Videos from 2009
All-electric car Nissan Leaf unveiled
Submitted August 6, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 251 ViewsThe Nissan Leaf is powered by Lithium Ion batteries and due to be launched in Japan, the U.S. and Europe in late 2010. It was designed as an everyday vehicle with 160-kilometer+ (100 mile) driving range.
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AutoMotoTV - Toyota Prius 3 presentation
Submitted July 27, 2009 • Category: Hybrid Cars • 449 ViewsToyota, the leader in hybrid vehicles, has launched the third generation Prius a this year while other car makers just came up with their first hybrid car. AutoMotoTV had the opportunity to test drive this hightech car from Japan.
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EV concept sports car vs. Ferrari vs. Porsche
Submitted July 24, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 362 ViewsWhat’s faster? This electric sports car X1 prototype, the Ferrari 360 Modena or the Porsche Carrera GT… Sadly the X1 is only a proof-of-concept vehicle that will never be a production car. But Wrightspeed Inc. is confident that the technology will lead to a production car in the future
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One day with an electric vehicle from Renault
Submitted July 3, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 375 ViewsThe animated film shows how 24 hours with a Renault electric vehicle (EV) could look like. With a standard infrastructure for electric mobility it would be easy to plug the EV in at home and do quick charges at work or service stations.
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1st annual Tesla Roadster Rally
Submitted June 21, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 378 ViewsWhile the guys at Speed and Motion usually prefer loud and wild gasoline guzzlers, they celebrated the one-year anniversary of Tesla’s first retail store and the delivery of the 500th Tesla Roadster with the 1st annual Tesla Roadster Rally this year. The course led the drivers 60 miles along the streets and freeways of Los [...]
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Official product video: Lexus RX 450h
Submitted June 16, 2009 • Category: Hybrid Cars • 429 ViewsThis video shows the bright sides of the new hybrid SUV Lexus RX 450h including details and interior. The completely re-engineered hybrid system generates an impressive 295 total system horsepower. And even better, Lexus sasy that the RX 450h has fuel economy of 28 mpg city and 26 mpg highway. In California the Lexus RX [...]
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All-electric crossover BYD e6
Submitted June 15, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 415 ViewsThe e6 is an all-electric vehicle from Chinese car manufacturer BYD Auto. The range is expected to reach 400 km per charge and even more important for electric cars: BYD says that all chemical substances used in the battery can be recycled.
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Riley’s three-wheeled plug-in hybrid XR3
Submitted June 8, 2009 • Category: Hybrid Cars • 440 ViewsToday Robert Q. Riley told AutoblogGreen that the XR3 is going for production. The three-wheeled XR3 can reach 200 mpge in hybrid-mode and 125 mpg when operating on just the 23 hp diesel engine. Also it can go up to 40 miles range while running only on its lithium-ion battery pack.
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Mitsubishi i-MiEV & i-MiEV Sport Air at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show
Submitted May 30, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 390 ViewsThe Mitsubishi i-MiEV Sport Air concept car was first unveiled at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show in Japan and made its world debut at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show together with the i-MiEV. The Mitsubishi i-MiEV Sport Air is a sporty version of the all-electric i-MiEV city car and it’s designed to show how an [...]
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Protoscar Lampo electric sportscar at the Geneva Motor Show
Submitted May 26, 2009 • Category: Electric Cars • 279 ViewsThe Swiss design company Protoscar has unveiled their brand new electric sportscar Lampo at the Geneva Motor Show in january 2009. The EV is powered by two electric motors with 268 horsepower while its all-wheel drive (AWD) helps to reduce wheel slippage and provides greater driver control.
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