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 Cars resident music snob to take some time out of his busy schedule and help us out. So, instead of pontificating about John Prine’s heavy influence on Buckwheat Zydeco’s accordion arrangements, he put together this list of 5 songs guaranteed to juice your cathodes:

If you’ve been delaying your hybrid purchase because you were waiting for a performance model, your wait IS NOT over. Herr Michael Macht, CEO of Porsche, says the Stuttgart automaker has no plans for a Porsche hybrid right now. Apparently they’re not willing to sacrifice performance for what some would consider marginal gains in fuel mileage and green impact. Now, we love hybrids here, but you gotta applaud the man for sticking to the very mentality that made Porsche what it is today—unadulterated performance.

Source: 0-60 Magazine

Not meant to be unveiled until the Geneva Auto Show in March, the new BMW 1-Series Hybrid—yes Hybrid—has been spied. Those sneaky photogs over at Winding Road not only got the shots, they posted ‘em right here.

In our eggnog induced holiday haze, we seemed to have missed our call from Elon Musk to test drive the new 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport. Luckily, somebody (obviously more responsible than us) over at Winding Road did get the call—here’s what they have to say about this $120K slot car.