May 2011 Archives

This story originally appeared at Green Car Reports

It may be the most star-crossed program in recent automotive history, and now it's apparently dead.

According to Reuters, General Motors has canceled work on the planned plug-in hybrid version of its Cadillac SRX crossover sport utility.

This story originally appeared at Green Car Reports

Toyota executives will go to extraordinary, absurd lengths to avoid defining the body style of the new 2012 Toyota Prius V.

Bob Carter, brand sales chief for Toyota Motors in the U.S., first responded with confusion over the question.

This story originally appeared at All Cars Electric

When Volvo announced its plans to produce a plug-in hybrid station wagon capable of comfortably seating five, providing reasonable luggage space, a combined fuel economy of 150 miles per gallon, and the ability to tow just under 4,000lbs, many of you told us that you couldn't wait to find out more.  

So when Volvo invited us to be among the first in the world to sit behind the wheel of one of Volvo's early V60 PHEV engineering cars at the 2011 Challenge Bibendum in Berlin, Germany, we had to say yes. 

The upcoming BMW i3, the car formerly known as the Megacity Vehicle and the first production all-electric car from BMW, is set to revolutionize the way mainstream cars are engineered and built, with most of its internal structure and body being composed of lightweight composite materials such as reinforced carbon-fiber plastic.