Posts Tagged ‘hybrid’

Hyundai’s Lifetime Hybrid Battery Replacement Guarantee not as good as it sounds

Hyundai today released additional details regarding its Lifetime Hybrid Battery Replacement Guarantee. Hyundai’s one stipulation which it choose to omit, was quite an important one. Pinboard (MacAaron:tnev)

Odyne Systems Delivers 7 Plug-in Hybrid Work Trucks in Wisconsin

Odyne Systems, LLC has delivered seven trucks featuring the Odyne plug-in hybrid propulsion system to utilities and municipalities throughout Wisconsin. Communities and utilities receiving the new technology were partially funded under the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program jointly administered through the Wisconsin State Energy Office and the US Department of Energy Wisconsin Clean Cities Program. The new units [...]

Tata Hispano Unveils CNG-Electric Hybrid Bus

Tata Hispano has unveiled its compressed natural gas hybrid bus.  The CNG-electric bus has a completely new design to go with the unique power train.  The drive train is based on the company’s diesel-electric hybrid model with refinements for CNG operation. Both use Siemens electric systems and components as the two companies work in collaboration [...]

California Testing Heavy-Duty Hybrid Earth Movers

California is readying emission testing for six heavy-duty diesel hybrids next year in a study to be conducted by the University of California Riverside.  The state is looking to see how these hybrid construction machines save on emissions. The study will put half a dozen earth movers from Caterpillar and Komatsu (both pioneering hybrid systems [...]

Infiniti M Hybrid claims crown as fastest accelerating hybrid

In a staged demonstration test, verified by the Guinness World Records last August, the Infiniti M Hybrid apparently outruns a Porsche Panamera Hybrid by a least a length and a half on an Infiniti channel YouTube video. Pinboard (MacAaron:tnev)

Mean Green Hybrid Gets Official World Record for Speed

The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has verified Boije Ovebrink’s world record speed run in the Mean Green hybrid truck.  The Swedish Automobile Sports Federation awarded Ovebrink with a diploma signifying the June 28th record-setting 152.252km/h in the standing 1,000 meter and 115.347km/h in the standing 500 meter run. The records ad to Ovebink’s earlier [...]