Ford COO Mark Fields: electrified vehicles could be up to 25% of sales by 2020
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Ford, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz End I was fortunate to get one-on-one chats with two top GM technology leaders (John Lauckner and Larry Nitz) at this year's...
View ArticleZap Jonway announces CN380 SUV, a new hybrid with CNG power
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Zap, Natural Gas, China Zap Jonway has added an alternative fuel vehicle to its lineup and describes it as a "New Energy Vehicle." That's a common term in China to...
View ArticleRelax, electric-drive vehicles play nice with pacemakers, defibrillators
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid For out there who's freaked out that the electromagnetic waves from a hybrid or plug-in vehicle will throw off pacemakers and cause heart attacks, go ahead and breathe...
View ArticleBMW's Herbert Diess: i3 plug-in launch is "revolutionizing," driving is "just...
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, BMW, AutoblogGreen Exclusive Just how hard is it to change direction in a BMW? While driving one of the company's vehicles, you'll find little disagreement that it can...
View ArticleKia Optima Hybrid gets same updates as Hyundai cousin, slightly higher price
Filed under: Hybrid, Kia After a slight delay, we now bring you your regularly scheduled refresh of the 2013 Kia Optima Hybrid. As with the Hybrid Sonata Hybrid update, the reworked Optima gas-electric...
View ArticleBMW confirms i3 range extender "not intended for daily use"
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, BMW It's no secret that the BMW i3 has a spot in the powertrain bay reserved for a gasoline engine range extender. Given that the i3 city car is available as a pure...
View ArticleMercedes accidentally reveals S-Class plug-in hybrid on the way
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid Putting a bank of batteries into the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is not a new idea - the S500 Vision Plug-in Hybrid concept was unveiled in Frankfurt in 2009, after all - but...
View ArticleWho should win 2013 World Green Car of the Year?
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Volvo, Tesla Motors, Renault, New York Auto Show Which is best new green car in the world - the all-electric Renault Zoe, the all-electric Tesla Model S or the Volvo...
View ArticleBMW 3-cylinder prototype engine sits pretty in 1 Series, will be better in i8...
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, BMW, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, New York Auto Show The fact that the brand-new prototype three-cylinder, 1.5-liter gasoline engine from BMW finds...
View ArticleA3 Sportback E-Tron plug-in hybrid confirmed for US
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Audi We got our first look at the new Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron concept at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show earlier this month. Today, Audi confirmed that a production version...
View ArticleFord offering app developers $50k reward for achieving better fuel economy
Filed under: Hybrid, Ford, New York Auto Show Ford may be the first to open up both its hardware and software platforms to outsiders. Ford Motor Co., stung in recent months over complaints that some of...
View ArticleFisker furloughs workers for one week, says it's 'common practice' in industry
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Fisker The tea leaves are getting somewhat clearer over at Fisker Automotive with a new report saying the struggling automaker is furloughing its...
View ArticleTesla Model S wins 2013 World Green Car of the Year
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Volvo, Tesla Motors, Renault, New York Auto Show The automotive journalist judges behind the World Green Car of the Year apparently with the overwhelming majority of...
View ArticleVW hints hyper-efficient, 260-mpg XL1 could come to US, but only to show off
Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Volkswagen While the limited-production Volkswagen XL1 diesel-hybrid coupe is earmarked for Europe, a small number of the super-light vehicles may find their way to this...
View ArticleHybrid sales up 32% so far this year, could hit 8% of market by 2020
Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, USA Hybrid vehicle sales jumped high in the first two months of 2013 - up 32 percent compared with the same period of 2012, according to Autodata Corp. A long-term forecast...
View ArticleNissan Leaf has best sales month ever with 2,236, Chevy Volt steady at 1,478
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Nissan It's been a slow couple months for the Nissan Leaf, with sales hovering around 650 for each of the first two months of the year. Throughout the...
View ArticleDiscovery of rare earth metals in ocean mud could help Japan
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Japan There might be a crack in China's domination of rare earth metals - a mud-filled crack, thanks to a discovery by Japanese scientists. Vast...
View ArticleMarch 2013: Flat numbers hide a turbulent story edition
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, MPG, USA Last month, sales of advanced-powertrain vehicles illustrated what appears to be a zero-sum gain situation: newer plug-in models and record sales of the Nissan...
View ArticleHybrid repair costs drop even as standard vehicle fixes get more expensive
Filed under: Hybrid The average cost of repairing a hybrid vehicle is falling even while typical repairs on conventional vehicles get more expensive because of higher parts and labor costs, CarMD says....
View ArticleGM's Opel may add electric side to diesel engines
Filed under: Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, GM, Opel, Europe/EU General Motors' Opel division is confident that its slate of diesel engines will allow it to meet stricter European emissions standards set...
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