Automobiles
Subaru Hybrid Car in 2013
This would sound exciting to all you hybrid car lovers out there. As you all know, carmaker Subaru had been working on a hybrid, and now confirmation comes on a sure arrival of the vehicle. The company has confirmed that it is all geared up to hit the hybrid automotive segment and the first vehicle of that nature will roll out ...
Japan’s WJR Hybrid Train to Get on Track by 2015
Japan is set to provide an awesome boost to the country’s green programs with its new diesel-electric hybrid prototype trains. West Japan Railway (WJR) has announced that they are all set to unveil the diesel-electric hybrid prototype trains. WJR says that its development work is nearly complete and says that a practical version of its hybrid train will be ready ...
Honda’s EV-Neo Electric Scooter Gears UP for its European Debut in July
Honda will be unveiling the little electric in Barcelona next month. Given the fact that 30 percent of all vehicles there are motorcycles, the decision seems to be apt. There will be a demonstration program in conjunction with the Barcelona City Council in which Honda will provide 18 EV-neos for a year. The EV-neo comes equipped with a Toshiba SCiB lithium-ion ...
Alfa Romeo’s 4C Comes Up with a Tinge of Green
Alfa Romeo has come up with a new concept sports car called the 4C! Of course, it wouldn’t have bothered us if there wasn’t an element of green in it, right? Check out. The company has long been famous for making the gorgeous 8C Competizione counterpart. However, not even a single time did it focus on anything other than improving the ...
Maxximus LNG 2000 is World’s First Natural Gas-Powered Supercar
Not many of us might have dared to think of a green supercar. Given the fact that the green cars cannot always afford to be that expensive, it seems quite natural. However, designer Marlon Kirby and car builder David B McMahan have broken all those traditional dogmas associated with green automotive. They have come up with an all new street-legal ...
Audi A3 TCNG to Run on E-gas; Production Starts in 2013
If everything goes right, year 2013 will mark Audi’s production of an eco-friendly vehicle christened A3 TCNG. The vehicle will be part of company’s recurring efforts to neutralize the CO2 balance across the entire mobility chain. Holding aloft the motto "Audi Balanced Mobility" Audi has begun a comprehensive initiative on sustainable and CO2-neutral power generation and mobility. A3 TCNG will be ...
Mazda RX-9 to Borrow Hybrid Tech from Toyota
Is the next rotary-powered RX from Mazda going to be a hybrid? It seems so. A report from Motor Trend indicates that the successor to the RX-8 will shun reverse-opening rear doors for a standard coupe format with an architecture based on the platform of the next-gen Mazda MX-5. It is nothing but the 2010 agreement signed between Mazda and ...
Ford Realizes Flower Power; Dandelion Turns Plastic Modifier
Possibly, you might be looking for some weed killers at the moment you see dandelions. However, Ford will be thinking of fertilizers. Wonder how? Ford has realized that the rubber like substance secreted by the plant could be used in the cars as a plastic modifier to improve the strength of plastic in the doors, cup holders, floor mats and ...
Ford Fusion & Escape Hybrid Models Top in Customer Payback Value
All hybrids are not equal – so thinks Ford. With the cost of ultra-fuel efficient Toyota Prius starting at $23,050 at one end and Porsche Cayenne Hybrid starting at $67,700 on the other, Ford has a point. The Cayenne Hybrid has an EPA rating of 21 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city and 25 mpg on the highway. The ...
GM Buick Plug-In Hybrid in the Works?
General Motors is reportedly engaged in developing the Buick-badged version of its Opel Ampera plug-in hybrid using the Chevrolet Volt’s plug-in hybrid technology. Well, the company has not made any confirmation on the project as yet.
