Lola Group and Drayson Racing Technologies have announced that they will launch their new Lola-Drayson all-electric prototype racing car at the 6th MIA International Low Carbon Racing Conference on 11 January 2012.

The unique Oaktec Honda Insight hybrid rally car that caused a storm when it was considered too fast to compete in its rally championship won a race of a different kind this weekend.

Toyota is to compete in the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours with a new race car powered by a petrol hybrid powertrain.

Electric cars will soon be able to race around tracks which provide charge as they drive, thanks to a new partnership between HaloIPT and Drayson Racing Technologies.

Lola Cars International Ltd and Drayson Racing Technologies LLP today announced the formation of an official partnership that will initially deliver an all-electric prototype race car, the Lola-Drayson B12/69EV.

It’s a 100 miles per gallon automatic hybrid eco-car, yet it’s been banned from rallying for being too fast!

Toyota will show the MR2-based “GRMN SPORTS HYBRID Concept II”, a convertible mid-engined petrol-electric hybrid concept, at the 39th Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race taking place this weekend.

Audi has won the Le Mans 24 Hour Race for the tenth time, as well as showcasing its future technology in the form of the diesel-electric e-tron Spyder concept.

Delta Motorsport has launched its battery-electric Delta E-4 Coupé, which has a top speed of 150 mph and a range of 200 miles.

The MINI Countryman is starting its participation in the World Rally Championship on the Rally Italy event in Sardinia, which takes place from 6-8 May.