When hybrid vehicles were first sold, one of the perks – at least in places like California – was the privilege of driving in the carpool/diamond/HOV lane even if you were the only person in your car. Last year, owners of such vehicles were given a six-month extension on that perk, but even as hybrid [...]
When you think “hybrid” most likely you don’t think “Porsche” right after that, but the German automaker is actually pushing both price and power in its hybrid vehicles. On the market right now, for example, is the Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid SUV, with an MSRP of $69,000, and later this year the Panamera hybrid sedan [...]
Finally some positive news about Toyota! The Japanese automaker announced on Tuesday that its global cumulative sales of hybrid vehicles has crested the 3 million mark. Between 1997 and last month, 3.03 million hybrid Toyotas were sold worldwide, cementing gas-electric hybrids as a long-lasting mainstream automotive technology. The company’s very first hybrid, launched in Japan [...]
The 2011 of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) Green Book, the source for environmental rankings of cars and trucks, was released a couple of weeks ago, and, in an interview with PlugInCars.com, ACEEE’s Transportation Director, Therese Langer expressed her enthusiasm with this, the fourteenth annual edition. “This is the most exciting [...]
Automotive News reported this morning that Land Rover has announced plans to debut a prototype diesel hybrid plug-in at next month’s Geneva Auto Show. The prototype, known as the Range_e, is reportedly based on the Range Rover Sport, and is equipped with a 3.0 diesel engine and an eight-speed ZF automatic transmission. Land Rover said [...]