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Diesel Hybrids Deliver Big Savings to UPS

Score one for diesel hybrids.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory got its hands on six hybrid vans that United Parcel Service is using, and after testing them nine ways from Sunday found diesel-electric technology improved fuel economy more than 28 percent. What’s more, it cost significantly less per mile to operate while delivering the same reliability [...]

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Sport Utility Vehicles – Hybrid vs. Diesel SUVs

As more diesel and hybrid vehicles enter the market, drivers increasingly want to know which is better. This is an especially big question for sport-utility fans who feel they could easily justify owning one of the large vehicles if only it could match the fuel economy of a car.
Of the diesel and hybrid SUVs I [...]

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Tata Nano Hybrid and Hot Rod Coming to Market

The world’s cheapest car is about to get greener and sportier.
A hybrid version of the tiny Tata Nano has been confirmed by Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Motors, according to South Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper.
The current gasoline-powered Nano — on sale in India since April — is hardly a gas guzzler. Powered by a tiny, [...]

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Ford to Spend $500M on Michigan Battery, Hybrid Production

Ford Motor Co. has outlined plans to invest as much as $500 million in Michigan to engineer and assemble battery packs for a new generation of electric vehicles and manufacture a new hybrid and plug-in hybrid here — if state lawmakers approve a request for tax credits it is submitting today in Lansing.
These moves would [...]

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Toyota Plugs in the Prius

AFTER 12 YEARS of speculation and the odd jibe from cynics, Toyota’s Prius is finally getting a plug.
The car that brought hybrid technology to the attention of the mainstream masses has always offered a mix of petrol engine and battery electric power. However, the electric charge has always been created from either spare energy in [...]

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