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Porsche Panamera Hybrid?!

Janice — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:04:43 +0000

Well, from what I’ve just hear from a friend of mine who works for a European car magazine — it sounds look the upcoming Porsche 4-door saloon/coupe will come out as a hybrid too!

That’s great news for the green-car-loving money-grubbing luckers out there, as they’ll now be able to go fast eco-style!

I’m not sure I really like the way the Porsche Panamera is going to look, but I do know I like the fact that there’ll be a hybrid one!

Way to go, Porsche!

Lexus new Hybrid Cars

Janice — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:15:38 +0000

Thanks due to the pollution being forced on our planet due to the CO2 emissions from natural fuel; most car owners are going in for producing more and more hybrid cars. The same is the case with the major Japanese car manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation and they are planning to come out with their dedicated hybrid model for its luxury Lexis range. Though there are some hybrid cars under the Lexus range, they are quite costly, but this one is expected to be the cheapest priced model of them all. Currently more than 70% of the cars sold by this company are hybrids.

One will be surprised to know that the biggest market for the hybrid cars manufactured by Lexus is Europe and not U.S. This new model, which is supposed to be released in 2009, shall be available only in Europe and Japan. With hybrid cars being much in demand nowadays Toyota is planning to double its production of hybrid cars. Toyota’s Lexus LS460 was equipped with a totally new 4.6L V-8 engine which is coupled to an eight speed automatic transmission, the first such in the world.

This care also boasts of a reconfigured multilink suspension and the chassis was also totally new. There are many intelligent features on this car including intelligent parking assistant, navigation system with real time updates about traffic, a HVAC system for monitoring body and cabin temperature, parking brake with hill-holder, anti rollback features and much, much more.

GreenCar talks about how a Hybrid Car works…

Janice — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:25:43 +0000

A quick instructional video on Hybrid Cars, very informative!

Click here to view the embedded video.

BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid

Janice — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:58:39 +0000

The BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid line is one of the first examples of real luxury hybrid sedans entering the market, and I’m loving the idea of having these gas-guzzlers turned into more environmentally-friendly houses-on-wheels.

The BMW 7 Series has always been a true example of luxury and stature, and this hybrid version is opening op the hybrid idea to people not wanting to compromise on luxury and image.

I’m sold.

Hybrid BMW X6

Janice — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:27:05 +0000

This spy video of a Hybrid BMW X6 isn’t the most interesting one, mainly due to a couple reasons:

This BMW SUV-Coupe doesn’t really do environmentally-friendly hybrid.
It’ll be super-expensive. BMW is expected to charge well over 25% more for the hybrid X6…
It won’t be here for at least a year…

Still, it’s an upcoming hybrid, so it deserves a spot on the blog…

Click here to view the embedded video.

More on BMW’s on our favorite BMW Blog.

Most Popular Hybrid Cars on the Market

Janice — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:36:43 +0000

A hybrid car is one which uses more than one source of energy for the motive force. Hybrid cars have some definite advantages over the conventional cars using gasoline or diesel oil. Normally electric hybrid cars are referred to as hybrid cars. Hybrid cars are more cost effective as far as fuel consumption is concerned. They are environment friendly. They have less emission of harmful, polluting gases because they run partly on electric power. The electric power is generated by the running of the car itself. Such power is stored in the battery and reused. Then this power is stored in a battery and used as a motive power for the electric motor.

In the US the most popular hybrid cars are GMC Yukon and Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs. In Japan the most popular ones are Toyota Prius, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Honda Insight and Honda Civic Hybrid.

The global total sales of hybrid cars are minimal. But surely the sales are inching up year after year. People are more and more aware of the hazards of high level of pollution from the conventional cars and increasing cost of fuel prices. They are also aware of the fact that in the near future they will have to do away with the use of fossil fuel. New manufacturers are also coming into the market soon. The hybrid market is developing slowly, but steadily.

Hybrid cars cost a little more than the conventional cars. But the net running cost of a hybrid is less than that of a gasoline only car. So if you use a hybrid car long enough you can recover the extra cost by the lower fuel cost.

The Chinese manufacturer, Changan is also planning to come into the hybrid electric car market. They have plans to sell it in the overseas market. Hoorah for Alternative Car Fuels!