Report: Lotus bringing a pair of front-engine hybrids to Paris Motor Show

Filed under: Hybrid , Lotus , Paris Motor Show Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery In addition to the pair of Evoras being introduced at this year’s Paris Motor Show , Lotus will also be unveiling two front-engine hybrid vehicles, in keeping with the automaker’s promise to offer more gasoline/electric sports cars. Green Car Advisor reports that one of these hybrid cars will be a four-door hatchback and the other will be a two-door coupe. Lotus debuted its hybrid concept earlier this year in the form of the Evora 414E Hybrid (pictured), but unlike the mid-engine concept, the two front-engine models will utilize a 47-horsepower 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine specifically designed to provide power to electric-drive hybrids.

Hybrid sales drop off for August; even Prius records a 37.5% decline

Filed under: Hybrid , Ford , Toyota , Green Daily 2010 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery One month of dreary sales does not spell the end of the hybrid, but the numbers reported for August do hint that without a rise in gas prices, sales of hybrid cars and trucks will likely continue to suffer. As a whole, hybrid sales dropped 40.4 percent this August compared to a year ago and even the industry’s volume leader, the Toyota Prius , didn’t escape from posting plunging sales results. Sales of the Prius plummeted 37.5 percent from August 2009 and dropped off 16.3 percent compared to July’s posted numbers

LA Auto Show preview: Infiniti to launch 2012 M35 hybrid

Filed under: Hybrid , Infiniti , LA Auto Show 2012 Infiniti M35 hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery Infiniti has announced that it will officially debut its first hybrid at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. The M35 hybrid first appeared - badged as the Nissan Fuga hybrid - at last fall’s Tokyo Motor Show and is propelled by Nissan’s first in-house hybrid system.

Rumormill: Volkswagen Touareg R Hybrid under consideration

Filed under: Hybrid , Volkswagen 2011 Volkswagen Touareg - Click above for high-res image gallery The words “performance” and ” hybrid ” are typically only bandied about in the same sentence by marketing types. Here in the real world, lugging around an extra few hundred pounds of batteries is no way to sharpen a vehicle’s dynamics, but if the rumors kicking around the interwebs are to be believed, that’s exactly what Volkswagen has planned with a new R version of the Touareg

At Witz’ End - Comparing costs and benefits of fuel-saving technologies

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , Hybrid , MPG , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , At Witz End Some surprises arise from three-year NRC study Say the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA ) - which, for some strange reason, administers the feds’ Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program - wanted to know what the true costs would be of virtually every ICE fuel-saving technology. What would it do

Honda CR-Z returns rather disappointing 35.3 mpg during 125-mile test drive

Filed under: Hybrid , Honda , Green Daily 2011 Honda CR-Z - Click above for high-res image gallery Our seat time behind the wheel of the Honda CR-Z was summed up quite succinctly by our man Mr. Lavrinc, who noted that Honda’s two-seat hybrid is “a capable fuel miser that can muster some sport when summoned

GSA adds 5,600 hybrids to government fleet, but high costs might end plans to purchase more

Filed under: Hybrid , Green Daily Ford Fusion hybrid - click above for high-res image gallery While we’re thrilled to see that our own federal government has added 5,600 hybrid vehicles to its fleet this year, we’re less enthusiastic to find out that each hybrid model purchased by the General Services Administration (GSA) costs an average of $11,214 more than the conventional models typically selected for government fleet use. Of the 5,600 hybrids added this year, nearly 5,000 were Ford Fusion Hybrids with a starting price of $27,995, an $8,000 premium over the base model. This price premium has convinced the head of the GSA’s motor vehicle division to reconsider plans to purchase any additional hybrid models

Izaro GT-E eco-minded supercar takes shape

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid Izaro GT-E - Click above for high-res image gallery With the generous and quixotic assistance of Google Translate we’ve been able to cobble together random bits about the Izaro Motors GT-E. The brand itself is a resurrected name founded in Madrid in 1922, the Izaro Electric Car Factory. This new company is said to be run by the original founder’s grandson, and in keeping with that continuity, his new creation is a sports car that will use either electric or hybrid propulsion.

Dongfeng to invest $443M into hybrid and EV development within 5 years

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Green Daily , China China’s third-largest automotive group, Dongfeng Motors, recently announced plans to invest a massive chunk of change into development of alternative technology vehicles. The company’s future blueprint shows that Dongfeng will invest three billion yuan ($443 million U.S

Report: Honda’s Civic Hybrid software fix hurting real-world mpg for some

Filed under: Hybrid , Honda Honda Civic Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery Late last week, we heard that Honda was updating the software in all 2006 through 2008 Civic Hybrids sold in the U.S. to prevent the batteries from wearing out sooner than expected. At the time , Honda spokeswoman Christine Ra told Bloomberg that the fix would not impact the car’s fuel economy or performance

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