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Toyota Camry Hybrid

By Larry E. Hall Driving the all-new 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid is pretty much like driving the all-new gas powered 2012 Camry. Now I don’t expect you to take my word on this so, I would like to throw out a challenge. When the 2012 Toyota Camry rolls into dealerships in November, take both cars out [...] [...]

Ford Evos plug-in hybrid: The new face of Ford

The new look of Ford Evos-inspired design language coming to a Ford near you soon The smoking-hot Ford Evos plug-in hybrid is one of those concept vehicles that will probably never see the light of day. The Evos wasn’t really designed for production, but rather to express the future of Ford’s design language. And that future is said [...] [...]

Is it time for diesel hybrids in the US?

Why not diesel hybrids, such as the 508 RXH? If you’re gonna build ‘em anyway, why not send a few across the pond? Already several hybrid and plug-in hybrid concepts and production vehicles have been revealed ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show, and one of the latest reveals is the production-ready Peugeot 508 RXH diesel hybrid. For [...] [...]

Ciel, ELR and even more hybrids coming to Cadillac

ELR ready for a next generation Volt battery pack More and more the luxury segment is being defined by batteries The Cadillac Ciel plug-in hybrid, or at least a car built on the Ciel’s Omega platform, is almost a done deal and should be given the go-ahead before year’s end. While details are still scant, GM has [...] [...]

Lotus set to mainstream iStream and revolutionize urban transportation?

The T.27 going through crash tests. Gordon Murray joins Lotus board Out of the box thinking is probably the key to the future of the auto industry. Inevitably, the current model of mobile transportation is a resource intensive, energy guzzling dinosaur. And automotive “engineer, designer and entrepreneur” Gordon Murray, of McLaren F1 supercar fame, clearly recognizes that [...] [...]

Toyota Motor Group Sets EV Lap Record at Nürburgring

By Jeff Cobb The TMG EV P001 blitzing the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit. A new electric vehicle lap record was set yesterday by Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) at the 20.8 km. (12.9 mile) Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany. Jochen Krumbach drove the all-electric TMG EV P001 on road-legal tires to crush the previous 9 minute, 1.338 second lap record [...] [...]

Oil Sands Pipeline Moves Closer to Approval, But Will it Save You Money at the Pump?

The U.S. State Department has released an environmental assessment declaring “limited adverse environmental impacts” associated with a proposed extension of the Keystone oil sands pipeline—which would transport as much as 900,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta, Canada, to United States Gulf Coast. Environmentalists have taken news of the report as a sign that [...] [...]