20 Jun 2012, 15:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While most countries are struggling to get an EV charging network up and running, the Germans are taking a different approach. The Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, as well as s...
15 Jun 2012, 14:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The US state of Texas has decided to boost the adoption rate of alternatively-fueled vehicles, by offering a reported $5.7- (€4.5-) million in the form of grants. The grants will apply to pure ...
11 Jun 2012, 10:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mazda have been using the Wankel rotary engine since the 1960s and have steadily improved the concept over the past five decades, having used it in racing and road cars with varying degrees of succe...
8 Jun 2012, 09:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It has become an extremely complex matter, that of EVs, hybrids, hydrogen-power, biofuels, bio-this, eco-jibber-jabber-that. The fact of the matter is that EVs could have taken off with the EV1 made...
7 Jun 2012, 09:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you thought the American public was generally misinformed and ignorant, you’d be wrong, as according to a recent video posted online by Honda, they have strong opinions and are generally in...
30 May 2012, 10:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having reported that President Obama may be shifting his focus from the (still very promising) hydrogen fuel cell technology, towards the more commercial and frankly less interesting and promi...
28 May 2012, 15:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The hydrogen fuel cell, we think, is still the best way to power us into the future, cleanly, efficiently and very simply, by combining hydrogen and oxygen and capturing the electrical charge of the...
23 May 2012, 07:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Obama administration in the US declared its full support of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle development and the creation of the hydrogen fueling station network, thus taking some of the spotlight awa...
21 May 2012, 09:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / A recent UK study of 1000 businesses, carried out by ALD Automotive, revealed that 60% of company drivers would not swap their conventionally powered car with an electric one.
The main disadvanta...
15 May 2012, 12:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the recent EV and plug-in hybrid craze which has literally swept the world and has permanently changed our understanding of hybrids and EVs and how and where their very diverse applications in ...
9 May 2012, 16:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The old continent has been successfully crossed by a pair of hydrogen-powered Hyundai iX35 from the North of Europe, in Oslo, to the very South, in Monaco - a journey of 2246 km (1,404 miles) which ...
8 Apr 2012, 19:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Seagulls are falling from the sky, baby seals are being smothered to death by greenhouse gasses and the polar bears’ habitat is shrinking every day. These are all NOT things the automotive wor...
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...
3 Jan 2012, 16:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mercedes is known to be planning a lightweight version of the E-Class and now we have new details on this project, with the production model set to arrive in 2015. According to Car Magazine, the veh...
30 Nov 2011, 13:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The brand new FCV-R concept bowed at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show earlier today. It’s supposed to be a practical sedan-type next-generation fuel-cell concept vehicle. The vehicle combines the nex...
16 Nov 2011, 12:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota might be the leader the market in terms of hybrid sales and gas-electric powerplants are sure to continue to play a key role in the company’s future, as they’ve previously announc...
15 Nov 2011, 15:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota has mixed the assets offered by the Prius with those of a small hatchback, with the result being the new Prius C, a b-segment vehicle that will make its world debut at the upcoming Tokyo Moto...
7 Nov 2011, 15:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota might still lead the market in terms of hybrid sales and gas-electric powerplants are sure to continue to play a key role in the company’s future, as they’ve previously announced ...
22 Oct 2011, 15:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mercedes Benz chose this year’s Frankfurt auto show to celebrate 125 years of... itself, but the unveiling of the F125 left many wondering what it’s all about.
For a while now, Merced...
18 Oct 2011, 12:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We just couldn’t believe that Mercedes chose the F125 Concept to celebrate its 125th anniversary. The car had gullwings like the rumored baby SLS AMG that’s reportedly on the way, but it...