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IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Lawrence Ulrich |
The Greening of the Supercar Ferraris, just like Fords, must now conform to environmental regulations   |
Car and Driver
December 2004
Dave Vanderwerp |
Ford Escape Hybrid 4WD After a million man-hours, Ford cranks out the first hybrid SUV. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2005
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars From Toyota to Porsche, a host of hybrids... The Land Rover 'switch-hitter'... The 'super handling' Acura RL... A 'bullet-proof' Mercedes... Limited edition Ferrari Fetish... Michelin's concept cars... etc. |
Car and Driver
January 2006
Tony Quiroga |
Honda Civic Hybrid Toyota's only real competition gets better (and weirder) in its second generation. |
AskMen.com
November 11, 2003
Paul Anderson |
The Way Of The Future: Hybrid Cars Efficient, clean and quiet, these modern vehicles are worth a look the next time you're car shopping. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2007
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars Electric cars are back: Tesla 2007 Roadster... Honda FCX/Concept... GMC 2008 Yukon Two-Mode Hybrid... Fiat: 2007 Siena Tetrafuel... Volkswagen 2007 Golf GT TSI... Chrysler 2007 Sebring... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009 Electric-drive cars take second place to sheer survival. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars Hybrids square off against diesels for the economy laurels |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2012
Lawrence Ulrich |
Top 10 Tech Cars 2012 The internal combustion engine strikes back |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2011
Lawrence Ulrich |
Top 10 Tech Cars 2011 Automakers double down on technology. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars Ferrari F430 Spider... Ford's EcoBoost... Mercedes-Benz Bluetec system... Chevrolet Corvette ZR1... Saturn Vue Two-Mode Hybrid... Audi hybrid with it's own mobile phone... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006 |
Hybrids at the Crossroads Sales are growing, but so is the controversy. Do gas/electric hybrid vehicles really deliver on their promises? Hybrid hype is put to the test. |
BusinessWeek
November 1, 2004
Kathleen Kerwin |
Hybrids with Plenty of Pep The first Gas-Electric hybrid cars were odd-looking vehicles that advanced the frontiers of auto technology but offered buyers little advantage. But the new Ford Escape SUV and Honda Accord sedan deliver comfort and performance. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
Willie D. Jones |
Putting Electricity Where The Rubber Meets the Road In-wheel motors improve fuel economy and safety. Though cars with wheel-hub motors won't roll off assembly lines any time soon, companies like GM and Siemens VDO say electric wheels are the future of automotive propulsion. |
Car and Driver
December 2004
Patrick Bedard |
Honda Accord Hybrid The hybrid that always could have happened finally did. The Honda Accord Hybrid is a performance car that gets excellent mileage, too. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plugging Away in a Prius Jonathan Sawyer spent $30 000, and voided the warranty, to add a plug to his Prius hybrid. |
Wired
April 2005
Brendan I. Koerner |
Rise of the Green Machine In a nation of gas-guzzlers, Toyota made hybrids cool. Now the world's number-two automaker wants to make the internal combustion engine obsolete. |
IndustryWeek
April 21, 2010
Steve Minter |
Charged Up About Electric Cars Household names and newcomers alike are racing to develop cars that offer freedom from the gas pump. |
Popular Mechanics
December 12, 2007
Ben Stewart |
Two-Mode Hybrid System (Almost) Lives Up to MPG Hype One of the more promising bits of new technology designed to boost efficiency while enhancing performance is the two-mode hybrid system. |
Car and Driver
February 2004
Frank Markus |
Toyota Prius: Fuel economists wanted. Space-age styling with enough gadgetry and processing power to turn HAL 9000 green, at the down-to-earth price of a Camry. |
Popular Mechanics
September 17, 2009
James Tate |
Top 8 Next-Gen, Alt Fuel Cars at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show What consumers can expect in the next few years as alternative energy cars are developed. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
John Voelcker |
How Green Is My Plug-In? The carbon impact of the millions of electric vehicles soon to hit the road will depend on the grids that supply them. |
Popular Mechanics
February 6, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
Inside Plug-in Car Tech's Race to Production (and Top 10 Rides) Big automakers and promising startups say electric vehicles are coming as soon as next year, but there's a lot of work to be done by scientists before lithium-ion batteries are ready for mainstream hybrids. |
Car and Driver
March 2005
Barry Winfield |
2006 Lexus RX400h How do you turn fun into energy? More thrust, less gas. Exploiting Toyota's ingenious Hybrid Synergy Drive technology provides high performance and good fuel economy for this SUV -- an estimated 30 mpg EPA in the city, about double that of comparable rivals. |
Popular Mechanics
October 16, 2009
Andrew English |
Test Drive: Volvo V70 and C30EV Show Battery-Powered Promise Rather than go for a traditional hybrid, where Toyota's Prius has an almost unassailable lead, Volvo is choosing to leapfrog into plug-in technology with a diesel engine. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plug-ins and Hybrids and Diesels, Oh My! Two automotive conferences show the impact of public policy on core vehicle designs |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
John Voelcker |
Lithium Batteries for Hybrid Cars Hybrid cars need to travel farther in electric-only mode, and that means lithium-ion battery technologies have a lot riding on them. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
John Voelcker |
Electric Cars Rule Detroit Auto Show Car makers showed off their latest electric vehicles to a receptive audience at last month's Detroit Auto Show |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Bill Howard |
Why Buy a Hybrid? Make a hybrid out of the diesel car and you'd likely cut emissions further. |
Popular Mechanics
October 22, 2007
Ben Stewart |
2009 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Prototype: Test Drive Toyota may be the first to market with a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2011
John Voelcker |
Chevy Volt Sparks a Series of Plug-in Hybrids Expect many new plug-in cars to use the gasoline engine only as an extra battery |
Popular Mechanics
November 20, 2009
Andrew English |
2011 Ferrari 458 Italia Supercar Test Drive The 458 Italia is worth applauding. Sales begin next spring, with a price yet to be determined. Ferrari says it will be up around 10 percent on the outgoing $187,925 F430 model. In other words ... start saving now. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2007
John Voelcker |
Electric Power Steals the Show The annual Detroit Auto Show offered a feast of technology, and the best dish of all was an electric-drive concept called the Chevrolet Volt. |
National Defense
February 2009
Frodl & Manoyan |
Converting U.S. Car Park to Hybrids Should Be Priority One Reducing personal vehicle demand for gasoline is the quickest and most effective way to cut our consumption of crude oil, and by extension, make our nation more secure. |
Popular Mechanics
May 1, 2008 |
Top 10 Early Contenders for the Automotive X Prize West Philly EVX... Velozzi Supercar... Loremo LS... Motive Switch... VentureOne... Fuel Vapor ale... Phoenix SUT... Hybrid Tech... Tesla WhiteStar... Aptera Typ-1... |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2006
John Voelcker |
What If You Had to Build a Socially Responsible SUV? At GM's Challenge X competition among teams from 17 North American universities, turbodiesel electric hybrids running on biodiesel are par for the course. Even hydraulic hybrids and ultracapacitors don't raise eyebrows. |
Popular Mechanics
September 4, 2008 |
Honda, Ford, Nissan Prep Hybrids to Hunt Prius Before Volt Unveil As it is likely that General Motors will unveil the production version of its much-anticipated Chevy Volt later this month, competing automakers are now codifying their plans for next-generation hybrids of their own. |
Popular Mechanics
January 12, 2010
Mike Allen |
The World's First V-Twin Hybrid Custom Motorcycle The Schneider hybrid is configured primarily as a series PHEV. Sort of the same as a Chevy Volt. In pure electric mode, the A123 battery packs hold enough energy for 40 miles range. |
PC Magazine
February 14, 2007
Bill Howard |
Mediocre to the Core The Vue Green Line represents General Motors' good-faith effort to do something nice for the environment. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 10, 2003 |
Hybrid Autos: Will the Big Three Catch up with Toyota and Honda? The news that Toyota outsold Chrysler in August to take the No.3 position in U.S. car sales for the first time focuses attention on a growth area where all three U.S. manufacturers are lagging several years behind -- the market for gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
John Voelcker |
Green Vies With Fast at British International Motor Show Electric cars outshine performance purists as carbon concerns loom |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2005
Willie D. Jones |
Take This Car And PLUG IT Customer-modified hybrids can be propelled exclusively by their electric motors for, in some cases, more than 30 kilometers without their gasoline engines ever turning on. The factory-built Prius can run on electricity only, but for just a kilometer or two. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Larry Armstrong |
Ford Escape The hybrid version of Ford's Escape, the best-selling small SUV, is a four-cylinder vehicle that performs like the Escape V-6. |
Car and Driver
June 2006
Patrick Bedard |
Short Take Review: 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid You loved vanilla and chocolate. Now try strawberry. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why the Chevy Volt Doesn't Add Up Plug-in hybrids with big batteries, like the Chevy Volt, may never save consumers any money. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
A "No Batteries Required" Hybrid Is Coming Hydraulic hybrid drivetrains may answer part of our transportation questions. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
John Voelcker |
Alt Fuels Rule at British International Motor Show Returning to London after 30 years, the auto show touts technology to raise fuel economy and lower carbon emissions. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2002
John Teresko |
Technologies Of The Year -- Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan The automaker offers the first mainstream automobile application of gasoline-electric hybrid technology. |
PC Magazine
December 19, 2005
Bill Howard |
Mercury Mariner Hybrid Review Decent urban fuel economy and an impressive cargo hold, offset by a mediocre nav system. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why Plug-Ins Will Make (Dollars and) Sense Q&A with the electric power research institute's Mark Duvall. |
