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Road & Track jumped the gun on April Fools Day with this lovely photoshop of a droptop Chevy Volt. Looks good if you ask me. Even better? It’s solar powered. Oh if only it were true. Nerdy, yeah. Wouldn’t it be cool if GM came out with one of these though? The Road & Track [...]
Audi released photos of its new e-Tron Quattro system frolicking on (what’s left of) the winter ice. The prototype hybrid system is based on the current Audi A5, but earns its “Quattro” moniker not with a conventional all-wheel-drive system, but with what Audi is calling an “electric rear axle”. The innovative new hybrid Quattro system [...]
With so much focus on hybrid and electric vehicles right now, it’s easy to overlook that many other alternatives companies are working on. Ford says that with the recent rise in gas prices, more fleet owners are buying CNG vehicles. The Big Three have offered CNG engine options for over a decade now, but they [...]
Lotus has been developing a number of innovative new “green” technologies in recent years, with much attention being paid to its compact range-extending ICE generator, itself based on Lotus’ Omnivore engine technology. Lotus first showed the system in their Evora 414E hybrid concept car last year. As our longer-term readers might recall, I’ve tin-hatted myself [...]
March has been a busy month for Boeing – one which saw the maiden flight of the company’s third new biofuel-capable 747-8 intercontinental plane and new patent filings for quieter, less disruptive passenger planes. The 747-8 completed its inaugural flight last Sunday, after spending four hours and 25 minutes of flight maneuvers not usually associated [...]
SoCal start-up Fisker has just completed its first production car (in Finland), but already they are talking about future cars. One idea; use of a dedicated, 3-cylinder range extender rather than the 4-cylinder EcoTec car engine currently under the hood. The Fisker Karma is a plug-in hybrid with a GM-sourced turbocharged 4-cylinder engine operating as [...]
In the face of rising gas prices and increasing turmoil in the Middle East, President Barack Obama today called for a one-third cut in oil imports by 2020. The President’s plan to accomplish this goal relies on a variety of energy sources including increased domestic oil and gas production. But the aspect of the President’s plan [...]
Ford didn’t make a big deal with the announcement that the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid would cost the same as the standard MKZ. Maybe they should have, as sales of the hybrid version have taken off this year. Ford is the only automaker to offer a hybrid version of a car at the exact same price [...]
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