19.02.11

Detroit Auto Show: Ford Unveils The C-MAX Energi, Its First Plug-In Hybrid

The car rounds out the company's electrification plan Ford has been talking for months about its plan to bring five electrified vehicles to market by 2013. The last remaining mystery about that lineup -- a plug-in hybrid whose name, shape, or size were long unknown
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Bio-bug, UK's first sewage-powered car, takes to the streets

Think your car runs like crap? A sewage utility in Bristol, UK, has converted a Volkswagen Beetle to run on human waste. The Bio-Bug
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The Chevy Volt gets a price tag: $41,000USD before tax credit, first deliveries in November

When the Chevy Volt concept first materialised a few years back, there were a lot of questions surrounding America's first mass-market electric car. While answers to most of those questions dribbled out over the last few years, GM remained mum on one critical aspect:
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Electric Taxis With Switchable Batteries Debut in Japan

There are currently more than 60,000 taxis cruising around Japan, a number that accounts for 20 per cent of the country's CO2 emissions. To promote environmental health, the Japanese government has joined with Better Place, a US firm specialising in electric
Read more...


The Future Is Clear Now

While Toyota and Volkswagen – the world’s two biggest car makers – are locked in a battle for global sales leadership over the next decade, driven by a new generation of hybrid and electric cars, Japanese maker Honda is working on technology that may well leapfrog them both. Most big
Read more...


Honda's Concept Trike for the Urban Commuter

Ride into the future on three wheels Honda's EV-N concept may have the visage of a throwback car
Read more...


Hungarian Firm Envisions Electric Car That Splits Into Two Smaller Cars (No Joke)

With Detroit reeling and Toyota busy trying to explain away some rather egregious design flaws, it
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Future Electric Cars Could Earn Money for Owners While Sitting Still

Cars could shed their image as energy hogs and become mobile storage points for the electric
Read more...


Nissan Gets $1.4 Billion Loan from Feds to Build Electric Cars

A retooled Nissan factory is expected to create up to 1,300 jobs in the U.S. Nissan can officially start its engines for its all-electric car, Leaf. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has
Read more...


New Electric Car Seats Two, Hits 75 MPH, Needs a Name

Myers Motors Unveils New Electric
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Bio-bug, UK's first sewage-powered car, takes to the streets

Think your car runs like crap? A sewage utility in Bristol, UK, has converted a Volkswagen Beetle to run on human waste. The Bio-Bug
Read more...


Detroit Auto Show: Ford Unveils The C-MAX Energi, Its First Plug-In Hybrid

The car rounds out the company's electrification plan Ford has been talking for months about its plan to bring five electrified vehicles to market by 2013. The last remaining mystery about that lineup -- a plug-in hybrid whose name, shape, or size were long unknown
Read more...


Electric Taxis With Switchable Batteries Debut in Japan

There are currently more than 60,000 taxis cruising around Japan, a number that accounts for 20 per cent of the country's CO2 emissions. To promote environmental health, the Japanese government has joined with Better Place, a US firm specialising in electric
Read more...


The Future Is Clear Now

While Toyota and Volkswagen – the world’s two biggest car makers – are locked in a battle for global sales leadership over the next decade, driven by a new generation of hybrid and electric cars, Japanese maker Honda is working on technology that may well leapfrog them both. Most big
Read more...


The Best of the 2010 Detroit Auto Show

A smaller but surprisingly less depressing North American Auto Show features a shaken industry seeking a fresh start The 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit was quieter, smaller and shorter than in years' past. But it was not, however, depressing,
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Honda's Concept Trike for the Urban Commuter

Ride into the future on three wheels Honda's EV-N concept may have the visage of a throwback car
Read more...


Nissan Gets $1.4 Billion Loan from Feds to Build Electric Cars

A retooled Nissan factory is expected to create up to 1,300 jobs in the U.S. Nissan can officially start its engines for its all-electric car, Leaf. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has
Read more...


The Chevy Volt gets a price tag: $41,000USD before tax credit, first deliveries in November

When the Chevy Volt concept first materialised a few years back, there were a lot of questions surrounding America's first mass-market electric car. While answers to most of those questions dribbled out over the last few years, GM remained mum on one critical aspect:
Read more...


Hungarian Firm Envisions Electric Car That Splits Into Two Smaller Cars (No Joke)

With Detroit reeling and Toyota busy trying to explain away some rather egregious design flaws, it
Read more...


Future Electric Cars Could Earn Money for Owners While Sitting Still

Cars could shed their image as energy hogs and become mobile storage points for the electric
Read more...


The Future Is Clear Now

While Toyota and Volkswagen – the world’s two biggest car makers – are locked in a battle for global sales leadership over the next decade, driven by a new generation of hybrid and electric cars, Japanese maker Honda is working on technology that may well leapfrog them both. Most big
Read more...


New Electric Car Seats Two, Hits 75 MPH, Needs a Name

Myers Motors Unveils New Electric
Read more...


Bio-bug, UK's first sewage-powered car, takes to the streets

Think your car runs like crap? A sewage utility in Bristol, UK, has converted a Volkswagen Beetle to run on human waste. The Bio-Bug
Read more...


Nissan Gets $1.4 Billion Loan from Feds to Build Electric Cars

A retooled Nissan factory is expected to create up to 1,300 jobs in the U.S. Nissan can officially start its engines for its all-electric car, Leaf. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has
Read more...


Future Electric Cars Could Earn Money for Owners While Sitting Still

Cars could shed their image as energy hogs and become mobile storage points for the electric
Read more...


Hungarian Firm Envisions Electric Car That Splits Into Two Smaller Cars (No Joke)

With Detroit reeling and Toyota busy trying to explain away some rather egregious design flaws, it
Read more...


Honda's Concept Trike for the Urban Commuter

Ride into the future on three wheels Honda's EV-N concept may have the visage of a throwback car
Read more...


Electric Taxis With Switchable Batteries Debut in Japan

There are currently more than 60,000 taxis cruising around Japan, a number that accounts for 20 per cent of the country's CO2 emissions. To promote environmental health, the Japanese government has joined with Better Place, a US firm specialising in electric
Read more...


The Chevy Volt gets a price tag: $41,000USD before tax credit, first deliveries in November

When the Chevy Volt concept first materialised a few years back, there were a lot of questions surrounding America's first mass-market electric car. While answers to most of those questions dribbled out over the last few years, GM remained mum on one critical aspect:
Read more...


Detroit Auto Show: Ford Unveils The C-MAX Energi, Its First Plug-In Hybrid

The car rounds out the company's electrification plan Ford has been talking for months about its plan to bring five electrified vehicles to market by 2013. The last remaining mystery about that lineup -- a plug-in hybrid whose name, shape, or size were long unknown
Read more...


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