Mitsubishi announced with the downsizing of the Lancer Evolution that they will be focusing on becoming a leader in the push for efficient and clean motoring. As a result, they’ve just announced that the next generation Outlander will be the company’s first plug-in hybrid. The small Mitsubishi i fully electric city car was the company’s [...]
Lotus today revealed its first push into the hybrid market by unveiling what it calls a “Range Extender Engine.” The automaker said that the Range Extender Engine is designed to work in a series hybrid vehicle by either powering the electric motor directly or by charging the vehicles battery. It is a 1.2L 3-cylinder engine [...]
While GM’s new CEO Fritz Henderson has made a point that he’s not a fan of rebadging models, it seems like the Saturn Vue crossover will live on as a Buick. The yet-to-be-named Buick crossover will be launched in late 2010 with a range of fuel-efficient direct-injected gasoline engines with a plug-in hybrid model planned [...]
Last time we heard anything about the Chevrolet Orlando, it was reported that the production version of the concept had been put on hold. Internally known as the MPV7, a front-wheel-drive Delta architecture vehicle, the Orlando was scheduled to be produced at GM”s Detroit-Hamtramck plant later this year. Well, it looks like the production version of [...]
