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Hybrid hype: types, tech, and the road ahead

Baua Electric

Series hybrid vehicles in India include the Honda City Hybrid , Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder , and Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara , among others. litre three-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with variable compression ratio is employed solely to generate electricity rather than directly powering the wheels.

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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

Green Car Congress

The three parties last collaborated in 1988 on Ayrton Senna’s and Alain Prost’s Honda-powered, Shell-fueled race cars that won all but one Grands Prix that season, a record that still stands. Why a petrol car? Together with the all-electric T.27 27 that followed in mid-2011 ( earlier post ), the T.25

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Ferrari EV – yep, there’s a pure EV Ferrari coming, although what it looks like and how it goes is a long way off. Ferrari 296 GTB plug-in hybrid sports car. Ferrari SF90 Stradale – first plug-in hybrid from the prancing horse brand brings three electric motors and a 4.0-litre Promised by 2025.

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An interview with Riversimple

Green Cars News

I certainly believe that in future there will be a much more complex mix of powertrains and fuels; hydrogen will never be as dominant as petrol, and fuel cells never as dominant as combustion engines. There are technical hurdles still to overcome if you want a Ferrari, but not for a Ford Focus. Q: You plan to lease Urban Car models.