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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News, Hybrids on 01 28th, 2010 | No Comments
Ferrari to reveal hybrid 599
Ferrari to reveal hybrid 599
Filed under: Geneva Motor Show , Hybrids-Alternative , Sports/GTs , Supercars , Concept Cars , Tech , Ferrari , News Ferrari will introduce hybrid technology and the first model to get it will be the 599, chairman Luca di Montezemolo confirmed at the presentation of the race team’s 2010 Formula...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto News, Hybrids on 01 28th, 2010 | No Comments
Ford Hybrid Sales Up 147% Over 2008
Ford Hybrid Sales Up 147% Over 2008
Yet more evidence that Ford Motor Company continues to go from strength to strength and seems to the American auto brand to beat. Yes, car sales have been almost unanimously down in 2009 compared to 2008, but Ford has justifiable reasons to brag about its December sales figures: They are up a third...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto News, GM, Honda, Hybrids on 01 27th, 2010 | No Comments
GM Goes Its Own Way On Electric Motors
GM Goes Its Own Way On Electric Motors
General Motors has announced that it will design and build its own electric motors within two years. This can easily be seen as GM taking the need for electric cars seriously. The General plans to devote $246 million to a factory that will produce the electric motors by 2013. Making its own electric...
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Posted by Horisly in Audi, Auto News, Hybrids, Mercedes on 01 20th, 2010 | No Comments
Audi A8 Hybrid Coming To Geneva
Audi A8 Hybrid Coming To Geneva
Looks like Audi is following Mercedes lead and will be getting into the luxury hybrid game – that is, if the Audi A8 Hybrid show car that will be seen in Geneva makes it to production. In a lot of ways, making hybrids for the well healed instead of the masses makes more sense. The rich always get...
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Posted by Maria Palma in BMW, Hybrids on 01 20th, 2010 | No Comments
Exclusive Interview: Adrian Von Hooydonk – BMW Design Director
Exclusive Interview: Adrian Von Hooydonk – BMW Design Director
Detroit Auto Show gave us an unique opportunity to speak with the BMW Design Director and the man in charge of BMW’s future design language, Adrian Von Hooydonk. Born in the Netherlands, Adrian van Hooydonk studied at Delft Polytechnic University in Holland and later at the Art Center Europe in...
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Posted by Maria Palma in Auto Blog, Auto News, Hybrids on 01 18th, 2010 | No Comments
A Toyota Prius With Lamborghini Styling Provides Sad Glimpse At Future [Tokyo Auto Salon]
A Toyota Prius With Lamborghini Styling Provides Sad Glimpse At Future [Tokyo Auto Salon]
In the future, the anti-fun police will ensure that cars won’t go fast, they’ll just look fast. Comrades, we give you the Toyota Prius Custom Plus Concept. Hailing from Toyota’s in-house accessories division, the CPC is immediately distinguishable from more humdrum hybrids by it’s...
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Posted by Tom Walton in Auto Blog, Auto News, GM, Honda, Hybrids on 01 18th, 2010 | No Comments
In A Parallel Universe, This Is The New Honda NSX [Race Cars]
In A Parallel Universe, This Is The New Honda NSX [Race Cars]
Honda’s new enthusiasm-free corporate policy killed the new NSX, but it’ll still be racing in Japanese SuperGT under the Honda HSV-010 GT name. HSV stands for “Honda Sports Velocity” in Japan and “Hybrids Sans Velocity” in the U.S. Backing up what we previously reported...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto News, Honda, Hybrids on 01 17th, 2010 | No Comments
Toyota Prius G Sports Concept
Toyota Prius G Sports Concept
Aggression and Prius don’t really come together quite nicely. Being the supposed champion of hybrids, the Prius has earned a reputation as a pootling pansy of a hybrid. But what if you slap on a wicked body kit to it? This here’s the Toyota Prius G Sports Concept . The G Sports badge is...
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Posted by Dahcredyns in Honda, Hybrids on 01 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Honda CR-Z hybrid takes new shape
Honda CR-Z hybrid takes new shape
Can you see CRX? Here’s the latest look at the Honda CR-Z hybrid that will go on sale in the US in August. Honda has previously announced that the new CR-Z hybrid will largely utilize the same hybrid powertrain as the Insight , but there will be a few changes. Most interesting is the three drive...
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Posted by Dahcredyns in Hybrids on 01 11th, 2010 | No Comments
VW New Compact Coupe Hybrid Concept
VW New Compact Coupe Hybrid Concept
VW hybrids are on the way When the next generation of the Volkswagen Jetta hits the shores of the US, it might just come in a hybrid option. VW is ramping up its hybrid efforts and showing them off at the Detroit Auto show in the form of the New Compact Coupe Hybrid Concept. A combination of a turbocharged,...
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