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For almost two years, Toyota went quiet about their FT-HS Concept car which was first presented at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. All actions were stopped until now, when the need of a new car on the market has increased. FT-HS has a 3.5 litre V6 hybrid engine, and is an environmentally-friendlier [...]

Hybrid buses are to be the next big thing in public transportation. I live in a medium-sized city (about 200,000 inhabitants), but we already have hybrid diesel-electric buses.

Toyota has announced that plans to develop a cheaper hybrid vehicle, a competitor for the Insight model which just entered the U.S. market. Toyota officials have revealed that their hybrid will be developed on the current Yaris platform.

It’s tough as an everyday consumer to participate in changing how we generate and use power. If you don’ t work for an automobile manufacturer, an energy company, a utility, or the government, it seems you’re pretty much out of luck in affecting real change. For transportation, you can either ditch your car and use public [...]

Innovative hybrid concept based on pure bioethanol
* Zero fossil CO2 emissions in all modes
* 260 hp Saab BioPower engine running on E100 fuel
* Increased performance with threefold torque boost from electric motors
* Fuel saving ‘Zero Mode’ for city driving on electric power only
* Energy saving features including regenerative braking
* Space efficient modular design uses [...]

The configuration is said to be quite “mild”, as opposed to a “full” hybrid. What this means is that the engine is always running, unlike “full” hybrids on the market where the engine shuts off completely at full stops. Instead, the electric motor in the new Mercedes, not being able to operate independently, will only [...]

You might be eligible for tax credit but not for longBy USA TodayIf you’re considering an end-of-summer vacation, go ahead and unfurl your road maps.
# The average price of a gallon of regular gas this week is $2.77, down nearly 23 cents from this time last summer, according to the Energy Information Administration. That means [...]

Certain parts of a car’s engine can reach temperatures in excess of 1,500?F. With this in mind, the engineers at BMW developed a way to boost efficiency: Transform that otherwise wasted heat into energy the engine can use. The resulting Turbo- steamer reclaims more than 80 percent of the heat lost from the engine’s exhaust [...]

A source at FoMoCo tells us they plan to rock down to electric-gas avenue in the near-term future. Although we knew there’d be a 2009 model of a certain razor-bladed sedan with some kind of charge to it, we didn’t know any more details other than that.

Citing rising environmental concerns among car buyers, German luxury sports car-maker Porsche said Monday it’s developing a hybrid drivetrain for its Cayenne SUV to drastically cut fuel consumption.

While Toyota’s supremacy in the current hybrid car market is undeniable, they’re going to have to keep up the innovation if they’re going to stay on top of their game. And while they’ve been having some trouble with their lithium ion batteries of late, that doesn’t mean that they aren’t planning for the future.

WHEN Hurricane Frances ripped through Gainesville, Fla., in 2004, Christopher Swinney, an anesthesiologist, was without electricity for a week. A few weeks ago, Dr. Swinney lost power again, but this time he was ready.

Despite our initial, negative thoughts after seeing several spy shots, we actually liked BMW’s “Sports Activity Coupe” considering it - believe it or not, as one of the best Bungle-era designed bimmers. Heck, maybe this is what the X5 should have looked like in the first place. And if you’re wondering, BMW said that the [...]

Opel is planning to present a new hybrid concept car at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show: the Opel Corsa Hybrid. The Opel Corsa Hybrid will be powered by a 1.3 CDTI ecoFLEX engine with 119 g CO2 per kilometer.Opel Press Release:Opel Presents Corsa Hybrid Concept
- Near future: Corsa Hybrid concept car and Vectra Flexpower show [...]

A Toyota official said recently the Li-Ion battery of the next generation Prius is not a problem in the company’s process of developing the new vehicle. Although Sony had experienced troubles with over-heated Li-Ion batteries, Toyota says it’s not the case in the Prius battery. The silence around this subject is because they want to [...]