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Quick Drive:2010 Mercedes ML450 Hybrid
The 2010 Mercedes ML450 Hybrid is the first full hybrid vehicle from Mercedes and, to better understand the experience of owning one, I sat in horrendous Los Angeles traffic for an hour. Having driven the ML320 in diesel trim, I’ve never been c...
LA 2009: BMW ActiveHybrids get North American debut; 7 Series model priced from $103,12
BMW took advantage of California’s proclivity for greenwashing to give its ActiveHybrid models their North American debuts at the LA Auto Show. Just for good measure they also brought along the incredible Vision Efficient Dynamics sustainable s...
First Drive: 2010 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid is technologically impressive
BMW’s pitch on how great the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid is goes like this: it’s the world’s most powerful hybrid vehicle, fuel consumption is reduced about 20 percent compared to a similar vehicle without a hybrid drivetrain, and no matter...
Tokyo Motor Show 2009: Nissan Fuga hybrid to arrive in Japan late 2010, U.S. in 2011
After several years of selling small volumes of its Altima sedan using Toyota’s hybrid drive system, Nissan is finally ready to roll out its first gas-electric model using technology developed in-house. The first model to be so equipped will...
Hyundai releases 2010 Accent details, pricing, talks up Blue’s fuel economy
The big news for Hyundai’s updated 2010 Accent is fuel efficiency. The Korean automaker has managed to improve average miles per gallon by four percent in the city and three percent on the highway by means of low-friction engine internals, aero...
Tokyo Motor Show 2009 Preview: Suzuki Swift hybrid plug-in concept
The Suzuki Swift is a competent subcompact that the Japanese marque sells both in Japan and Europe. In the latter, the little hatchback is available with a solid 1.3-liter diesel dubbed DDIS. To make things even cleaner, Suzuki has announced that it ...
Frankfurt Preview: BMW reveals Vision EfficientDynamics turbodiesel plug-in hybrid concept
After several months of speculation and official teases for the past week, we now finally have all the details on the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept that BMW will show at the Frankfurt Motor Show in a couple of weeks. The speculation about the conc...
BMW X6 Active Hybrid Officially Revealed
BMW has officially unveiled their new BMW X6 ActiveHybrid. Powered by a 400 hp 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine and two electric synchronous motors (rated at 91 hp and 86 hp), the X6 ActiveHybrid has a combined maximum output of 480 hp and 575 l...
Lamborghini hybrid due in 2015
A Lamborghini hybrid? How exactly would that work? As in, what can a legendary supercar-maker like Lamborghini do with that kind of technology other than shaving a few points off their fuel-economy numbers? Well, the details are few, but Lamborghini ...
Mitsubishi Reveals electric i-MiEV production version
Mitsubishi has released extensive details about the upcoming Mitsubishi i-MiEV. Select customers will be able to take delivery of the car on lease as soon as July, ten months before the car officially hits the market. The Japanese automaker specific...
BMW considering range of two-, three- and four-wheelers for Project i
Back in the summer of 2007, BMW and the University of Bath put their combined heads together and designed a vehicle called the Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transportation, or Clever for short. Using just three wheels and an engine that was ...
Natural Born Winner: VW returns to the ‘Ring with Scirocco GT24-CNG
hase 1: Dominate your class in endurance racing. Phase 2: Continue to dominate your class in endurance racing, only this time do it without gasoline. That seems to be the game plan with the Volkswagen Group’s racing programs, so after winning a...
