It’s no secret I’m more of a fan of diesels than EVs when it comes to the green fight. Anyone’s who’s had some time behind the wheel of a newer oil-burner knows these things are heads and shoulders above the driving death featured in hybrids everywhere. Then Honda goes and shows off this little sucker [...]
Wait. Didn’t we just drive this thing? No, Fiends. That would be the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid 2WD, which we all know has completely different badges is a completely different vehicle. All kidding aside, I’ve always been a bit perplexed by GMC. To me, the company’s offerings have always seemed like slightly restyled trim levels of [...]
There’s a trickle of rumors buzzing around the Web right now saying Honda will debut a new hybrid sports car based on the sexy CR-Z at the Tokyo Motor Show. The rumors include a few likely details, including the fact that the car will be powered either by a 1.5 or 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine and [...]
And it’s a plug-in. The company plans to unleash 500 of these dove and daisy-slathered cars on the world for global testing. Around 200 are staying home for the trials, with the rest split equally between the U.S. and European market. So what does that fancy pink and purple paint scheme win you? Aside from [...]
Volvo’s been strangely silent during the new surge of green cars and trucks. Aside from a plug-in hybrid concept of its C30 hatch, we haven’t seen too much in the way of eco-fighting goodness from the land of Ikea. Now the company is boasting it should have a plug-in diesel electric hybrid by 2012. To [...]
Last week, we showed off a pic of a Mugen-tuned Honda Insight Hybrid in amusement. Well, it would seem Honda’s not the only company out there boasting a hybrid with some street cred. Toyota just rolled out a few shots of a TRD-tweaked third-gen Prius. I think I may be sick. The usual compliment off [...]
Honda scored itself a sizeable victory in the hybrid fight last month by securing the title of best-selling car in Japan with the Insight. Of course, Toyota’s gearing up to take it to Honda with the 2010 Prius. All we care about is whether or not a Hybrid can really be built to be as [...]
The boys (and girls) in blue at the New York Police Department will be ticketing protecting citizens in brand-spanking new Nissan Altima Hybrids. The force plans to use 22 of the rigs as unmarked cruisers while the rest will don the traditional light bar and reflective livery of the law. The reason behind the move [...]
Ford teamed up with a gaggle of drivers over the weekend to tackle an interesting challenge: go 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel in the 2009 Fusion Hybrid. The team included NASCAR driver Carl Edwards and hypermiling-Fiend Wayne Gerdes, and drove around Washington D.C. for 42 hours before they hit the magic mark. [...]
The suits at Porsche must be paying attention to the army of all-electric 911s that have popped up in recent years. The company recently made mention that a V6 and a hybrid version of the already-blasphemous Panamera might be a part of the car’s future. I’ve recently had my eyes opened on the benefits of [...]
