossBlue Coupe at the Shanghai Auto Show. The latest version is a plug-in hybrid crossover that can cover 33km of pure electric driving. “The disproportion...

Began with introduction of Prius in 2000

Toyota has announced that it has just sold its five millionth Lexus or Toyota hybrid vehicle worldwide, and it is 50,000 vehicles away from having sold two million hybrids in the US alone. That means that the US has been responsible for 40% of Toy...

XV Crosstrek Hybrid is company's first hybrid

Subaru has announced that it is bringing a performance concept to the New York Auto Show on March 27. It will also introduce the XV Crosstrek Hybrid, the brand's first ever production hybrid vehicle.  Subaru is keeping tight-lipped ab...