The new Volkswagen Golf GTE – a plug-in hybrid Golf – get its UK debut at the Gadget Show Live at Birmingham NEC on 9th April. The Volkswagen Golf GTE – which VW see as a plug-in hybrid Golf GTI – was revealed in February ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show last […]
BMW i8 plug-in hybrid supercar is more economical than BMW thought
With the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid supercar about to go in to production, BMW has revealed their new £100k supercar is even more frugal than expected. The production version of BMW’s plug-in hybrid supercar – the i8 – finally arrived at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year offering almost proper supercar price – £100k – […]
VW Twin Up Hybrid Concept does 257mpg – debuts at LA & Tokyo
The VW Twin Up Concept – a hybrid version of the VW Up city car, will debut at the Los Angeles and Tokyo Motor Shows this month. The VW Twin Up is a concept Up! from VW featuring a hybrid powertrain and heading for both the Los Angeles and Tokyo Motor Shows later this month. […]
Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) starts European sales
The first Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) has gone in sale in Europe after production started in Japan in August. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV landed officially at the Paris Motor Show in 2012 – preceded by a number of concepts before Mistubishi was happy – as a plug-in hybrid from Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi had […]
Range Rover Hybrid completes Silk Trail Expedition to India (video)
A trio of Range Rover Hybrids has completed the 10,000 mile Silk Trail Expedition to India ahead of its public launch. Land Rover has been busy for the last 53 days taking a trio of Range Rover Hybrids down the Silk Trail from Land Rover’s home in the Midlands to Tata’s home in India. In […]
BMW i8 production car revealed – costs £99,845: Frankfurt 2013
The hybrid BMW i8 supercar has been revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show and will cost £98,845 when it arrives in BMW’s UK showrooms. The BMW i8 has finally arrived in production guise at the Frankfurt Motor show, neatly creating the top end of BMW’s new i-brand range after the BMW i3 underlined the starting […]
Range Rover Hybrid on the Silk Trail
The new Range Rover Hybrid – three of them – have now embarked on a trip down the Silk Trail to prove the new hybrid’s robustness. The new Range Rover Hybrid (and the Range Rover Sport Hybrid too) are heading for a reveal at the Frankfurt Motor Show in a week or so, but they’re not […]
BMW Concept5 X5 eDrive revealed. It’s a plug-in Hybrid X5
The BMW Concept X5 eDrive has been revealed ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show as a plug-in hybrid SUV offering 74.3mpg. The arrival of the BMW Concept X5 eDrive ahead of its debut at Frankfurt next month doesn’t preview and immediate addition to the X5 range of a plug-in hybrid, but it does show what will be […]
New Infiniti Q50 starts at £27,950 for the Q50 2.2d
The new Infiniti Q50 – the car that was the Infiniti G – will cost from £27,950 for the 2.2 litre diesel, rising to £40,000 for the Q50 hybrid. Infiniti are hanging their future sales on a name change that sounds like a James Bond reference – with all Infiniti models now getting the ‘Q’ […]
Jaguar C-X75 Hybrid Supercar back in the spotlight
Despite being cancelled as a production car, the Jaguar C-X75 Hybrid Supercar is back in the news with new photos from Jaguar and Autocar given seat time. A few days ago we heard that the hybrid underpinnings of the canned Jaguar C-X75 were going to find their way in to the F-Type to produce a […]