Hybrid

Yamaha is set to follow Kawasaki into the hybrid segment, with the FZ-S Hybrid. Spotted at Bharat Mobility Expo 2025 in India, it's part of a sea change at Yamaha, the ripples of which will surely be felt throughout the motorcycle industry.

Horse offers a comprehensive lineup of efficient combustion engines, transmissions and electric components for the next generation of hybrids and low-emissions ICE vehicles. Its latest electric motor has hit production as the hybrid market heats up.

Xpeng AeroHT is developing a stunning dual-mode transporter it calls the "Land Aircraft Carrier," a 6-wheel van built to launch a small eVTOL out its trunk. The vessel has been progressing rapidly and now has a full demo launch under its belt.

After revealing a show-stopping concept version last year, Honda has announced it'll launch the 6th generation of its legendary Prelude sports coupe in late 2025 – and it'll be a two-motor hybrid.

Another day, another wild electrified aircraft concept that reimagines the future of air travel. This time around, it's a turbine-electric hybrid that tilts its ducted electric fans to offer helicopter versatility with airplane range and efficiency.

Astro Mechanica is an aerospace startup developing what it calls a "turboelectric adaptive engine", efficient for both subsonic and supersonic flight ... using electric car motor technology. And the suck-squeeze-bang-blow works.

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing organs and tissues for transplant, or lab-grown meat.

It was just this July that we heard about the ES-30, a hybrid-electric airliner being developed by Swedish firm Heart Aerospace. Well, the company has now unveiled a full-scale demonstrator version of the plane, which should fly next year.

Travelers could be making all-electric airline flights as soon as 2028. That's when Heart Aerospace's well-funded hybrid-drive ES-30 is planned to enter service, with a battery range of 200 km (124 miles) – or much farther in extended-range mode.

When the archetypical energy drink giant unleashes its seemingly unlimited resources to create its first car, expect the extraordinary. Red Bull's RB17 is a low-slung aerodynamic rocketship, making nearly twice its own weight in downforce.

Twenty years ago, the Veyron was born. A dozen years later, the Chiron. And now the Tourbillon – Bugatti's new epoch – born through the concept of horology: a 277-mph, 1,800-hp, naturally aspirated V16, three-electric-motor, luxury hybrid hypercar.

Aiming to make armored vehicles stealthier, Rolls-Royce is using this year's Eurosatory defense trade fair to debut a new concept hybrid diesel engine that not only makes tanks and such more efficient, but easier to hide.