Lotus revealed few images and details for the Elite hybrid, a 2+2 coupe V8 model scheduled to enter the market in 2014. According to the details available from Lotus, the 2014 Elite hybrid will benefit from a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 coupled to a hybrid transmission. The 2014 Lotus Elite will measure 4.6 meters and will have a mass of 1.680...
The electric Saab 9-3 SportCombi wagon, written short, 9-3 ePower is on it's way for the Paris Auto Show. The Swedes from Saab prepared their first electric vehicle that will benefit for now only from 70 fleet units but it will hit the green automotive market just in 2015. The Saab 9-3 ePower comes with a 35.5 kWh lithium-ion battery...
As you probably read on our blog, the Germans at Mercedes revealed the zero-emission A-Class E-Cell model announced to be present at the Paris Auto Show. The Mercedes A-Class E-Cell will be manufactured in just 500 units and will the models will be the material of some tests in order to reveal the long-term benefits of the electric model. The...
The Japanese manufacturer at Toyota announced that they are preparing an affordable plug-in hybrid model based on the Prius model and expected to debut on the market by 2012. The electric model from Toyota promises a low acquisition price of about $28,000 being more affordable than other zero-emission models available on the automotive market. People at Toyota slightly showed their...
Kia revealed the details on the all-new limited electric CUV model that is preparing to debut in 2011. However, the 2.000 units of the electric Kia model together with 500 Hyundai BlueOn EV revealed by us few days ago will be destinated for governamental use, 2013 being the year for the new Kia electric vehicle to enter the market. There...
Big news after Toyota teamed up with Tesla and announced future electric models. They were not kidding and this is why. Toyota announced an electric version of the RAV4 SUV, an environmentaly friendly vehicle scheduled for the Los Angeles Auto Show. Here is the first result of the collaboration between Toyota and Tesla Motors. They joined the forces in order...
The Korean manufacturer revealed a new electric vehicle, Hyundai BlueOn, an electric car that comes with a considerable top speed delivered by an electric engine with a considerable amount of horsepower. More exactly, BlueOn EV comes with an fully electric engine able to deliver 81 horsepower and 210 Nm of torque while the top speed climbs to 130 km/h! The...
The French manufacturer Peugeot revealed the official details and photos for the series version of the first electric model manufactured by Peugeot. We are talking about Peugeot iOn, an electric model that comes with an engine capable to develop 64 horsepower and 180 Nm of torque having an autonomy of 150 kilometers. An electric model that at least for now...
The Japanese officials from Mitsubishi made a statement announcing that at this year's edition of the French Auto Show, they will unveil the electric i-Miev model designed for the European market, a model that suffered from a series of changes to meet some european requirments but also some materials and parts were improved (such as ASC system and side airbags)...
Even the current Honda Insight hybrid model was launched about a year ago, it gets a facelift version that improves some not very critical features of the car, such as the interior. Handling problems were reported for Insight model by customers, this facelift bringing also some improvements to the suspension in order to resolve the problems reported, but these changes...
We have here the Golf blue-e-motion concept from Volkswagen. This car receive a fast inauguration in the presence of the German chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, and let’s not forget the special thing about this car, I’m talking about that entirely electric propulsion. Even though this total electric technology was presented on a Golf 6 body, the technology will be built...
Before the official presentation they said about this Jac Vision Concept IV that will be a rival for smart ForTwo, but the reality is that Jac Concept is a rival for the compact class MPV’s. Also this concept had for source of inspiration the new Opel Meriva and I will tell you why I said that. Well, the problem is...
This Audi R8 E-tron looks like he came from the future, but from the dimensions point of view he’s a little small having the next dimensions, 4.26 meters length, 1.90 meter width and 1.23 meters height. Compared with the model from which he borrowed the body line, is shorter with 17 centimeters, but this model comes equipped with four electric...
It looks like Toyota Prius will extend its range in the near future with a new version, a bigger one having the ability to provide comfort for several passengers in the same time. I’m talking about an MPV model, and Japanese peoples are known for their preferences regarding to this type of models. I’m surprised that we heard about this...
Those of you who will have the chance to go at Shanghai Showroom will have the honor to admire the new concept from Citroen, I’m talking about Citroen Metropolis of course, a future rival prototype for the A8, 7 Series and S Class models. Maybe from the pictures you have the impression that this Citroen Metropolis is long, but let...
Renault moved fast and presented to us the series versions of the first electric models of the French brand, I’m talking about the Renault Fluence ZE and Renault Kango ZE being already available for pre-orders. Renault made a prognostic and said that in 2020, 10% from the world’s cars will be electric, so the investments in this domain are wise....
The second generation of Porsche Cayenne represents a clear evolution of the first generation and it promises to carry on further the success of the first generation, as a luxury SUV. This Porsche Cayenne comes with a changed design, but it kept the general characteristics of the first generation. The Porsche’s profile is basically the same, only the back side...
The name Andrei Avarvarii started to become more and more recognized, the concept that you see here was made from zero by him. He didn’t do that only from passion, he was coordinated by the head of design of the Italian brand. As I said, this Lamborghini Minotauro wasn’t made from ambition, it was the final project from MA in...
A Russian billionaire named Mikhail Prokhorov has just announced that he plans to reveal the first hybrid-electric car to be made in Russia this year. Mikhail Prokhorov is planning to rely on the government’s aid for companies that hope to reduce reliance on natural resources. The Onexim Group, Prokhorov’s own company will invest 150 million euro (around 204 million dollars)...
First of all let me tell you that in Germany the starting price of the little Japanese coupe hybrid Honda CR-Z is decent, quite attractive, it’s a little bit over 20.000 euro. To be more specific, the base price for this Honda CR-Z version in Germany, is 21.990 euro, with just 1000 euro expensive compared with the base version of...
