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Hyundai may be the slowstarter in making hybrid cars behind Toyota and Honda but the company is planning to go full steam on developing its own hybrid technology. We recently reported you that Hyundai may soon give an go ahead singal to its Indian subisidiary Hyundai Motor India to develop similar t......

Hyundai which is already making a statement across the world with the indian made hatchbacks like santro,Getz and i10 plans to make hybrids in India. Hyundai entered the environmentally-friendly auto market in October 2004, when it supplied the korean government with 50 Getz hybrid cars.This number ......

Mercedes-Benz has laid out a long Road to the Future, detailing its efforts to create "fuel-efficient and environmentally-sustainable premium automobiles without the need to forgo the characteristic brand features." That's fancy talk for having your German chocolate cake and eating it, too.The three......

Click above for high-res gallery of the Honda CR-Z conceptFirst Honda said it was going to press the reset button on its hybrid efforts and come out with something bolder than the Civic Hybrid. Then it laid out plans for a number of hybrids that would be priced considerably more aggressively than th......

These days it seems more common to overhear comments about a particular car's appalling fuel economy than idle chatter about the weather, which makes sense when a gallon of gas costs as much as a cheap umbrella. For instance, just the other day there was some guy going on about how his car was getti......

Click on the image for more shots of the Honda FCX ClarityHonda's upcoming dedicated hybrid model is expected to debut at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, and a recent interview with Honda CEO Takeo Fukui revealed that the car will look similar to its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the FCX Clarity. Although......

Praise Mr Chindamabaram and feel good, the excise duty cut (lowered to 12 percent from 16 percent) on small cars, buses, motorcycles, scooters and three wheelers will make your beloved machines cheaper. Major manufacturers have already started announcing price cuts on their products.Small and Hybrid......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram has reduced the customs duty on small and hybrid cars. The excise duty on small cars has been reduced to 12 per cent from 16 per cent and hybrid cars to 14 per cent from 24 percent. Excise duty exemption on two-three wheelers reduced from 16 pc to 12 pc.......

Hau Thai-Tang, the chief engineer of the 2005 Mustang has been promoted to director of advanced product creation. He will replace Chris Theodore who is retiring. Thai-Tang will take the position starting Dec. 1. One of  Thai-Tang's chief responsibilities is to oversee the SVT group.......