Hybrid

Cerberus Bargain Bin Buying Binge Continues?

Cerberus Capital Management has been building a name for itself by buying high-risk automotive assets like Chrysler and GMAC. Obviously Steve Feinberg's boys…

Edward Niedermeyer Mar 11, 2008

Toyota Considers Full Prius Range

Toyota is considering a full range of models based on the Prius

Edward Niedermeyer Mar 10, 2008

Daimler: "Green Isn't About Profit"

Daimler admits their green efforts in the Mercedes line won't make them any money

Edward Niedermeyer Mar 10, 2008

Chinese Firm Unveils Radical Hybrid

BYD introduces a three-mode hybrid for the European market

Edward Niedermeyer Mar 07, 2008

Watanabe: No Toyota Diesel Hybrid For You!

Toyota has no plans for a diesel hybrid car

Edward Niedermeyer Mar 06, 2008

BMW Expanding Spartanburg Plant

BMW has plans to expand their Spartanburg, SC plant

Frank Williams Mar 06, 2008

Screw What Lutz Thinks; GM Pledges More Hybrids

GM announced plans to introduce 16 hybrid models by 2012

Frank Williams Mar 05, 2008

Fifth Time the Charm for GM Hybrids?

GM unveils its next hybrid drivetrain and it looks a lot like the old one

Edward Niedermeyer Mar 04, 2008

I, Crusher

Carnegie Mellon University shows off Crusher, a robotic combat vehicle

Donal Fagan Mar 03, 2008

GM and Virgin Sign Greenwashing Agreement

GM will provide fuel cell Equinox "limos" to Virgin Atlantic's VIP customers at LAX and NYC

Edward Niedermeyer Mar 03, 2008

Morgan Lifecar (a.k.a. Aero 8 Fuel Cell) Revealed

Morgan reveals their Lifecar concept car.

Edward Niedermeyer Mar 03, 2008

Newsflash! Prius Isn't the Only Hybrid!

Environmental blogger doesn't know the Prius isn't the only hybrid car on the market.

Frank Williams Mar 03, 2008

[UGLY] Mercedes Vision GLK BLUETEC HYBRID Revealed

Mercedes has announced another new vehicle for the Geneva auto show. Since they're too cool for the word "concept," it's called the "Vision GLK BLUETEC HYBRI…

Justin Berkowitz Feb 29, 2008

Big Apple Black Cars Go Green

New York City is designing incentives to get its limos to go green.

Edward Niedermeyer Feb 28, 2008

Cobasys Crisis Has GM Buying Batteries From Toyota

Cobasys, who makes batteries for GM's hybrids may be going bankrupt

Frank Williams Feb 27, 2008

Audi Gives GM a Raspberry

While GM tried to prove their green creds, Audi used the Oscars to show off their their thirstiest models.

Frank Williams Feb 27, 2008

Lexus Prius Clone Coming to NAIAS

Toyota will show off the next gen Prius and Prius-based Lexus at next year's NAIAS

Edward Niedermeyer Feb 26, 2008

PHEVs' Dirty Little Secret

Reports in USA Today show the plug-in hybrids aren't as pollution-free as proponents want you to believe

Frank Williams Feb 26, 2008

Imports Dominate Best and Worst "Greenest" List

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released its list of the best and worst cars for the environment. Imports dominated both.

Frank Williams Feb 25, 2008

Diesels and Hybrids In, EVs and Fuel Cells Out

The latest report from the National Research Council on fuel efficiency includes diesel and hybrid vehicles as economical alternatives to gas engines

Edward Niedermeyer Feb 22, 2008

GM and Its Hybrid Partners Shun Cars

GM's new hybrid powertrain will see duty in four manufacturer's SUVs and trucks, but no cars

Frank Williams Feb 21, 2008

New Honda Micro-Hybrid Could Be Eurohottie

Honda will unveil a new, small hybrid at the Paris Auto Show

Robert Farago Feb 19, 2008

Toyota GM: "Hybrids Not the Solution to the Future"

Toyota's U.S. GM says hybrids are just part of the solution.

Edward Niedermeyer Feb 18, 2008

Is Honda's Green Strategy Fuelish?

Honda says no to EVs

Donal Fagan Feb 18, 2008

Mexican Taxi Companies: Viva La EVolucion! Maybe.

Mexican cab companies will begin running EV taxis. Maybe

Donal Fagan Feb 13, 2008

Hillary Clinton: "We Gotta Help" the U.S. Automakers

Hillary Clinton tells autoworkers about all her handouts for their industry if they'll just vote for her

Frank Williams Feb 12, 2008

Lutz on Global Warming: "It's a Crock of Shit"

Bob Lutz speaks out on global warming, hybrid technology and diesel cars.

Frank Williams Feb 12, 2008

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Motor Trend Nails It, For Once

Motor Trend's Arthur St. Antoine looks past the hybrid hype.

Frank Williams Feb 11, 2008

Lexus New Ad [Not Shown]: The Power of Ype

Marketing Daily reports that Lexus is set to tout their mondo hybridity in a new ad campaign. The mag says the automaker's new hybrid-touting TV spot shows a classroom "where a teacher suddenly pauses as kids are doing the alphabet because the h has gone missing; a guy looks quizzically at a sign for a "otel"; a woman typing on a computer finds that the H key is blank, as is the h in Yahoo; a pickup truck in the desert passes a sign reading "Welcome to Uta"; a TV announcer reports a story sans the letter h." The announcer reveals that all the h's have "simply found a better place to live; one that looks forward, not back." Which must please Yahoo no end. Or maybe it does; Lexus uses Yahoo! Autos Groups for the forum accompanying its new website, ThePowerofH.com. A site that tells us that "h" is "the power of change" that stands for "an unshakable belief that every problem has a solution and technology will lead us to it." I guess these guys missed all those B-grade sci fi movies that disproved that theory but good. Meanwhile, here's my fave Lexus hybrid ad. [NB: I smoke drugs.]

Robert Farago Feb 05, 2008

Porsche: Hybrid Experts Need Apply

Porsche needs hybrid experts

Martin Schwoerer Feb 02, 2008

Is the Hybrid Boom About to Go Bust?

Hybrid sales may about to take a whack, until next yeat

Glenn Swanson Feb 02, 2008

Tallahassee Teaches Teens on Toyota Hybrids

Leon County Florida schools are teaching teens to drive in Toyota Priora

Frank Williams Feb 01, 2008

Snow + Prius = Trouble?

Prius owners report problems with traction control in the snow

Frank Williams Mar 10, 2008

American Car Buyers: Hybrids, Yes; Diesels, No

American consumers aren't interested in diesels. Still.

Robert Farago Jan 29, 2008

Wal-Mart Considers Selling Electric Vehicles

Wal-Mart has been talking with automakers about selling hybrids and EVs in their stores

Frank Williams Jan 24, 2008

Toyota Considering Hybrid Le Mans Racer

Toyota considers a hybrid Le Mans racer

Frank Williams Jan 21, 2008

Volt Birth Watch 26: 7500 Chevy Volts for Sale RIGHT NOW!

GM offers a Chevy Volt you can buy

Frank Williams Jan 18, 2008

Pimp My Prius: Lexus Wants a Bigger Piece of the Hybrid Market

Lexus is planning a hybrid to go after the Prius market

Frank Williams Jan 17, 2008

Prius Drives 1500 Miles, LeBron James Doesn't

Modded Prius drives 2500 Miles, LeBron James gets a speeding ticket. So it goes.

Glenn Swanson Jan 14, 2008

Wild Ass Rumor of the Day: Chevy to Sell Chinese Malibus

Chevy sends the hybrid Malibu on a not-so-slow boat to China

Frank Williams Jan 14, 2008

Volt Birth Watch 21: Toyota Promises PHEV by 2010

Toyota throws down the gauntlet to the Chevy Volt

Robert Farago Jan 14, 2008

Prius Whoops Some Ass

Toyota Prius outsold a number of once best-selling cars and trucks in 2007.

Frank Williams Jan 11, 2008

Volt Birth Watch 18: Happy Birthday Volt?

GM's Bob Lutz pats himself on the back and declares the Volt a year old. TTAC thinks otherwise.

Frank Williams Jan 08, 2008

Volt Birth Watch 17: It's the Batteries, Stupid

E-Flex team spokesperson Rob Peterson: Volt delayed

Frank Williams Jan 08, 2008

Dan Neil: Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid Great Landing, Wrong Airport

LT Times' auto writer Dan Neil's: Hybrid Tahoe a great landing at the wrong airport

Frank Williams Jan 07, 2008

"Without Improving Quality, Toyota Cannot Expect to Grow"

Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe makes his New Year's resolutions

Robert Farago Jan 02, 2008

Volt Birth Watch 15: St. Bob

Newsweek LOVES GM Car Czar Maximum Bob Lutz, and the Volt.

Frank Williams Jan 13, 2008

Volt Birth Watch 12: GM Opens E-Flex Design Center

GM recycles a building to build the Chevy Volt. Eventually.

Robert Farago Jan 13, 2008

RCube: It Ain't Easy Being Green

BusinessGreen reports that Ricardo, Land Rover, mapmaker Ordnance Survey, mobile giant Orange and the UK's Transport Research Laboratory have banded togethe…

Megan Benoit Nov 30, 2007

GM to Outsource Hybrid Powertrains to China

That's not exactly how Reuters spins the news that GM and its mandatory Chinese partner (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp) have announced plans to build a…

Robert Farago Nov 28, 2007

LA Auto Show Report: Dodge Durango/Chrysler Aspen Hybrids

Chrysler has finally joined the hybrid party (symposia?) with the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango Hybrids. The slow-selling platform partners share the two-…

Alex L. Dykes Nov 15, 2007

Toyota Ad Pisses Off California Pols

You'd think auto ad writers would have learned that dissing the locals is best left to the Simpsons. The latest car company issuing a mea culpa for stepping…

Frank Williams Mar 10, 2008

Toyota: Plug-in Prius by 2010. Maybe.

The "will they/won't they" question about a Prius-based plug-in electric vehicle (PHEV) is gradually being replaced with "how, when, what and where." Why? Be…

Robert Farago Nov 12, 2007

Japan to China: Don't Bogart That Dysprosium

Ironically enough, the name of the rare earth element "dysprosium" is derived from the Greek δυσπροσιτ&omic…

Robert Farago Nov 08, 2007

GM Hybrid SUVs: NOW How Much Would You Pay?

In the second major case of a news organization delaying important information, The Detroit News reports today that GM inadvertently revealed prices for thei…

Robert Farago Nov 06, 2007

Toyota Vehicle Uses Lithium-Ion Batteries. And?

The International Herald Tribune reports that SHOCK! Toyota already offers lithium-ion batteries in a Japan-only vehicle: the Vitz. While the media seems to…

Robert Farago Nov 06, 2007

It Lives! GM Resurrects Hydrogen Hype

You'd think GM would have enough greens on its proverbial plate, what with its lackluster hybrid sales, the prospect of more lackluster hybrid sales (anyone…

Robert Farago Nov 06, 2007

Wagoner: UAW Contract Means More Green

Speaking to Automotive News , GM CEO Rick Wagoner promised his employer will plow the money saved by its new contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW) int…

Robert Farago Oct 29, 2007

GM, Ford's Low Hybrid Sales Mean Tax Credits Continue

OK, here's the rule for car buyers looking to claim a federal tax credit for their hybrid: "Original owners may claim the full amount of the allowable credit…

Robert Farago Oct 26, 2007

Toyota Synergy Drive Cost/Size To Shrink by 50%

Many of our commentators have pointed-out that automakers hoping to compete against the lean, mean, hybrid-building machine known as Toyota are chasing a mov…

Robert Farago Oct 25, 2007