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Like F1, Porsche has built a hybrid race car that uses regenerative braking to make extra power. No show car, this one will be racing in the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring.
What would the famed Lamborghini Countach look like if Lambo put it back into production today? Designer Flavio Adriani thinks it would look like what you see here. And the EV part? Yup, it’s an electric car - no fire-breathing V12 engine here.
The Detroit auto show has come and gone, and has left the automotive industry with a little more to chew over. As a final wrap-up to quite possibly the most important auto show in America, we chose 10 cars that summed up the best of the show.
Neohydro Technologies has perfected its twin turbo system for the C6 Corvette. While the usual performance benefits of a turbo system are present: 775 horsepower and 691 Ft-lb of torque, the real trick on this install is better fuel economy which raises the mileage standard to 40 mpg around town and 32 mpg on the highway.
Employing a number of advanced techniques, Toyota's engineers have managed to make the third-generation Lexus RX450h hybrid SUV even more efficient and powerful.
Toyota's "21st century sports car" concept has gossips talking about a new Supra. Is that big sports coupe about to be reborn as a mean-and-green hybrid? Right now, the odds are better than even
Angry Green Girl's "Shameless Hybrid Bikini Carwash", wherein several of LA's hottest greeniacs stripped away any excess coverings and lathered up any lucky hybrid car that happened by ...
and, brother, did they happen by!
Coming to the Geneva Auto Show in early March is the hybrid variant of the stunning Ferrari 599. This will be a production model boasting a V12 powerplant coupled with an electric motor. Many of the details will not be ready until closer to the car’s debut, but a 30 percent fuel improvement in fuel economy is expected. While that sounds like an astonishing feat, keep in mind that the increase is actually boosted to a mere 13.8 miles per gallon compared to the non-hybrid 599’s 8.7 mpg.
2010 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid runs with the help of one V6 3.3 L supercharged petrol engine generating 333 horse-power and 265 lb.-ft. of torque and an electric motor capable to produce 47 horse power, resulting a total output of 380 horse power and 428 lb.-ft. of torque.
As the 2010 Detroit Auto Show took off, who would have thought this would be the year of electric vehicles, hybrids, and concepts? Throw in a couple refreshed models and you have a very fuel-efficient auto show looking for a fresh start.
The Toyota Hybrid Camry was officially launched today. Using the same technology as in the Prius, Hybrid Synergy Drive, is has a fuel economy of just 6 L per 100 km. In terms of numbers, it's nearly 32% more efficient then the petrol Camry. Toyota representatives say that someone who travels 20,000 km a year in a Camry can save up to 560 L, and based on a pump price of $1.30, that's 728$ !!!
Although it was heavily leaked all over the net, Honda’s CR-Z has had its official debut at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The CR-Z aims to be a car that gives something to a lot of people. It’s a hybrid, for the green crowd, and it’s promoted and styled very much like an updated version of the CRX for the sporty crowd.
Just like it was expected, the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid will feature much better mileage than a gasoline-powered Tahoe. The advantage is impressive only in the city driving, though.
While the U.S. auto market was setting records for poor performance in 2009, it turns out that Hyundai was delivering a record of its own: The South Korean OEM just notched its best quarter ever, with net profit for the last three months of last year reaching $822 million; that’s more than four times better than Hyundai’s 2008 fourth-quarter performance.
South Korean automaker Kia is finally diving head first into the hybrid technology. At the 2010 Chicago Auto Show, they are expected to release their all new Kia Ray plug-in hybrid vehicle.
he Peugeot RCZ features an all new 1.6 litre THP 147 kW/200 bhp engine has CO2 emissions of only 139 g/km. The Peugeot RCZ equipped with HYbrid4 technology which will be unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Sho
Many people have the common misperception that the batteries in a hybrid will go out after a few years, creating a costly repair bill. Take a look at what Toyota has to say about this.
The auto industry has gone through many changes over the past few years, and this year’s North American International Auto Show truly exemplified this. These changes have been guided by people shying away from expensive, gas guzzling vehicles and migrating toward hybrids and other “green” options.
We’ve seen the Audi e-tron electric supercar in red since the Frankfurt Motor Show, but Audi just repainted it orange and brought it to the 2009 LA Auto Show for North America.
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