Last year Audi, along with its parent company Volkswagen AG, joined the ranks of automakers that were jumping on the hybrid/electric drive bandwagon. Subsequently, at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Audi shared several planned hybrid-electric and plug-in vehicles, including the Audi A8 hybrid. Earlier this week, Audi confirmed that the A8 hybrid was going into [...]
Yesterday Toyota and Ford made a joint-announcement revealing plans for the two automakers to collaborate on hybrid-drive technology meant for light trucks and SUVs. It’s expected that the result will be new, more fuel-efficient powertrains that will eventually show up under both the Toyota and Ford brands as the decade progresses. While neither company has [...]
Going green is still hot for most carmakers, with more and more hybrids and electric vehicles rolling off assembly lines around the world. At the recent 2011 Ferrari Design Awards, however, the CEO of Ferrari, Luca di Montezemelo, said that we will never see an electric Ferrari. Here’s the whole video, courtesy of Engadget and [...]
It’s no secret that hybrids and EVs are the darlings of the environmental movement, but there are still a lot of vehicle options that will give you excellent gas mileage and the ease of care that comes with a standard engine. Recently, Automotive Magazine came up with a list of the most fuel efficient 2011 [...]
They call them “transplant” automakers, and the term refers to carmakers from overseas who have factories here in the United States. Speaking earlier today at the UAW’s 2011 Management Briefing Seminar, the union’s president, Bob King, said that the vast majority of those companies have agreed to confidential discussions about the UAW organizing those facilities. [...]