Green Car Reports

MARCH 5, 2013

After months of speculation, the latest Ferrari hypercar is finally here. You may wonder why we'd announce such a thing on Green Car Reports--after all, the Enzo, F50, F50 and 288 GTO hypercars were never that green. Usually very, very red, in fact.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 17, 2012

"Ferrari hybrid" is right up there with "Porsche diesel" and "Bentley SUV" as far as oxymorons go. Unusual or not, it's a reality--Ferrari has been. Even so, Porsche has been producing diesels for several years now, soon to hit the U.S,

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2012

Modern Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches have to meet the same regulations as regular passenger cars, even if ultimately they still use more gasoline and pump out more emissions. Ferrari is hoping to cut its gas guzzling ways further by developing a hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2012

There was a time when hybrid drivetrains were only used in ultra-green cars like the venerable Toyota Prius. In recent years however, even automakers like Ferrari have embraced the concept of hybrid drivetrains in an attempt to build cars that satisfy ever-tougher emissions and gas-mileage regulations without sacrificing performance.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2013

The hybrid badge has been applied to plenty of cars over the years, but few are more dramatic than the Ferrari LaFerrari--the firm''s next hypercar.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 15, 2012

It now looks almost certain that Ferrari will use hybrid technology for the next iteration of its range-topping supercar line, according to reports.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2014

Ferrari, possibly the best-known among sought-after supercar brands, plans to cut average carbon emissions across its fleet by 20 percent over the next seven years.'

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Which is why one exhibit on the Ferrari stand at the 2012 Paris Auto Show--the carbon fibre tub which will form the basis for an as-yet unnamed hybrid electric supercar.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 25, 2013

A British survey finds that women are more attracted to men with green cars, Mother Nature Network reports. Of that number, the majority of women viewed Toyota Prius hybrid and Nissan Leaf electric car owners as.' Apparently, women like miles per gallon more than horsepower.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2011

When you think of automakers building or researching hybrid vehicles, Ferrari probably isn’t the first manufacturer to come to mind. Many people don’t even realize that the automaker has previously shown a hybrid model, the Ferrari 599-based HY-KERS Concept, at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2011

Ferrari has been making super-fast, super-sexy sports cars for over 80 years. In fact, talking to engadget on Friday, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemelo firmly asserted.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 7, 2010

Ferrari isn’t a name we feature too often here at TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk but even the esteemed motor racing giant can’t resist getting in on the green act. The Italian carmaker presented a hybrid experimental vehicle known as the HY-KERS at the Geneva Motor Show.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2015

liter, three-cylinder hybrid drive unit in the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid being declared the overall winner—as well as picking up two class wins—edging out Ford’s 1.0L seconds, yet combined fuel consumption—as calculated in the EU test cycle for plug-in hybrid vehicles—stands at 2.1 Green engine.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 28, 2013

Not to be outdone by Ferrari, Porsche and McLaren, Jaguar and the Williams F1 team spent the last few years working behind the scenes on their own hybrid supercar, showing that going green could also be exciting.

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2009

Let’s be honest, when you picture a green car it’s unlikely to be a Ferrari. However, it seems that the Italian sports car manufacturer may be about to embrace some green car technology. seconds per lap delivering an 82hp boost for passing other cars. seconds per lap delivering an 82hp boost for passing other cars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

With the expansion, Dream Cars consumers in select markets are now able to rent both the Tesla Model S and Tesla Roadster, along with a variety of other high-end performance vehicles, from Ferrari to Lamborghini to Porsche and Mercedes Benz. Ferrari (California, F430). Audi R8, Spyder. Bentley Continental GT. Cadillac CTS-V.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 10, 2014

A few years ago the concept of a green sports car would have been completely alien, but fast-forward a few years and the market has changed significantly. Ferrari, Porsche and McLaren have all released hybrid hypercars. Tesla, for a time, produced its electric Roadster.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2015

Hybrid powertrains used to always tag vehicles as optimized for fuel efficiency. But that’s changed in very pronounced ways the past several years, as the fastest supercars in the world--from McLaren, Ferrari, and Porsche--have all adopted some form of hybrid technology that helps with acceleration and performance.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 20, 2009

Ever since Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa hinted strongly that a hybrid concept is in the works, debates have raged as to whether the supercar manufacturer needs to produce a comparatively environmentally friendly vehicle at all. So it seems that Ferrari’s move is both calculated and environmentally responsive.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 26, 2013

What do the Porsche 918 Spyder, Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and Toyota Prius all have in common? But there''s something else that connects the four--they''re all hybrids. Specifically, the Porsche and its supercar cousins are plug-in hybrids, and with Porsche''s offering just.'

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 4, 2010

although that word was heard from many Modena fans when news first broke that Ferrari was planning a hybrid-electric drivetrain in some models. The first fruits of Ferrari's wide-ranging quest to improve the fuel efficiency of its models was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show last week: It's the Ferrari California.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla gets told off over its safety scores, green SUVs are the new black, and we ponder Toyota''s disinterest in pure electric vehicles. All this and more in today''s car news, right here on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 16, 2013

Hybrids are hot property right now, but none more so than at the very top end of the market. Ferrari''s unimaginatively-named LaFerrari, the McLaren P1 and the Porsche 918 will all utilize hybrid drivetrains, but it''s the Porsche set to hit the market first.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 21, 2023

Yesterday, our man Matt Posky ably wrote about the 2023 Honda Civic Type R and its record-setting lap at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, circling the Green Hell in 7:44.881, enough to best the 2019 Renault Mégane R.S. By the way, a Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo turned the trick in 5:19.546 in June 2018 with driver Timo Bernhard behind the wheel.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2010

Hybrids were for weenies, and everyone knew their place. A hybrid Ferrari, a hybrid Porsche race car, an electric BMW. It was so much easier just a few short years ago. Luxury cars wafted and sports machines roared, with nary a thought to gasoline consumed. what is the world coming to?

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 19, 2010

Small companies developing hybrid and electric sports cars with Ferrari-rivaling performance may seem fairly common these days, and the latest entrant into this growing market segment--Izaro GTE--seems determined to follow in the footsteps of other fledgling green sports car start-ups.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 26, 2013

Hybrid supercars are officially in fashion. We''ve been positively inundated by the things over the last year or so, from BMW''s upcoming i8 plug-in hybrid, to the exotic Ferrari LaFerrari, Porsche 918 and McLaren P1 trio, to this: The Acura NSX.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

The new plug-in hybrid hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will deliver at least 500 km of range. The customized e-NV200 offers taxi drivers a similar total cost of ownership to a hybrid taxi, but with the range of an internal combustion engine. —Fabio Ferrari, CEO of Symbio. Symbio unveiled the van at the FC Expo 2017 in Tokyo.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 17, 2011

‘You will never see an electric Ferrari’-so says Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemelo in an interview with US website engadget.com. While the prancing horse brand is known to be working on a hybrid model, the outspoken boss of the Italian car maker well and truly puts the boot in the idea of going fully electric, [.].

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 10, 2013

While the assembled hoardes drooled over Ferraris, Porsches and McLarens at March''s Geneva Motor Show, those of a greener disposition were more interested in another vehicle. Launched alongside the hybrid hypercars was a true hybrid supercar in its own right--the plug-in diesel hybrid Volkswagen XL1.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2015

Audi is competing with a thoroughly revised R18 e-tron quattro diesel hybrid racer in the 4-megajoule class. A two-fold quantity of hybrid energy, fundamentally revised aerodynamics, the next step in lightweight design and detailed optimization work characterize the fifth generation of the Audi R18. Bruni/Vilander (Ferrari) -29 laps.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2009

About the size of a large cooking pot, the novel, hyper-efficient engine could replace current engine/generator technologies for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Other car manufacturers including Opel, Mercedes, Peugeot and Ferrari used the Comprex. The fuel supplies (green) are located at the inner inlet port.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 8, 2012

You might think that the wealthiest individuals in society--commonly known as the 'top one percent'--would flaunt that wealth with Ferraris and Porsches. On the contrary, it seems that they prefer to remain fairly low-key on the roads--and that the humble Toyota Prius is one of the most popular choices.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2010

Chemistry professors John Ferraris, Kenneth Balkus and Inga Musselman are creating a class of mixed-matrix membranes based on Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)—crystalline compounds with specialized metal clusters that act as molecular sieves.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Audi is said to be interested in developing a diesel-electric hypercar to compete with upcoming rivals from McLaren, Porsche and Ferrari. The new model would sit above the current R8 supercar in Audi's range, giving the company a road-going platform on which to extol the virtues of its Le Mans-winning technology.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

Something strange is happening in the Ferrari SF90. Especially since I’m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 24, 2013

With hybrid supercars starting to appear at last--the Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1 among them--many electric-car fans wonder when we''ll see another battery-electric supercar to follow the Tesla Roadster. One already exists, it turns out--and we didn''t even notice.

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