AS AUSTRALIAN CAR BUYERS gradually warm to the idea of diesel engines, and Peugeot, Citroen and Volvo forge ahead with their plans to bring diesel-electric hybrids to market, Toyota, the world’s current hybrid-car leader, has reportedly nixed the idea of an oil-burning hybrid.

Toyota currently produces a diesel hybrid truck for the Japanese market, but it [...]

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LATE LAST YEAR Volvo announced that it would be launching its first diesel-electric hybrid model in 2012, which will spearhead a range of fuel-sipping Volvos.

Now the Swedish automaker has upped the ante, announcing a partnership with Swedish power company Vattenfall and pledging to have its first plug-in hybrid on the road in 2012.

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Peugeot claims it is at the cutting edge of automotive technology in Europe and who are we to argue.

With 961 patent applications filed in 2008, PSA Peugeot has been designated by France’s National Institute for Industrial Property as the country’s leading patent filer for the second year running.

The amount of patents applications being made by [...]

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AMG has decided that it is possible to have too much horsepower… and has called for an end to the ongoing battle for bragging rights around the office water cooler. While there’s no guarantee that other manufacturers will follow suit, AMG is intending to blaze a new trail, that focuses less on massive outputs, and [...]

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If a diesel engine is more economical than its petrol counterpart and a petrol-electric hybrid motor is also thriftier than a conventional powerplant, then what does that make a diesel-electric hybrid engine?

Efficiency? Volvo certainly seems to think that combining an oil-burner with an electron-guzzler is a winning combination, and has announced its intention to introduce [...]

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Citroen have just announced details of their C-Cactus concept which will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this month. Combining the efficiency benefits of diesel and electric powerplants the C-Cactus hybrid is Citroen’s vision of a cost effective and fuel efficient future.

How does 3.4 litres per 100 km sound? If that doesn’t impress [...]

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