Nissan plans to launch an electric car and a hybrid in 2010, according to product planning bosses at the company. The electric car will use technology the company is developing through its Pivo concept cars - Pivo2, the latest version unveiled this week at the Tokyo motor show, features more compact and efficient electric motors, […]

JAPAN: An improved version of Toyota Motor Corp.’s Toyota FCHV (fuel cell hybrid vehicle) successfully completed a long-distance road test by traveling from Osaka to Tokyo on a single fueling of hydrogen. The test trip covered approximately 560 kilometers (348 miles) and was completed with the air conditioner on.

The company says the Toyota […]

Toyota’s commitment to hybrid automobiles was on full display Thursday when it unveiled its most expensive gasoline-electric vehicle yet, the $124,000 luxury sedan Lexus LS.
Executives at Japan’s No. 1 automaker are fully convinced that hybrid cars are the way of the future. And they’re betting that growing consumer concern about the environment, and higher gas […]

HONDA IS promising a further hybrid model into the UK within the next two years.
At the same time it will also bring a small number of the FCX fuel cell car around the same time.
“We will have a more financially accessible hybrid available by 2009. We have no idea of the size of the hybrid […]

Nissan shows the 2007 Nissan Altima Hybrid.

Rapidly increasing Environmental Pollution remains the talk of the day wherever you go, at any part of the globe. From the top most brass of the town to any Joe public almost everyone is anxious of this all-devouring strange phantom. And not to talk of the present international debates over the Green House Effect swindling […]

Honda’s new hybrid sports car concept may foreshadow a second generation Insight
Toyota unveiled its first hybrid sports car concept, the Volta, in 2004 and just recently showcased its FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept at the Detroit Auto Show. However, Toyota isn’t the only company looking to bring hybrid technology to small sports cars.
Archrival Honda wants back […]

It’s no secret that hybrid electric vehicles get pretty incredible fuel economy. In fact, the top three vehicles in EPA fuel economy ratings these days are hybrids, topped by the Honda Insight with its amazing 68 miles-per-gallon highway figure.
How do these vehicles accomplish such a seemingly impossible feat? Really, the answer is as simple as […]

Toyota (TM ) not only makes more profit than any other automaker but also enjoys the best reputation for producing clean-running, fuel-efficient vehicles. Its gas-electric hybrid Prius is a public relations juggernaut and the centerpiece of a lineup with an average fuel efficiency of 28.9 miles per gallon, second only to Honda’s fleet average. […]

Dave Hermance, the lead engineer of Toyota’s hybrid vehicle development in the U.S., died on Saturdaywhen his small plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles. He was instrumental in bringing the Prius to the U.S., and his passing is a blow to Toyota’s hybrid vehicle program.
I met Dave and interviewed him several times. […]