Modified Prius to Get 230 MPG

Two Toyota Prius automobiles, modified in Monrovia, California, are now on the road and getting as many as 230 miles per gallon. By adding...

Still Insufficient Power for the Plug-In Prius

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled a "plug-in" hybrid car based on its popular Prius model on Wednesday, saying it would test the fuel-saving...

BMW X3 Hybrid announced to launch in 2008

  BMW, considered by some critics to be the best car manufacturer in the world, is jumping on the hybrid bandwagon with the Concept X3...

Toyota Denies Battery Issues on Their Next Prius

A Toyota official said recently the Li-Ion battery of the next generation Prius is not a problem in the company's process of developing the...

New Technologies for Hybrid Cars

Considering the constant threat of global warming, hybrid vehicles are here to stay, but their success isn't yet a noticeable one. U.S. consumers are...

Opel Corsa CDTI Hybrid

Opel is planning to present a new hybrid concept car at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show: the Opel Corsa Hybrid. The Opel Corsa Hybrid...

BMW X6 Hybrid Concept expected in mid-2008

Despite our initial, negative thoughts after seeing several spy shots, we actually liked BMW's "Sports Activity Coupe" considering it - believe it or not,...

How Chris powered his house on his Prius

WHEN Hurricane Frances ripped through Gainesville, Fla., in 2004, Christopher Swinney, an anesthesiologist, was without electricity for a week. A few weeks ago, Dr....

Toyota Volta Hybrid Sportscar

While Toyota's supremacy in the current hybrid car market is undeniable, they're going to have to keep up the innovation if they're going to...