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Eko Vehicles claims ET-120 is first production hybrid motorcycle

The World's First Production Hybrid Motorcycle (really more like a noped – a moped sans pedals, if you ask us) is about to go on sale in India, and it will return about 280 miles per gallon with a top speed of 40 miles per hour. If that top speed seems a bit on the slow side, well, that's what you get for the low, low price of $855. Eko Vehicles, a manufacturer based in Bangalore, developed the vehicle with assistance from U.S.-based Emerging Technologies. The ET-120 uses a 70cc gasoline-powered engine mated up with a small ... Read more →

Report: Ferrari to show 599 hybrid concept in Geneva Sam Abuelsamid

Italian magazine Quattroroute is reporting that Ferrari will show its first road-going hybrid next March at the Geneva Motor Show. The concept is reportedly based on the the 599 GTB and is expected to ...

VIDEO: Chevy Volt squeals tires around the track Jeremy Korzeniewski

Fuel efficient cars are slow, right? Just ask Jeremy Clarkson, who famously pitted a Toyota Prius against a BMW M3 around a test track to prove that the hybrid isn't very efficient when pushed to ...

Ford Fusion Hybrid sales up, but still make up only about 2% of total Sebastian Blanco

The stand-out vehicle for Ford recently has been the 2010 Fusion, and the hybrid version is helping Ford sell more hybrids than it ever has before. This year, through November, the Blue Oval has ...

Ford Fusion Hybrid awarded 2010 Urban Green Vehicle of the Year Jeremy Korzeniewski

There's seemingly no end to the lists and awards that can be dolled out to deserving (sometimes) cars and trucks at the end of the year. Take, for instance, the Urban Automobile of the Year Award ...

Can Ford beat the Chevy Volt two years later with a cheaper PHEV? 4 days ago on Autoblog Green

Will the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt and Ford Fiesta really compete with each other? Maybe not the two cars, but the underlying vehicle architectures will compete, and Greentech Media talked to Ford's chief engineer for global hybrid core engineering, Sherif Marakby, who said that his company's ...

Rumormill: Nissan GT-R hybrid to hit the road in 2013 4 days ago on Autoblog Green

When the next-generation Nissan GT-R arrives a few years from now, it is expected to be powered by a hybrid powertrain. The new hybrid supercar is expected in about 2013 and the powertrain will likely be derived from the system that will debut next year on the Infiniti M. The version in the GT-R ...

Toyota to raise Prius MSRP by $400 in February, Camry Hybrid by $250 4 days ago on Autoblog Green

Buried at the very bottom of a press release announcing pricing for the completely new 2011 Sienna minivan, Toyota included a chart indicating that it will increase the price for the 2010 Prius and Camry, including the hybrid. The Prius' base MSRP will now begin at $21,400 for the level I model. ...

A123 Systems and Shanghai Automotive form battery JV 5 days ago on Autoblog Green

We haven't heard much from A123 Systems in recent months, other than the battery maker's public stock offering. Its best shot at a major automotive battery program seemed to be with Chrysler, until we found out that all those plug-in vehicles we saw in Detroit last January had been pretty much ...

REPORT: Toyota Supra HV-R GT hybrid coming to LeMans 5 days ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota's pulled out of F1, but that doesn't mean the company has lost its will to win with cutting edge tech. Rumors suggest it's dusting off the underpinnings of the Hybrid Supra HV-R it used to win the Tokkachi 24-Hour race two years ago, and staring at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a glint in ...

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