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Tesla Model S Beta Unveiled
Tesla Model S Beta Unveiled

4 Oct 2011, 14:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Tesla has recently held a special presentation at its NUMI factory, inviting 3,000 guests to meet the Model S Beta, with CEO Elon Musk driving six passenger in the car, right on the stage. Musk t...

 
Fuel-Cell Hyundai ix35 to Be Tested by European Parliament
Fuel-Cell Hyundai ix35 to Be Tested by European Parliament

4 Oct 2011, 12:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hyundai has created a fuel-cell powered electric vehicle based on the ix35 SUV. It’s been designed and engineered with European motorist, but to check if it’s any good, a substantial tes...

 
Chevrolet Volt Could Be Made in China
Chevrolet Volt Could Be Made in China

4 Oct 2011, 12:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford has recently announced that it could be assemble electric cars locally for the Chinese market, not wanting to reveal a full schedule or what it’s the Focus Electric they were talking abou...

 
Electric Toyota RAV4 2012 Launch Confirmed
Electric Toyota RAV4 2012 Launch Confirmed

4 Oct 2011, 10:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Back in November 2010, Toyota used the LA Motor Show to introduce the RAV 4 EV concept, with the vehicle receiving positive reactions from the public. Subsequently, the vehicle, which uses an electr...

 
Mythbusters: Cars Are Greener than Bikes
Mythbusters: Cars Are Greener than Bikes

4 Oct 2011, 07:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Motorcycles are much greener than cars, right? They burn significantly less fuel, producer less carbon dioxide, so there you have it. Well, according to the Mythbusters, this is wrong: motorcycles a...

 
General Motors Will Offer CNG Bi-Fuel Pickup in 2012
General Motors Will Offer CNG Bi-Fuel Pickup in 2012

3 Oct 2011, 20:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / General Motors wants to give its customers, especially those interested in its workhorses, the opportunity of running on compressed natural gas (CNG) and currently offers the Chevrolet Express and G...

 
Nissan Leaf Beats Chevrolet Volt in September Sales
Nissan Leaf Beats Chevrolet Volt in September Sales

3 Oct 2011, 17:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We don’t know if the fact that it doesn’t use gas that’s to blame for this, or things that have to do with supply, but the Nissan Leaf has managed once again to beat General Motors...

 
Most Fisker Karma Orders to Be Fulfilled This Year
Most Fisker Karma Orders to Be Fulfilled This Year

3 Oct 2011, 15:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Not wanting to risk the sort of marketing mess that Nissan was in when they couldn’t keep up with the deliveries, Fisker says it will make good on its promise to deliver most of the 3,000 rese...

 
Tesla Model X SUV Coming This Year
Tesla Model X SUV Coming This Year

3 Oct 2011, 09:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Tesla is set to present a new vehicle, the Model X crossover later this year, with the car set to make its official debut at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show, which takes place in January 2012. The ve...

 
Kia EV to Be Launched this Year
Kia EV to Be Launched this Year

3 Oct 2011, 07:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Nowadays if you want to be important in the automotive world, you must have a plan that includes some sort of market bomination by the year 20-something. One of the companies that doesn’t nec...

 
2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas Pricing Revealed
2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas Pricing Revealed

2 Oct 2011, 13:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Honda has announced the pricing for the Natural Gas version of the 2012 Honda Civic, which replaces the Civic GX. The sedan, which is scheduled to arrive in showrooms on October 18 will come with a ...

 
Tesla Model S Performance Version Coming
Tesla Model S Performance Version Coming

2 Oct 2011, 12:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The final, production version Tesla Model S is set to be unveiled by the end of the year, with the car expected to come to the market in summer next year. Initially, we'll get three versions...

 
Dartz's New MOJO and JO-MOJO: First Details and Photos
Dartz's New MOJO and JO-MOJO: First Details and Photos

1 Oct 2011, 19:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Dartz, the Russian company that makes the Kombat armored SUV, is now preparing to launch a new vehicle, a two-seater unconventional performance car. The carmaker posted the first images and detai...

 
Nissan Extends 2012 Leaf Availability in the US
Nissan Extends 2012 Leaf Availability in the US

30 Sep 2011, 17:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The availability of Nissan’s revolutionary Leaf electric car has been extended in the US. Thus, the 2012 Leaf can now be ordered in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jer...

 
F30 BMW 3 Series Engine Range
F30 BMW 3 Series Engine Range

30 Sep 2011, 12:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The most important new car that has not been unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show, but will arrive soon, has to be the F30 BMW 3 Series. The vehicle is set to be unveiled on October 14, in Munich, Ge...

 
Spyshots: 2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 Spotted Again
Spyshots: 2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 Spotted Again

30 Sep 2011, 08:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW is getting ready to introduce a new generation of 3-Series sedan, probably next year, and we’ve been focusing a bit too much on the M3. The automaker has just taken the wraps off the Activ...

 
Pike Research Expects US PHEV Sales to Top 350,000 by 20170
Pike Research Expects US PHEV Sales to Top 350,000 by 20170

28 Sep 2011, 13:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Pike Research has recently released a fresh bit of automotive insight, according to which US plug-in vehicle sales will hit 358,959 by 2017. This represents an increase of 43 percent on the current ...

 
Europe EV Sales Slow to Pick Up Despite Incentives
Europe EV Sales Slow to Pick Up Despite Incentives

26 Sep 2011, 20:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Despite strong incentives in countries like Denmark, Norway, Belgium and Great Britain, Europeans have been slow to pick up on the recent trend for electric transportation, as customers have been ta...

 
European Automakers Agree EV Should Have Universal Plug
European Automakers Agree EV Should Have Universal Plug

26 Sep 2011, 18:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A consensus has apparently been reached in the European auto industry on Thursday, as Inside Line reports automakers want a universal standard for charging stations. The European Automobile Manu...

 
First Nissan Leaf Delivered in Canada
First Nissan Leaf Delivered in Canada

26 Sep 2011, 18:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The first Nissan Leaf electric vehicle has been delivered to the Canadian customer who was also the first to place to place an order in his country for the revolutionary Japanese hatch that runs on ...