hybrids
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Is Lamborghini Secretly Showing Off A Hybrid?
Lamborghini reportedly showed about 200 potential customers a prototype of a new hybrid supercar that’s set to debut soon, according to a website called The Supercar Blog. Treat it with scepticism, but Lamborghini’s been talking about production cars going hybrid for a while now. This would get that rolling.
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The New Toyota Corolla Gets Hybrid Power
Australia’s most popular car is about to get some more green credentials in the form of a hybrid petrol-electric drivetrain. The new Toyota Corolla, set to debut in the middle of the year, will use a third less fuel than the already efficient petrol-only hatchback, and marks the fifth vehicle in Toyota’s Aussie line-up to…
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Monster Machines: The Prius Of Planes Could One Day Replace Helicopters And Jump Jets
Getting an aircraft to launch and land vertically is not difficult. Getting one to launch vertically and then complete a long-endurance flight, however, is an entirely different bag of cats. But a team from NASA’s Langley Research Center believe that they have developed a flight system that can do both tasks equally well. The secret:…
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Toyota Is Recalling Millions Of Prius Hybrids To Fix A Software Bug
Toyota is recalling 1.9 million Prius hybrids to fix a serious bug in the engine control unit that can cause transistors to overheat — and potentially cause the hybrid system to shut down while driving. The bug can see the car revert to failsafe mode in the case of overheating, and it can still be…