Archive for 'Hybrid Car' Category


Build Your Own 225 mpg Diesel Plug in Hybrid

20 March 2007

If the names Trimuter, Tri-Magnum or Urba Electric ring a bell, you probably read a lot of Mechanix Illustrated or Popular Mechanics back in the sixties and seventies. Robert Q. Riley was a prolific designer of these build it yourself vehicles along with many, many more that were available as plans enabling you to construct [...]

Lexus GS450h Hybrid Enters 24 Hour Race

5 July 2006

No sooner does Audi start winning endurance races with their diesel racer and here comes Toyota entering their Lexus GS450h hybrid sedan in the Tokachi 24-hour Race at the Tokachi International Speedway in Hokkaido (in northern Japan) from July 15 to 17. Can’t have Audi running away with all of the unconventional race car thunder, [...]

Plug In Hybrid Kits

22 February 2006

Plug in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) have been popping up since garage tinkerers got hold of the Toyota Prius and started experimenting. Instead of relying on the gasoline engine and regenerative braking to do all of the recharging, they asked, quite logically I think, why not plug in to the power grid to recharge when [...]