General Motors has claimed that the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, that is slated for launch in November 2010, will deliver a mileage of 230 miles per gallons.

Toyota’s luxury arm Lexus will launch a five-door hybrid compact hatchback concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show, in September 2009, Autocar has reported. 

Japanese automaker Toyota will start the production of the hybrid version of its hatchback, Auris, in Britain, in mid-2010.

  Insight, the new petrol-electric hybrid from Honda, is proving to be a big success in the Japanese market.

Honda Motor Co.'s Insight hybrid hatchback has entered the list of top ten highest selling cars in Japan in February 2009.

So what would they call the Chevrolet Volt - the revolutionary plug-in hybrid that might save GM in the US? The Opel Ampera.

The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) has been focused on designing fuel alternative vehicles for a long time now. The company is now planning to launch its Roewe 750, a version of UK's Rover 750, by 2010.

Toyota has confirmed that the leaked photos of the 2010 Toyota Prius doing the rounds on the net, are indeed real. The 2010 Toyota Prius will be launched at the Detroit auto show in January 2009.

Japanese automotive giant Toyota is likely to make its Prius hybrid model  part of a separate brand. The company is has confirmed it is considering a new Prius brand. Smaller and larger hybrid cars may be built under the new Prius sub-brand.

GM will launch the Chevrolet Volt in China in 2010 - one year after its launch in the united States.

[caption id="attachment_286" align="aligncenter" width="356" caption="Mercedes Benz S400 BlueHybrid photo"][/caption] Mercedes-Benz is likely to launch the 30-mpg hybrid version of its Luxury S400 sedan, the S400 BlueHybrid, in Europe in June 2009, BusinessWeek said. The Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHybrid will be the ...

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Spy shots of the highly-anticipated 2011 Chevy Volt electric car are doing the rounds on the Internet.

Chrysler LLC plans to launch two new hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) from its Newark assembly plant in the US. The new HEVs that would debut from the Chrysler assembly line have been christened  Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen.

Ethanol is the buzzword at Suzuki these days. Japanese auto giant Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) is expected to start hitting the dealerships with its new flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) that run on 100 percent ethanol by 2010.

Starting July 19, the Hybridfest 2008, at Madison in Wisconsin, will see Toyota take the driver’s seat for its nationwide tour called ‘Highway to the Future: Mobile Hybrid Experience’.

If you are an environmentalist, this should make you happy. Ferrari, the iconic Italian supercar maker, is planning to go green.

Lexus has given four Lexus RX 400h vehicles the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) in order to help raise awareness of the hybrid range among its players.

Rising prices of fuel has affected the auto industry world over, and even Japanese companies like Toyota have taken a hit.

A new zero-emission fuel-cell vehicle which boasts of a longer cruising distance and also run in freezing temperatures has been developed by Toyota Motor Corp.