Tag: HYBRIDS

Responding to the decidedly 21st-century dilemma of "greening" the king of supercars, car manufacturer Lamborghini believes it has come up with an answer. Its newest vehicle will use a small electric motor when moving at slow speeds, but will allow the full power of its gas-guzzling engine to take hold on the open road. The move towards hybrid technology comes shortly after Lamborghini's recent ...

Hybrid cars may be designed to save the atmosphere, but there is growing concern that they may actually pose a health risk to a large number of people, most notably the blind. With the potential hazards of silent vehicles firmly in mind, the senatorial odd couple of John Kerry and Arlen Specter has introduced the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, according to AutoBlogGreen. The bill, ...

With hybrid cars being all the rage, Autoblog has an updated look at the 2009 Honda Insight, a month before it debuts at the Detroit Auto Show in January. The official photo shows a car that looks pretty similar to the concept shown at the Paris Motor Show and Los Angeles Auto Show -- and, it should be noted, very, very similar to Toyota's Prius. Honda expects to sell about 100,000 Insights in ...

Poor horses. We humans have been exploiting them since we first figured out that we could. Yeah, there are laws against it and stuff, but, you know... Now a new form of horsesploitation has been devised by Rousch Technologies for the Turkish company Kurt Systems. KS' invention is a new and more sinister-looking twist on the horse drawn carriages of yore used to spirit Ugly Betty and Japanese ...

In what feels like loooooong overdue news, Honda has announced that it will sell "a new, improved and affordable gas-electric hybrid in the USA, Japan and Europe" starting in early 2009, as outlined by President Takeo Fukui at the company's Tokyo headquarters Tuesday. The design of the new vehicle will be inspired by the FCX Clarity (pictured above); it will be a five-door sedan that seats five ...

Move over, Prius. Next-generation lithium-ion-based plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars promise three-figure fuel economy and the comforts of a full-sized car... if they can get off the drawing board. We got a closer look at the current crop while walking the floors of this week's New York Auto Show. Take a look! digg_url ...

Honda has just unveiled a concept car using a so-called Rankine cycle co-generation unit to power a hybrid engine. The engine recycles wasted heat from the exhaust to generate steam that turns a turbine-generating electricity, which charges the batteries. The concept has proven more efficient than the regenerative breaking system employed by most current hybrid cars, including the Prius, ...

There's a small group of us who, in this digital world, has developed a fetish for all things analog. This obsession is particularly strong among musicians and music lovers. Vacuum tube amps, vintage synthesizers, and, of course vinyl records. Optimal Media Productions is appealing to this fascination with good ol' records by adding a little value and novelty to your average CD. The comapny's ...