Electric
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With the handful of new production intent concept cars Lotus is showing off at the 2010 Paris Auto Show this week, it’s evident the automaker, typically focused with lightweight sports cars, is trying new things. What’s interesting to see is that Lotus is expanding towards both ends of the new car spectrum, unveiling high-end supercars and tourers as well as this latest minicar concept. The new concept is the 2010 Lotus City Car Concept, and as its name suggests the vehicle is aimed at motorists in congested urban environments where streets are tight and speeds are low. The...
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2010 Paris Auto Show: Audi e-tron Spyder Concept
Turns out yesterday’s quattro Concept wasn’t the only big surprise Audi had in store for this week’s 2010 Paris Auto Show. Today we were treated with yet another e-tron electric vehicle, the 2010 Audi e-tron Spyder--though this one is very different to the stuff we’ve seen...
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2010 Paris Auto Show: Nissan Townpod Concept
Nissan's take on an all-electric city vehicle has been revealed today in the form of the new Townpod Concept, which is making its debut at the 2010 Paris Auto Show. Targeted at those always on the go, the Townpod can be tailored to a particular customer’s own needs and is described as a cross...
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2010 Paris Auto Show Coverage
Concept cars, green cars, electric cars--new cars. It's all coming to the 2010 Paris Auto Show at the end of this month, and High Gear Media is gearing up to bring you wall-to-wall Paris coverage starting...now. The show opens tomorrow to the media, but we've already previewed some of the dozens of...
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Get All The Latest News On BMW Project i Via Dedicated Website
In late 2007 BMW first announced plans to establish a new research division called ‘Project i’ whose task would be to develop a number of solutions for a vehicle designed for congested city motoring. The goal of Project i was never to exclusively develop one type of vehicle or another...
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Infiniti Releases Teaser For Luxury Electric Vehicle Due In 2013
Over the past decade Infiniti has been carefully forging a performance image for itself, developing cars with class leading powertrains and dynamics. With the company recently announcing plans for an electric vehicle--something commonly seen as environmentally friendly and completely lacking in the...
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The next stage of BMW’s electric vehicle rollout program is about to commence, with the automaker announcing today markets that will participate in the 1-Series ActiveE field trial when it begins next summer. Just as they have for the initial MINI E trial, the New York metro market and the Greater Los Angeles Area will again play key roles. In Southern California, the metropolitan market of San Diego will also be included. Other markets will include Northern California, the Greater San Francisco and Sacramento areas, Connecticut and Boston. A glimpse of the BMW ActiveE was first seen...
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Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-Cell Electric Car: Another Daimler Experiment
This morning Daimler released complete details on its 2011 Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-Cell, a limited production electric conversion of its aging A-Class five-door small hatchback, sold mostly in Europe and not available in the United States. The A-Class E-Cell is Daimler's second vehicle to use...
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Report: Next Nissan GT-R Will Be Pure Electric, Other Sporty EVs Planned
Nissan could be going all-electric with its flagship Nissan GT-R. Call it keeping up with the German Joneses or wild speculation, but a new report claims Nissan's Cheif Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga has hinted at the possiblity of turning Nissan's already heavily electronic sports car into a...
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Another Day, Another Start-Up Announces An Electric Supercar
It seems these days that a new electric sports car concept is announced almost every month and this month will be no different. The latest is from Spanish firm Izaro, which has announced its new GTE hybrid and all-electric supercar. Set to debut later this year with a pricetag of €55,000...
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Jay Leno, Arnold Schwarzenegger, And A Porsche Steering Wheel
Man With Steering Wheel: ...And this, of course, is the steering wheel. Jay Leno: Ordinarily, that's connected to the car, right? MWSW: Ach! You Americans. Such kopfschmerzen you give me. How do you put up with it, Arnold? Arnold Schwarzenegger: ...Huh? MWSW: I asked how you put up with all the...
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Alyssa Milano Is Charmed By The Nissan Leaf
There's been a lot of talk about electric rides lately, most of it having to do with the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf. (They're not the only EVs on the market, obviously, just the two getting most of the publicity right now.) What's weird is this: much of the chatter about the Volt seems...
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The upcoming BMW hybrid sports car is shaping up to be both mean and green.
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Video: Maria Sharapova Takes The Tesla Roadster For A Spin
Back in March, Tesla launched the Odyssey of Pioneers: a 22,000 mile, round-the-world tour of its all-electric Roadster, specially tricked out by Tesla's brand partner, watchmaker TAG Heuer. The fun began in Switzerland, then moved across Europe to India, China, and Japan. Now, the TAG Heuer Tesla...
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Porsche 918 Spyder Gets Official Production Greenlight
The Porsche 918 Spyder will definitely be built, and it's already headed to production.
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2011 Chevrolet Volt Worth Its $41,000 Luxury Pricetag?
The 2011 Chevrolet Volt will face tough competition from EVs and hybrids alike.
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Porsche Researching Electric Sports Cars, Production 'Definite'
The future of Porsche sports cars will include electricity.
Nelson Ireson -
Nissan To Tap Renault For Sports, Luxury Electric Cars?
The idea is attractive, and back-channel talk hints that may be the direction at Nissan.
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The idea is intriguing, but we'd have to call it speculation only at this point.
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Toyota Working On Electric Supercar?
The news of the RAV4 EV's rebirth is followed by rumors of a possible electric supercar.
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Audi R8 e-tron Wins Silvretta EV Rally
The R8 e-tron proves its electrons by taking the top spot in the all-electric rally.
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Report: Tesla Building Lexus RX and Toyota RAV4 Electric Prototypes For Japanese Giant
The makes and models of the vehicles to be tested reminds us of the 1990s.
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Audi R8 e-tron To Run 100-Mile Silvretta EV Rally
The Audi R8 e-tron is set to make its motorsports debut.
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Video: David Coulthard Tests The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell Prototype
We've seen the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell prototype, and we've heard Mercedes' promises that an all-electric version of the car will be on the road by 2013, but until now, we haven't had a good baseline on what to expect behind the wheel. David Coulthard solves that in this video. Sure, he's...
Nelson Ireson