Opel Ampera Wins 2012 Monte Carlo Rally for EVs
26 Mar 2012, 16:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Opel Amera is racking up the marketing victories. After it was named 2012 Car of the Year in earlier this month, it now added some light racing credentials. The plug-in hybrid convincingly wo...
Mean Green Volvo Hybrid Truck Going for New World Record
26 Mar 2012, 11:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / About a month from now, on April 27th, ‘Mean Green’, the world’s fastest hybrid truck, will attempt to reach speeds in excess of 260 km/h (165 mph) on an airfield in Utah, beating ...
Production BMW i8 Fresh Details
26 Mar 2012, 09:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Production of BMW’s halo car is scheduled to officially begin round the middle of 2013 at the famous Leipzig plant, with deliveries coming the next year. We already know from the concept/pr...
Ferrari CEO Says V12 Hybrid Coming
24 Mar 2012, 17:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We haven’t heard a rumor on hybrid Ferraris in a year now, but we’re not going to tell you any old speculative piece of information. Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa told AutoCar magazine that ...
GM Replaces Charger Cords for Chevy Volt
23 Mar 2012, 18:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Let’s admit for one second that the Chevy Volt was never going to spontaneously burst into flames as you were driving along. Even if you had an accident, the two or three days for the fire to ...
BMW’s 2012 Olympic Games Fleet Livery Revealed
23 Mar 2012, 17:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW has today revealed specially livered 2012 F30 3-Series and F10 5-Series models that have been specially livered for this year’s Olympic Games, which will take place in London. As a part...
Infiniti to Unveil EV Concept in New York
23 Mar 2012, 14:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The New York International Auto Show is just around the corner, having been scheduled to start on April 4th. We’ve herd plenty of new vehicles making their debut there, including the 2013 Merc...
VW Will test 20 Electric Golf Prototypes in US
21 Mar 2012, 13:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The flexibility of the new MQB platform means that Volkswagen will make the Golf 7 into everything from a PHEV to an EV. But until that day arrives, most likely within the next two years, data needs...
Porsche 918 Spyder Prototype Track Testing
21 Mar 2012, 11:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Porsche might be working to develop spicier version of the 911 and the new Cayman at the moment, but this isn’t the company’s most advanced development. This role is reserved to the 918 ...
Toyota Boosting Prius C Production to Meet US Demand
20 Mar 2012, 09:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What’s to be considered to be good news for Toyota in Japan can actually prove problematic in the US. As the automaker is already struggling to keep up with demand for the Prius C in the land ...
Renault Zoe Promo Video Released
19 Mar 2012, 17:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The green car revolution is almost what it should have been from the beginning: a relatively inexpensive, practical way for people to get about. Forget about silly models like the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid...
Porsche Panamera Plug-In Hybrid in 2013
19 Mar 2012, 13:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Porsche has decided to give the Panamera four-door a slight makeover and together with it will debut a brand new powertrain to give it something the competition doesn’t have: electric driving ...
Iraq Veteran Buys Chevy Volt
19 Mar 2012, 08:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota might have sold more Prius C units in three days than the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt combined, but the latter has the support of the men in uniform. Bob Tanner of Toms River, New Jersey, who ...
Volkswagen XL1 Prototype Revealed by Naked Spyshots
18 Mar 2012, 20:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Back in 2009, Volkswagen promised the world that it would produce a car that would only need one liter per 100 km, with the carmaker presenting the L1 concept. Since then, the German company has bee...
BMW Remembers Electric Mobility Pioneer Cars
16 Mar 2012, 17:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The BMW ‘i’ cars aren’t here yet, and the BMW ActiveE is not exactly the most attractive electric car on the market. It might look like a cool car, but it’s just a testbed to...
smart car2go Arrives in Britain
15 Mar 2012, 15:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The car2go urban mobility scheme is coming to British shores, as the city of Birmingham will soon the tens of others in Europe and North America benefit from the program. Starting this autumn, ca...
Volkswagen Golf Electric to Use E-Golf Name
15 Mar 2012, 09:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Next year, VW will introduce an electric version of the Golf, with this riding on the carmaker’s new MQB platform. The vehicle, which might also be a path opener for other eco versions of the ...
2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid Launched in Australia
14 Mar 2012, 12:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota has launched the brand new hybrid version of the 2012 Camry to the Australian market. The car is not only more efficient, but also cheaper to buy and even faster, so this is the kind of fuel-...
Nissan Leaf European Dealers to Increase Ten Fold
14 Mar 2012, 11:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan has today announced today its electric vehicle market expansion plans for 2012. The zero emissions LEAF hatch will be rolled out across Europe from ten times as many dealers than before, as t...
Boeing Phantom Eye Hydrogen-Powered UAV
14 Mar 2012, 09:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Boeing has already proved that the technology that isn’t quite ready for our cars is just right for planes. In 2008, the first hydrogen fuel cell aircraft was piloted (by a man), making histor...