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Review: 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Breaks the Mold
Hybrids can be so ho-hum with their slow engines and their bizarre looks. These are generalizations of course. And there are exceptions too. For example, the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid breaks the mold...
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Green Car Congress: 2016 Prius c hybrid gets big safety boost with Safety...
Toyota gave its Prius c—the smallest of the brand’s eight hybrid models—a major styling and interior upgrade for 2015; for 2016 the big enhancement is the available Toyota Safety Sense C (TSS-C), which...
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Green Car Congress: SAKOR showcasing engine, hybrid and electric vehicle, and...
At the Automotive Testing Expo North America 2015 this week, SAKOR Technologies will be highlighting its hybrid and electric vehicle testing, high voltage battery testing and simulation technologies,...
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Green Car Congress: Toshiba starts mass production of system regulator IC...
Toshiba Corporation’s Semiconductor & Storage Products Company has begun the start of mass production of a system regulator IC with monitoring function for the motor control system of electric and...
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Scania adds hybrid truck
Scania is introducing a diesel hybrid truck for urban distribution; the hybrid technology, developed by Scania itself, allows an 18-tonne distribution truck to operate solely on electric power for up...
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Green Car Congress: Mercedes-Benz Vision Tokyo concept fuel cell hybrid...
Mercedes-Benz introduced a new advanced design concept at the Tokyo Motor Show: the Vision Tokyo. The concept is powered by a fuel cell electric drive system based on the F-CELL PLUG-IN HYBRID of the...
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Green Car Congress: First drive: US spec Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in...
More than two and one-half years after the car was first announced (earlier post) and more than one year after sales began in Germany and Central Europe (earlier post), the US-spec version of the Audi...
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Green Car Congress: Acura provides more technical detail on NSX sports hybrid...
Acura unveiled the production model of the next-generation NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this past January (earlier post), and now has provided more technical detail on the...
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Toyota announces 2016 RAV4 Hybrid model
Toyota has announced that the refreshed 2016 RAV4 crossover will include a hybrid gasoline-electric model, making it the eighth hybrid in Toyota’s lineup. The company says the hybrid is the most...
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2016 OPTIMA HYBRID OVERVIEW | Newspress
As a carryover from the 2015 model year, the 2016 Optima Hybrid continues to offer all the qualities that consumers love about the third-generation Optima, including its striking European design,...
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Green Car Congress: Report: Hyundai launching new brand of electrified...
The Korea Times reports that Korea-based Hyundai Motor will launch its new brand of electric vehicles scheduled for January. The first model of Hyundai’s new car brand—tentatively named “AE”—will be...
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Green Car Congress: BMW to supply Karma Automotive with powertrain components...
BMW will supply Karma Automotive—Fisker reborn—with its latest powertrain components, including high voltage battery charging systems and a wide range of hybrid and EV systems, for application in...
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Green Car Congress: 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid coming to market with...
The 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) is arriving in select dealerships in 10 states this week with an EPA-estimated 27-mile (43.5-kilometer) All-Electric Range (AER). At the...
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Green Car Congress: VW brings Golf GTE Sport Concept plug-in hybrid to LA...
Volkswagen of America, Inc. will show the Golf GTE Sport concept plug-in hybrid (earlier post) for the first time in North America at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. Unveiled at the annual...
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Green Car Congress: More details on the coming new Kia Optima hybrid and...
Kia Motors has provided a few more details on the new hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains planned for the all-new Optima, as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to broaden its global range of...
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Green Car Congress: New Audi R18 makes its debut; fundamental redesign of...
The new Audi R18 made its world premiere on the occasion of the Audi Sport Finale at the Audi Training Center Munich on Saturday. Audi Sport has fundamentally re-designed the Audi R18 for the 2016...
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Volvo to be first bus manufacturer to bring hybrid buses to India
Volvo is to introduce its hybrid buses to India next year. It says it is the first bus manufacturer to do so. The hybrids will begin running as part of a pilot in Navi Mumbai, a planned township to the...
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Green Car Congress: Volvo to introduce new S90 sedan with plug-in hybrid...
Volvo Cars will publicly unveil its new S90 premium sedan at the upcoming North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit in January. The new Volvo S90 comes equipped with an advanced...
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Audi redesigns R18 hybrid race car for 2016 season
Audi premiered its new R18 racer at the Audi Sport Finale at the Audi Training Center Munich on Saturday, November 28, saying the 2016 season R18 has been fundamentally redesigned to improve...
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Green Car Congress: 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid powertrain named to...
The powertrain of the 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) (earlier post) was named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines list. This is the first time that a plug-in hybrid powertrain has made the...
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