General Motors doesn’t want to miss the hype train. It too has now announced that it will have an entire fleet of hybrids. Ok, it didn’t. But, GM will have 16 hybrid models on the market by 2012, CEO Rick Wagoner told reporters at the Geneva Motor Show.

Saab has announced its new hybrid compact, the 9-X BioHybrid Concept – which will bow officially at the Geneva Motor Show in the coming hours.

While we’re not particularly sure as to the origins of these advertisements, they seem to be a pretty edgy way for Toyota to keep people taking about its iconic hybrid offering, the Prius.

Porsche has said it will introduce a diesel-powered vehicle into the European market in 2009, according to Automotive News Europe.

Yesterday we brought you a full load of pictures of the Italdesign Quaranta. Now, we bring you the video of the concept set to debut next week in Geneva.

Mercedes-Benz is claiming they will have lithium-ion batteries in its upcoming S400 BlueHybrid that will go on sale in Europe by mid-2009, following to the U.S. by the third-quarter of 2009.