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Top 5 Hybrid Driving Hotties

Okay, so Discover Hybrid Cars is starting to look more like Discover Hybrid Girls, but hey, we love girls. And, we especially love skinny, hippy-ish girls who are hell-bent on saving the planet. And if these girls happen to be adorable celebrity types bumping around in hemp clothing and hybrids, t See more details

5 Treehuggers We Want to Hug

Saving the planet can be so tiresome, so it’s nice to know that you’re not alone in your green endeavors. Since green is the new chic, there are many high-profile celebrities helping shoulder the burdens of being green. Today we salute these comrades in arms, or rather, comrades into whose arm See more details

5 Hot Chicks Guaranteed to Charge Your Hybrid Batteries

In what’s shaping up to be an installment series on ways to keep your hybrid batteries juiced, here’s the latest method: Women. Just the sight of certain women—especially those of the beautiful, sexy, curvaceous celebrity variety—is enough to get any red-blooded American’s motor running; See more details

5 Songs Guaranteed to Charge Your Hybrid Batteries

We know that regenerative braking and all sorts of other techno-goodies go into charging the batteries in your hybrid. But, if there were a way to help recharge them by listening to tunes, would certain songs do a better job of it? And if so, what would those songs be? We convinced the Hybrid Car See more details

Homebuilt Full Electric for 3 Grand? Yup!

  This is Discover Hybrid Cars, but is there a tree hugger among us who can resist the prospect of a full electric? How about a full-electric classic VW bug? I thought not! Well, hold on to your hippy hats—the folks over at Wilderness E.V. now sell a range of DIY electric kits designed to plop See more details

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Top Planet Hating Petrol Burners

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 19:06 Keen & Green

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Despite worldwide economic meltdowns, international oil wars, global warming and undeniable market trends, some people will just never get it. We’re talking about those petroleum burning fat fucks who continue to unabashedly drive cars that are obvious menaces to the environment. A couple weeks ago, greenercars.org put out their list of the “Meanest Vehicles for the Environment in 2010” and the results aren’t so startling. The top 4 are ultra-rare exotics that you only see coked-out douche bags  driving around Miami or LA, but scroll down the list and you’ll see the same vehicle’s that are likely sitting in your neighbor’s driveway—Dodge Ram and Ford F-250. Check out the full list right here.

 

Top 5 Hybrid Driving Hotties

Friday, 05 March 2010 20:11 Keen & Green
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Okay, so Discover Hybrid Cars is starting to look more like Discover Hybrid Girls, but hey, we love girls. And, we especially love skinny, hippy-ish girls who are hell-bent on saving the planet. And if these girls happen to be adorable celebrity types bumping around in hemp clothing and hybrids, then all the better! Today we present you our unauthorized, unverified, yet unabashed and unashamed look at our favorite hybrid hotties.

 

White Zombie: More Tesla than Tesla

Friday, 05 March 2010 00:53 Keen & Green
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Well, I was gonna do another post about the exotic-hybrids showing off at the Geneva Motor Show, but then I ran across these crazy guys over at Plasma Boy Racing. For the last 14 years, Plasma Boy has been drag racing their homebuilt, all-electric 1972 Datsun 1200, dubbed the White Zombie. With a 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, sub-12 second ETs and 114 mph gate times, the White Zombie is one the fastest all-electric street legal vehicle anywhere. Check out the Plasma Boy site, they have an extensive rundown of the 14 year history of this undead tire-smoker.

 

 


 

Ferrari 599 HY-KERS Hybrid: Plug-In Prancing Stallion

Tuesday, 02 March 2010 15:42 Keen & Green

Photo Source: Jalopnik

The latest hyper hybrid to roll out of a storied European fast factory is the Ferrari 599 HY-KERS Hybrid concept. Unveiled yesterday at Geneva, the HY-KERS is actually just a V12 599 with a token 107 hp electric motor crow-barred into the engine bay.  And, with over 200 lbs of electro fancywork on board, the extra hundred or so ponies are pretty much rendered neutral.

Here at Discover Hybrid Cars, we’re still undecided on how we feel about Ferrari, Porsche, Lotus and the other gods of performance churning out hybrids. A lot of technology has trickled down to our daily drivers through the years thanks to these legendary garages pushing the envelope on the track, and hopefully by pushing the hybrid envelope we’ll get some usable ideas for our commuter cars. After all, with such limited build numbers and the fact that those who have em rarely drive em, are supercars really the problem?

 

Source: Jalopnik

 

Porsche Cayenne Hybrid: Two Sacrileges with One Stone

Friday, 26 February 2010 00:22 Keen & Green

2011 Porsche Cayenne

Not only is Porsche giving its “SUV” a second generation, they’re gonna make it a hybrid. Now, this leads to a couple of conundrums for the staff here at Discover Hybrid Cars. First, Porsche and SUV go together like stripes and plaids. But, thanks to yuppies with children, and emo boys at a Belle & Sebastian concert, both combos are here to stay.

Our second problem: As earth lovers, we love hybrids. As car lovers, we love Porsches. But do we want either of these interests homogenized by the other—hell no. Worrying about MPG in a Porsche and going fast in a hybrid just kinda defeats the purpose of both.

Source: Jalopnik

 


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