Posts Tagged hybrid car

Toyota Hybrid Vehicles Selling Better Than Plug-Ins in the UK

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Hybrid vehicles on April 29, 2013

As automakers strive to decrease emissions, thousands of hybrid vehicles are making their way into people’s garages. Hybrid vehicles aren’t the only choice in low-emissions, low-fuel-consumption vehicles. Drivers can also choose plug-in hybrid vehicles or pure electric vehicles. Apparently these other choices haven’t been all that popular, in spite of the fuel savings and emissions [...]

Volvo’s Kinetic Energy Recovery System Tested: 25% Fuel Savings

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy Storage, Hybrid vehicles on April 29, 2013

Volvo has been working since 2011 to implement this technology in street-legal cars, and it has now been confirmed that the KERS system they will use in future alternative hybrid cars (these have come to have alternatives, too) will provide fuel savings of about 25 percent to owners, while decreasing emissions. High performance motoring like [...]

Car Repair Costs Rose in 2012 – Not for Hybrids, Though

Posted by Benji Jerew in Hybrid vehicles on April 9, 2013

Car repair costs are one of those things that car owners never really want to deal with, but how much you pay really depends on what type and what age of vehicle you drive. The newer your car is, the less often you’ll need to make repairs. Where older vehicles recommended oil changes every 3,000 [...]

Cardiac Devices Not Affected by Hybrid Cars, Study Claims

Posted by Mila Luleva in Hybrid vehicles on March 14, 2013

Scientists from Mayo Clinic in Arizona released a report which indicates that driving a hybrid or electric car does not influence the functions of implanted cardiac devices. The researchers state that there is no existing proof that electric vehicles might disrupt the functions of the so-called implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) devices like pacemakers. At the [...]

Breaking News: Founder Henrik Fisker Resigns from Fisker Automotive

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Electric Vehicles on March 13, 2013

Founded in 2007, Fisker Automotive has had a hard time getting up to speed, and today one of the founders, Henrik Fisker, resigns his post as executive chairman. What seemed to start out as a good idea, an electric vehicle with an onboard backup generator, or extended range electric vehicle, hasn’t turned out to be [...]

GM VP Sparks Speculation: Next Chevy Volt With Smaller Battery?

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry on March 8, 2013

Everyone likes to have options, so could the next Chevy Volt have different battery options to change the price? Of course, the Chevy Volt is only available in one configuration, but wouldn’t be nice to be able to get it customized? The only reason we bring this up is because of a recent AutoExpress interview [...]

Volkswagen XL1, The 270 MPG Diesel Hybrid to be Exhibited in Geneva

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Efficient engines, Hybrid vehicles on February 22, 2013

Volkswagen XL1, a diesel hybrid that has a fuel efficiency to be envied by GM or Toyota: 270 miles per gallon, while doing 60 mph, will be unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The Volkswagen XL1 can go for up to 31 miles on electric mode. Its ultra-high mpg is partly due to the [...]

McLaren P1 Hybrid Supercar Concept at Geneva Motor Show

Posted by Benji Jerew in Hybrid vehicles on February 20, 2013

The McLaren P1 is a plug-in hybrid electric supercar concept and McLaren’s answer to the Ferrari F150 at the Geneva Motor Show. Hybrid vehicles may have gotten their start with the fuel-sipping and not-particularly-sporty Toyota Prius and Honda Insight hybrid electric vehicles, but they haven’t stayed that way. Electrified vehicles have been getting bigger and more powerful, including full-size trucks and even [...]

Peugeot 208 HYbrid FE at Geneva Motor Show, 100 mpg

Posted by Benji Jerew in Hybrid vehicles on February 20, 2013

In a press release before the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, Peugeot has let loose a few details on their latest hybrid, the 208 HYbrid FE Concept, as well as a couple of others. They’ll be showcasing 31 models at the show, and the lineup is impressive. Even more impressive are the technical specifications of the [...]

Russia’s First Hybrid Car, Yo-Mobil, Delayed – Again

Posted by Benji Jerew in Hybrid vehicles on February 17, 2013

Yo-Avto, the maker of the Yo-Mobil hasn’t sold a single unit. Russia’s first hybrid vehicle, and those who have pre-ordered theirs, will have to wait. Here in the United States, mention hybrid and Prius immediately comes to mind. Actually, do this pretty much anywhere in the world, because Toyota Prius is the world’s best-selling hybrid vehicle, [...]

Cost Per Mile of Driving – Electric vs Conventional

Posted by Benji Jerew in Electric Vehicles, Green Policy on February 4, 2013

In any venture involving the exchange of money, it is often advisable to hire an analyst to perform a “Cost-Benefit Analysis,” which compares the amount of money you’d spend to what kind of returns you can expect. Such analysis helps companies stay in the black when they’re considering expansion, or purchase of a new technology. [...]

Nissan’s Future Hybrid Lineup Inspired by Resonance SUV Concept

Posted by Benji Jerew in Hybrid vehicles on January 24, 2013

In continuing with Nissan’s commitment to reducing emissions, both in support of corporate environmental responsibility as well as to meet stricter Corporate Average Fuel Economy [CAFE] standards, Nissan has been working to increase their overall fuel economy across the entire lineup. Since 2005, the implementation of hybrid- and pure-electric vehicles has increased Nissan’s CAFE by [...]

81 MPG Compressed Air Hybrid Unveiled by Peugeot/Citroën

Posted by Benji Jerew in Air powered, Hybrid vehicles on January 24, 2013

Gasoline and diesel fuel are, by far, not the only options available in the world of automobile propulsion. Pretty much anything that stores energy can be used to propel a vehicle, whether as chemical energy in a combustible fuel, electrochemical energy stored in a battery pack, or air stored under pressure. There have been a [...]

Ford Fusion Energi – The 620-Mile Bid to Win the Hybrid War

Posted by Benji Jerew in Hybrid vehicles on January 18, 2013

In the beginning, there was only one, Toyota Prius, which dared to bring something new into the automotive world, a vehicle partially gasoline-powered and electric-powered. By combining the best characteristics of both electric motors and internal combustion engines, the Prius hybrid electric vehicle [HEV] set the fuel-efficiency bar higher than possible with just gasoline power [...]

Toyota Prius C is Greenest – Ford F-350 XL is Meanest

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Hybrid vehicles on January 18, 2013

If you were to consider, what is the greenest form of transportation, that is, the least environmental impact, you might answer, “Sneakers.” That’s not far off, but have you considered what goes into the manufacture of a pair of sneakers? It requires a significant amount of energy [read: greenhouse gas emissions] to produce a single [...]