With increasing competition among hybrid cars today, what could the Venturi Astrolab, achieving only a top speed of around 74 mph, possibly have as an edge? The answer: novelty.
Although it looks like an entry for the 2006 Michelin Challenge Bibendum, this solar vehicle is covered with 3.6 meters of photovoltaic cells but also contains a [...]

In our current time when gas-guzzling vehicles are sucking our fuel budget dry and high-emission cars are slowly (quickly, in fact) killing us and our environment, it is truly a time for a change.
Toyota did come up with a solution – and with style.
Using the E-Four electric 4WD system, the Alphard Hybrid Minivan has low [...]

You may think you are in a futuristic yet familiar place once you are inside the Ford Airstream Concept Crossover. This is because its interior is inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey movie.
In this space age vehicle’s back seat area is a 360-degree entertainment screen that is part lava lamp, part virtual fire [...]

"The original hybrid test locomotive was nicknamed "Green Goat" for its environmentally symbolic green paint scheme by its builder, Railpower Technologies, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Goat is a traditional railroad term for locomotives used in yard switching operations”, according to Union Pacific.
The Green Goats are powered by large banks of batteries connected to the hybrid [...]

The demand for hybrid vehicles in the U.S. is finally kicking in. The GM Allison Hybrid Bus is, yet again, another milestone for the diesel-electric hybrid technology.
Being one of the first large vehicle commercial hybrid parallel systems, the Allison Hybrid Bus features a diesel-electric powertrain which delivers ninety percent less nitrous oxide into the atmosphere [...]

The Mazda Ibuki Hybrid, which name means ‘to invigorate’, will indeed invigorating the future for green vehicles as it offers some exciting innovations that will hopefully be used in future production models.
This mid-engine gasoline-electric hybrid combines a 1.6-liter DOHC four-cylinder engine (177 hp) to an electric motor and a six-speed manual transmission with reinforced synchronizers [...]

"We dubbed this vehicle the ‘Contractor Special’ because it is perfect for construction site work,” said Bernard I. Robertson, Senior Vice President Engineering Technologies and General Manager for Truck Operations at DaimlerChrysler. “But, we believe the vehicle will also appeal to campers and outdoor enthusiasts, to farmers who have to work on remote sites, and [...]

An interesting car for the preferred few.If you’re an environment advocate and sports minded as well, the FT-HS is perfectly for you.Go on and explore some more….
Though not hailed as a supercar and not as exotically priced as a Lamborghini or Maserati, the Toyota FT-HS concept, if it ever hits the showroom floors, will be [...]

Whoever says you can’t have it all?,musn’t have heard of the Portico.This pretty vehicle is a sight to behold.Not only that,it gives utmost comfort
and pride to its seaters.Great performance,fuel-efficiency and a futuristic design, are more than enough reasons to hold on to a Portico.
The Portico is designed to meet the needs of couples who don’t [...]

Hybrid cars offer many great things in one: low emissions, fuel efficiency, and outstanding features. But apparently, comfort is not one of them.
Gratefully, General Motors thought of ways to produce a model that can challenge this fact. The end result: the Opel Astra Diesel Hybrid.
“We decided to use a diesel-powered car as a starting point [...]