Plug-in Hybrid News Articles
Future Drive Technology Highlighted By VW
During the 34th International Vienna Motor Symposium last Friday, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, gave a forecast of the company’s future drive system technologies. Areas of work being focused on by Volkswagen include the development of a high-performance diesel engine delivering 100 kilowatts per liter of displacement […]100,000 Charging Sessions For Charge Your Car
Charge Your Car (CYC), announced it has achieved 100,000 charging sessions on the network February 4, 2014, meaning that the total kilowatt-hour drawn has surpassed 549,399. CYC is the company behind the first open network of recharging points for electric vehicles in the UK. CYC said its network now has 230 post owners enrolled, resulting […]Chevy Will Temporarily Halt Volt Production Due to Sluggish Sales
General Motors has announced that it will cease production on the Chevy Volt for five weeks, beginning in mid-March and lasting until late-April. “We’re taking a temporary shutdown,” said GM spokesman Chris Lee to the Associated Press. “We’re doing it to maintain our proper inventory levels as we align production with demand.” This is the […]The Model G: Google's Plug-in Hybrid Campaign
When Henry Ford’s neighbors watched the young inventor roll his first gas-powered contraption out of a backyard shed, they had no way of knowing how the rickety four-wheeled carriage would revolutionize human transportation. More than 100 years later, the billionaire founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, backed out of a parking space in […]Fisker CEO: Karma That Shut Down In Magazine Test Performed As Designed To
In follow-up to the latest of several PR embarrassments narrowly and arguably sidestepped, Fisker Automotive says its extended-range electric Karma being tested recently by Consumer Reports went into shut down mode to protect itself. The widely read consumer magazine had purchased the luxury sedan for $107,850, then it repeatedly died during speed calibration testing, but […]Stimulus Bill Provides Little Help to Today’s Car Buyers
The economic stimulus package provides tax credits for 25-mph-max neighborhood electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrid cars that won’t be on the market for at least two years—but today’s hybrids get nothing. The $787 billion economic stimulus package signed into law today by President Obama may well be “an investment in the future,” but it contains […]Volvo Gets Serious about Plug-in Hybrids
When Volvo announced plans earlier this week to produce a plug-in diesel hybrid, green car fans understandably got excited. Consider the possibilities of a safe, stylish and highly functional Volvo V70—but one with plug-in capacity, the ability to go 30 or so miles on electricity alone, and the rest of the power coming from an […]ZAP To Offer Plug-In Conversions
ZAP, the California-based electric car maker, is teaming up with Colorado-based Hybrids Plus to offer plug-in conversion systems for the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape Hybrid. Converting these vehicles to plug-in hybrids can increase fuel economy by up to three times compared to hybrids right off dealer lots. Road tests have yielded results as high […]Green Highlights from 2009 LA Auto Show
The volume of announcements regarding hybrids, electric cars and other green offerings at the Los Angeles Auto Show expands every year. However, this year’s media days held few surprises for car fans following the green scene. Carmakers mostly confirmed and reiterated commitments to bring previously announced alternative vehicles to market. In opening comments, California Gov. […]