The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 7, 2025

On a recent episode of the VWIDTalk podcast , Bill shared how he converted his 1981 DeLorean into a fully electric vehicle using parts from a salvaged Chevy Bolt. Without any prefab kits, he swapped in the Bolt’s drivetrain, battery pack, and electronics, fabricating custom mounts, axles and 3D-printed interior components to make it all work.

Conversion

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 23, 2025

Hybrid Return = Best. Honda last put a hybrid power plant in a Civic, its best-selling sedan, in 2015. So when it was announced the Civic Hybrid was coming back, there were high expectations. They were all met and exceeded as the 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid is the best Civic. Our Civic had body color-keyed bumpers, door handles and shark fin antenna.

Civic Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 10, 2025

The electric power champ The investment in electrified vehicles demonstrates the Mercedes-Benz belief that at some point a significant part of what they sell—sedans, coupes, sports cars, vans, SUVs and even trucks— will run on electrons, leaving oil and gasoline behind. The EQE SUV 350 is the same size but with a bit less power.

Mercedes

Electrek

JUNE 23, 2025

The world seems awfully tinderbox-y these days, what with a heat dome descending over the US , the Strait of Hormuz getting locked down , and gas prices set to climb on rising oil prices. There are a bunch of great plug-in cars you can buy with 0% financing in June, 2025! If that sounds like you, you’re in luck!

Financing

The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

My husband (and fellow TTAC contributor), Andy Lilienthal , and I are avid off-road enthusiasts and have been for over 15 years. We love exploring remote areas to see what there is in the back 40. When the snow flies, we dont let it stop us. We drove our 1994 Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear 4x4 van and were one of 12 vehicles. Dont be those people.

Kits

InsideEVs

AUGUST 4, 2025

Sign In Browse this and many other websites without banner ads, personalized tracking and video ads. Plus: BMWs next seems promising. New players are springing up all over the world, established leaders are having to up their game, and more and more consumers are requesting automated driving assistance systems (ADAS) features. Lets dig in.

Tesla

InsideEVs

AUGUST 4, 2025

In other words, out of the 4,712 fires reported from January through June, 4,636 were pure combustion cars, 23 were EVs, and 54 were hybrids or plug-in hybrids. In other words, out of the 4,712 fires reported from January through June, 4,636 were pure combustion cars, 23 were EVs, and 54 were hybrids or plug-in hybrids.

Poland

InsideEVs

AUGUST 3, 2025

Photo by: OGS & Mechanics (YouTube) Iulian Dnistran By : Iulian Dnistran Aug 3, at 10:29am ET Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Share Comment The Mitsubishi Outlander is one of the best-selling plug-in hybrids in the world. Sign In Browse this and many other websites without banner ads, personalized tracking and video ads.

Mitsubishi

The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 6, 2025

Next, we’re installing the oil pump. We're using the OE B20 oil pump, which we had blasted clean. That led us to the ACL high-performance oil pump, designed for high-RPM use, unlike the stock B20 unit. No oil pan yet, because we’re pulling the baffled pan off the Type R motor later. We’ll see if it holds.

Honda

The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 12, 2025

High occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, known to many as “carpool lanes,” were introduced to minimize traffic congestion and reduce overall fuel consumption during the oil crisis of the 1970s. AFVs and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) may continue to be granted free or discounted access to HOV lanes through 2025.

EPA

InsideEVs

JULY 30, 2025

Sign In Browse this and many other websites without banner ads, personalized tracking and video ads. And no, this isn’t spin, or the unfortunate “if it bleeds, it leads” stereotype that a lot of people (sometimes rightly) have about the media. Let’s get into it, folks. And that announcement was made at an Indiana heavy truck dealership, no less.

EPA

The Truth About Cars

JULY 30, 2025

being electric or plug-in hybrids by 2030. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released the agency’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding on the grounds that it promoted over $1 trillion in needless regulations while also crippling vehicle development.

EPA

Cars That Think

AUGUST 6, 2025

Under the shade of a cocoa tree outside the hamlet of Atan, near Ibadan, Nigeria, Bolaji Adeniyi holds court in a tie-dyed T-shirt. “In In Nigeria we see farms as father’s work,” he says. Adeniyi’s father taught him to farm with a hoe and a machete, which he calls a cutlass. At times,” Adeniyi says, “it’s like wind bringing the signal.”

Nigeria

Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2025

To be fair to Bantam, its plotters are sleek plug-and-play devices that can handle a much wider range of pens). In a world where licenses and software locks forbid folks from simply plugging in a replacement component , the thought of a major company encouraging its customers to break out a soldering iron is mind boggling.

Convert

Green Car Reports

JUNE 13, 2024

Plug-in hybrids might add to oil consumption estimates, says BNEF New EPA guidelines might give plug-in hybrids a pass, if drivers don't plug them in Meanwhile, automakers have softened their battery-electric sales targets The global fleet of internal-combustion vehicles will peak in 2025, but plug-in hybrids may determine whether this leads to.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The oil in the 7DCT300. The seven-gear transmission offers scalable hybridization from mild hybrids to plug-in architectures capable of pure electric driving. Click to enlarge. The company said that the new transmissions complete its product portfolio to provide total coverage in terms of torque output and application size.

Hybrid

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Borg-Warner reported that a major European commercial vehicle manufacturer has chosen the company’s proven High Voltage Hairpin (HVH) 410 electric motor for a plug-in hybrid electric truck (PHEV) to be launched in 2019. The HVH motor will also regeneratively charge the battery pack during braking or downhill coasting.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

BMW is adding two plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variants to the new BMW 7 Series range, including the first BMW M model in the range. The drive systems fitted in the two plug-in hybrid models bring together a six-cylinder in-line engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and an electric motor integrated into the eight-speed Steptronic transmission.

BMW

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2014

The four-cylinder C 350 HYBRID with plug-in technology will follow in due course. Mercedes-Benz is adding a new Estate (wagon) model to its C-Class family starting in September 2014. The powertrain range for the Estate, which includes diesel, gasoline and hybrid options, features a new 1.6-liter Technical data for the OM 626. Stroke (mm).

Diesel

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

Volvo

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2014

On the evening before the Paris Motor Show, the Volkswagen Group presented not only the production-bound Passat GTE plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ), but also staged the world premiere of the XL Sport—a highly efficient sports car concept based on Volkswagen’s XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ). Top: XL Sport powertrain.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Hyundai unveiled the redesigned 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at the Chicago Auto Show. Although the powertrains remain the same, the new Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid feature a comprehensive exterior and interior redesign, safety, suspension and new and improved infotainment and connectivity features.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

LDVs powered by fuels other than gasoline, such as diesel, electricity, or E85, or equipped with hybrid drive trains, such as plug-in hybrid or gasoline hybrid electric, increase modestly from 18% of new sales in 2012 to 22% in 2040. LDV energy consumption declines in AEO2014 Reference case from 16.0 quadrillion Btu in 2012 to 12.1

Oil

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2014

Other projects focus on advancing lightweight materials research to help electric vehicles increase their range and reduce battery needs, and developing advanced climate control technologies that reduce energy used for passenger comfort and increase the drive range of plug-in electric vehicles. DE-FOA-0000991, earlier post.) 1,350,000.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Department of Energy (DOE) are partnering to provide more than $1 billion in funding to help reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector through the creation of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Includes flexibilities and exemptions.

EPA

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

The study considers five different powertrains (internal combustion engine, hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid-electric, fuel-cell-electric, and battery-electric) and 12 cost components (purchase cost, depreciation, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repair, taxes, registration fees, tolls and parking, payload capacity and labor).

Maintenance

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Plug Power Inc., Through the agreement, CLH will develop hydrogen production assets and downstream markets in Spain, in the industrial, mobility and power production/storage sectors for distribution to Plug Power customers throughout Europe.

Spain

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

The point is, with volumes languishing (and probably poised to decline) tied to a flat oil futures price curve and with economics marginal at $60 per barrel, many E&P operators find themselves running through hedges in 2015 and still in need to finance their already reduced capital spending. by Leonard Brecken of Oilprice.com.

Oil

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

At the reveal, Mike Manley, Head of Jeep Brand, FCA Global, said that a full plug-in hybrid electric Jeep Wrangler will be available in 2020. No further details were given, but the coming PHEV will likely utilize elements of the plug-in hybrid system in the Pacifica. Earlier post. ). Earlier post. ). liter EcoDiesel V-6 and 2.0-liter

Jeep

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2022

The Department of the Interior awarded an initial $560 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 24 states to begin work to plug, cap and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells. billion to plug orphaned wells. billion in Phase One funding announced in January by the Department for states to plug and remediate orphaned wells.

West Virginia

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2021

Developed on a new architecture, the all-new Sportage will offer gasoline and diesel powertrains at market launch later this year, followed by hybrid-electric (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) models. It also features a new oil pump that has been optimized for capacity along with a high-efficiency tooth profile design.

PHEV

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2013

It also would repeal a number of current tax incentives, including those for plug-in electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) introduced the latest in a series of discussion drafts to overhaul the US tax code. Clean fuels tax credit. Repeal of other incentives.

Tax

Green Car Reports

MAY 22, 2022

Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine has triggered international sanctions throttling the country's oil exports, leading to fears of every higher gas prices. Plug-in vehicles avoided roughly 1.5 million barrels of oil per day last year, according to new analysis from.

Russia

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Gold Hydrogen is a novel source of carbon neutral hydrogen produced from depleted oil reservoirs that are ready for plug and abandonment, extending the life of wells that would otherwise be a significant burden. Cemvita Factory’s mission is to reimagine heavy industries such as oil & gas and mining for the net-zero economy.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

The GTE versions of the current Passat generation have also become increasingly more popular amongst buyers: Every seventh customer now opts for the plug-in hybrid (PHEV). No charges are incurred for road tax or engine oil changes for the e-up! Volkswagen reports that, even before the launch of the new ID.3 Passat GTE Variant.

Germany

The Driven EV News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The post Biofil EV chargers running on waste cooking oil plug the network gaps again appeared first on The Driven. Home grown biofil EV fast chargers are playing a crucial role filling in the network gaps across the Nullarbor and other remote parts of Western Australia.

Waste

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2019

Plug Power Inc. The ground support vehicles were built by Charlatte America and operate using Plug Power’s zero-emission ProGen hydrogen fuel cell system. The ground support vehicles were built by Charlatte America and operate using Plug Power’s zero-emission ProGen hydrogen fuel cell system.

International