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Audi Working to Reduce Weight of Vehicles Considerably
As much improved as Audis have become over the past few years one consistent complaint about the German luxury cars is how much they weigh. Audi aims to eliminate that critique by removing the problem – weight. According to Audi technical development boss Michael Dick the automaker is currently working on its next modular longitudinal…
Mitsubishi Reveals i-MiEV Production Model in Japan
Mitsubishi has just revealed the production model of its i-MiEV electric car in Japan and it plans to have models on the road by July. Initial sales of 1,400 vehicles will be to government entities with public sales starting in April of 2010. As a full-electric vehicle the i-MiEV creates zero emissions and is powered…
Audi Bringing R8 Roadster and Electric R8 to Frankfurt Auto Show
According to two more than one reliable source, Audi is set to unveil the roadster version of its awesome R8 at the Frankfurt Auto Show this September. But that isn’t the only R8 set to debut. The R8 Roadster will be available in both V8 and V10 versions with 420 and 525 horsepower respectively. A…
Volkswagen and Chinese Automaker BYD to Explore Electric Vehicle Partnership
Volkswagen and Chinese automaker BYD (Build Your Dreams) have signed a “memorandum of understanding” announcing that the two car manufacturers will seek ways to work together to bring electric vehicles and hybrids to market. Volkswagen recently announced its TwinDrive diesel-electric hybrid system and we recently reported on a rumor that the German automaker will bring…
Mercedes Parent Company Daimler Buys 10% Stake in Tesla
Daimler has just announced that it has reached an agreement with Tesla Motors Inc., that will see the German automaker gain a 10 percent stake in the California-based electric car maker. Along with an undisclosed amount of money the agreement will help forge a partnership between the two companies as they work to bring electric…
Volkswagen Bringing Electric Car Concept to Frankfurt Auto Show
Volkswagen is rumored to be delivering up to four new models at the Frankfurt Auto Show this September and now we have learned that one of those cars will be an electric model. Little (to nothing) is known about the EV Concept, however, it is likely to either use the Up! city car platform or…
Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: Our Ironic Earth Day Adventure
To celebrate Earth Day, Chrysler invited a select group of media to the Green Ride N Drive, (held during the SAE Show in Detroit today), to get behind the wheel of the Dodge Circuit EV. So in an act of automotive environmental irony that has to this day only been perpetrated on the planet by…
Tesla Model S: The Future of Electric Cars Is Here… Sort Of
Yesterday California-based Tesla Motors unveiled it’s latest creation, a fully-electric luxury sedan with a range of 300 miles and a 0-60 mph time of 5.6 seconds. Yup… the future is here! Well, almost. Tesla’s first creation, the Tesla Roadster was wickedly fast (and fun) but not very practical with just two seats. This latest vehicle,…
Tesla Model S Sedan Images Leaked
Ahead of Tesla’s media event and press conference, set to be held today at noon Pacific Time, three images of the electric car company’s latest project have leaked onto the interwebs. Two of the three photos depict a vehicle that looks alarmingly similar to Jaguar’s XF sedan – a car on which it might just…
MINI Working With Fiat to Build New Light Weight, Rear-Engine Model
Photos: Beyond-Form.com According to a report in U.K.-Mag AutoExpress, MINI and BMW are currently working with Fiat to develop several new cars, including a new light-weight MINI model that will have its engine out back. That’s right, the new car will be a small four-seater with as long a wheelbase as the body will allow…
RUF Greenster Concept Foreshadows Production Model
Back in October, German Porsche tuner RUF took a new direction by unveiling an electric car concept based on the Porsche 911. Today at the Geneva Auto Show RUF took this project a step further, displaying the eRUF Greenster, on which the company will base a small series of cars set to go on sale…
Koenigsegg Quant Revealed: Solar-Powered Supercar Sedan
After teasing us with just one image a few weeks before the Geneva Auto Show, Swedish supercar maker Koenigsegg has revealed the Quant Concept car. Shaped like a sedan with the design of a Koenigsegg, the Quant is a a solar-powered electric car with 512hp and 527 ft-lbs of torque. This is enough to propel…
Mitsubishi i MieV Sport Air Concept
With Mitsubishi all set to launch a production version of the i MieV, the company is already looking to the future. According to the i MieV Sport Air Concept, that future might include mini electric sportscars. This little teardrop shaped coupe is rear-wheel drive and features a perfect 50/50 weight distribution. And weighing just 2,161…
Ford to Bring Electric and Plug-In Hybrids to Market in 2011
While General Motors has been stealing all the publicity in the plug-in hybrid segment and Chrysler keeps rolling out an endless lineup of electric concept cars, Ford has been quietly working behind the scenes to develop both technologies. And according to a report in the Detroit News, Ford will bring both of these new technologies…
Mitsubishi to Show i MiEV Sport Air Concept in Geneva
Mitsubishi plans to continue to promote its i MiEV electric vehicle by launching a more performance-oriented version of the micro-car at the Geneva Auto show this March. Called the i MiEV Sport Air, this concept car is an effort by Mitsubishi to explore the fun side of green motoring. The iMiEV Sport Air will feature…
BYD e6 Electric Car Set for Production in 2009
Chinese atuo manufacturer Beyond Your Dreams (BYD) announced at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit that is it currently working on developing a pure electric vehicle that will offer impressive range. The announcement was made following news that BYD has developed a plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid which is already on the road…
Chevy Volt: Made in America – even the batteries
After a press conference the day before where every new, exciting and award winning GM vehicle was paraded before the media, the General’s second North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) press conference featured a sparse stage populated only by the upcoming Checy Volt and GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner. Wagoner announced that the battery…
World Premiere: Fisker Karma S
Fisker Automotive had on display at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit the production version of its Karma hybrid that it first unveiled in concept-form at the show 12 months ago. The company also took the wraps off a new concept, the Karma S – a hard top convertible featuring Fisker’s Q-Drive…
Dodge Circuit EV Prototype
After unveiling the EV Concept at the Paris Auto Show, Dodge made a concerted effort to keep the publicity ball rolling by showcasing the Tangerine colored Circuit EV Prototype at the Detroit Auto Show. Running on a pure electric engine, the Circuit will hit 60 mph in less than five seconds and accelerate through the…
Ford Fusion and Focus Electric and Plug-in Hybrids coming
Next year Ford will deliver pure electric versions of its Fusion and Focus models to fleet customers with units going on sale in 2011. The pure electric cars are expected to achieve 100 miles on a single charge. Then in 2012 Ford will deliver a plug-in hybrids of both the Fusion and Focus. Ford also…
SLR Stirling Moss in the Flesh
Mercedes kicked off the Detroit Auto Show with the world premiere of its fabulously ridiculous SLR Stirling Moss. With a substantially altered body, this chiselled machine looks more Mansory than Mercedes-Benz. It was designed in homage to Stirling Moss, who piloted the original 300 SLR to victory in the famous Mille Miglia race. In fact,…
Mercedes-Benz blueZERO Concept Unveiled
Mercedes-Benz says it will develop three blueZero models, including an electric model, a hydrogen fuel-cell model and an extended range hybrid-electric model. Some of the versions will even begin production this year. Dr Thomas Weber, the man in charge of corporate research and development at Mercedes-Benz Cars says that, “From 2009, we will be producing…
Lotus Plug-in Hybrid Coming
In an interview with the Financial Times, Lotus CEO Michael Kimberly said that Lotus is working on a Hybrid and that the vehicle could be ready as early as March. And March just so happens to be when the Geneva Auto Show is… and Lotus never passes up an opportunity to unveil something in Geneva….
The Electric MINI: the MINI E
Recently MINI delivered 500 MINI Es (electric versions of the popular MINI) to California, New York and New Jersey to begin an exciting new pilot project. Each vehicle is powered by a 204hp electric motor, which draws power from a lithium-ion battery. MINI claims the vehicles are good for 156 miles on a single charge…
