Archive for March, 2009
Electric car Pininfarina B0 (B-zero) photoshow
Submitted March 31, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 877 ViewsBollorĂ© and Italian design house Pininfarina showed the very cool electric car Pininfarina B0 (B-zero) at the Paris Auto Show last year. It is powered with Lithium-Polymer Batteries and Supercapacitors which will provide it with a range of 153 miles. Top speed is 80 mph and the companies are already taking orders for the B0 [...]
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All-electric Smart fortwo
Submitted March 30, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 384 ViewsSmart has already sold over 1.000.000 cars in Europe and in 2010, the company will introduce an all electric vehicle to the market. It’s called “Smart fortwo electric drive (ed)”.
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Three-wheeled car Aptera typ-1
Submitted March 30, 2009 • Category: Hybrid Cars • 877 ViewsAptera is a California based designer and manufacturer of efficient commuter vehicles. Watch this video of the aerodynamic, lightweight and three-wheeled Aptera typ-1 and learn more about this fascinating vehicle (the new models Aptera 2e and Aptera 2h will achieve 100 mpg / 300 mpg).
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Electric cult car - MINI E
Submitted March 29, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 423 ViewsThe original MINI is a small car that was produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until the year 2000. It was the cult car of the Sixties and has become a cult car of the present since it was relaunched by BMW in 2001. And maybe the all-electric MINI [...]
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Think City electric car test drive
Submitted March 28, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 509 ViewsElectricAid.org took the THINK City out for an extensive and entertaining test drive in Norway. Over a period of three days, the small electric car was pushed to its limits in endeavors such as mountain climbing and drag racing on ice.
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Highlights of the all-new 2010 Toyota Prius
Submitted March 28, 2009 • Category: Hybrid Cars • 496 ViewsToyota’s National Car Marketing Manager Ed LaRocque goes over the 2010 Prius highlights with Car Diva Teresa Bravo: The new Prius is bigger with additional horespower (134 hp) and fuel economy’s jumped from 46 MPG to 50 MPG.
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Unveiling the new electric sedan: Tesla Model S
Submitted March 27, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 401 ViewsThis video from Edmunds’ Inside Line is about the unveiling of the new Tesla Model S, an all-new sedan from Tesla Motors with 5-2 seats. The Model S has more cargo space than station wagons, the acceleration is very fast (0-60 mph in 5.6 seconds) and the car has a range of 300 miles and [...]
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Unveiling the production version of the Chevrolet Volt
Submitted March 26, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 377 ViewsGeneral Motors wants to be the first automobil manufacturer to bring electric cars to market en masse. The company unveils the production version of the Chevy Volt to the world on 9/16/2008. The Volt has a small 4-cylinder internal combustion engine, but unlike current available hybrid cars, the actual propulsion of the Volt is accomplished [...]
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Interview with co-founder and former CEO of Tesla Motors
Submitted March 26, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 349 ViewsTwo years ago, co-founder and former CEO of Tesla Motors Martin Eberhard visits Yahoo!’s California campus and talks with Yahoo! Autos’ John Guzick about the Tesla Roadster and electric cars in general.
Interview with Tesla Motors CEO @ Yahoo! Video
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Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid
Submitted March 25, 2009 • Category: Hybrid Cars • 438 ViewsDuring the Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 show, Mazda exhibited the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid. This vehicle is capable of using either hydrogen or gasoline. The hybrid system boosts the hydrogen fuel range of the Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to 200 kilometers, twice the range of Mazda’s first hydrogen rotary engine model RX-8 Hydrogen RE. And [...]
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