Yes, it was confirmed by Honda Motor Co. CEO Takanobu ito that Acura Company will receive hybrid models, also was told that Acura will no longer use V-8 engines. Many people agreed that Acura TSC is an accessible nice-to-drive car and that it has a long list with good and useful features. The 2009 model of Acura was a good...
If you go at Tokyo Auto Salon in Japan and you don’t find a modified Prius to your taste then you will never find. There were a very large number of customized Prius on Makuhari Messe exhibition center, but Toyota impress us with no two, but three different concept versions of the hybrid model. Toyota Prius Custom Plus Concept (CCP)...
As the title says, Toyota Auris received a facelift, maybe at your first look you will not notice the changes, but if you analyze the details better you will take the conclusion that a facelift was made and it look’s undoubtedly better. Toyota Auris is a discrete and ordinary that’s you conclusion when you see it on the road, and...
Also known as NCC (New Compact Coupe) in Detroid, Volkswagen delight our eyes with a new concept, I’m talking about the new Volkswagen Jetta Coupe Hibrid. If you analyze it a little bit, you might say that Volkswagen Jetta is the combination between Golf and Audi A5, both silhouette and the rear taillights (I’m talking about the position of the...
I think that me and also the rest of the Mercedes fans and even those people that are not fans of Mercedes, are thinking that the Mercedes Benz auto maker is not at all about hybrids and but as you can read in the title, the new 2011 Mercedes Benz C-Class will have a hybrid option which is great. I...
U.S. producer, Ford, will launch an electric version of Focus, in 2011. It will have an autonomy of 160 kilometers on a single charge of batteries. Ford Company has lately intensified concerns about the development of electric vehicles. Transit Connect will be available in full-electric version at the end of 2010, the following model on the list being recently-launched Focus,...
A Toyota engineer announced that prices of plug-in hybrid cars will drop to an affordable level so that the popularity of this type of car to grow. Yoshikazu Tanaka, one of the heads of the engineers at Toyota, have big plans for the next generation of plug-in hybrid cars. He said that he want to make the car available for...
Peugeot BB1 will be produced in series. Beacuse after revealing the concept at Frankfurt, it received positive feedback, the concept will be produced in series version starting in the next two years. Peugeot has officially announced their intention to produce in series the BB1 concept, unveiled last autumn in the Motor Show at Frankfurt. It seems that the French were...
Two days ago we told you that the 2011 Honda CR-Z has been confirmed for the Detroit Auto Show from this year namely 2010 and now we have few photos and also some details and new thoughts about it. I want first to remember you that 2011 Honda CR-Z is a really cool car from me. 2011 Honda CR-Z comes...
German manufacturer will expand its range of ecological models with an electric version of the A-Klasse model, named E-Cell and expected to begin on the market in October. Mercedes will improve this year its electric vehicles offer with a ecological model. Manufacturer from Stuttgart plans to launch in October a battery version of the current small class A-Klasse model, which...
This concept really looks like a superhero’s car. When I first looked at it and I wanted to make a comparison, I realized that this Volkswagen NCC Concept looks like a bullet. I can even say that this Volkswagen NCC Concept is the Silver Surfer’s car but I’ll end the Sci-Fi from this post here. Volkswagen NCC Concept has a...
The Japanese manufacturer unveiled today at the Detroit Auto Show, the series version of the hybrid coupe CR-Z. It benefits from a parallel hybrid system, which gives it 124 hp and 174 Nm. Honda has unveiled at the International Auto Show in Detroit the model that fans waited a long time: the series version of the hybrid CR-Z coupe. The...
I have to tell you that this is the first hybrid from Hyundai which also makes me to detest this auto maker because they should have much more hybrids until now like the other auto makers. Anyway, excluding this, the Hyundai Blue-Will Concept is a pretty cool concept or at last talking about the design. I would also like to...
I have to tell you from the beginning that this Suzuki SX4 Hybrid is one of those concepts that are “forced” to be cool talking about the design but also about the engine from this car. Anyway, it is still a cool car (of course, because it is forced) and I will tell you why. The design looks pretty futuristic...
The American company Evatran has created a system for cars that use electric motors, this system help electric cars to be loaded without using wires. The American company Evatran has created a system through electric cars and plug-in hybrids can will be loaded no longer using a power cable. Technology designed by Americans is called "Plugless Power" and is based...
Renault Fluence Z.E. will be produced in Turkey and will have the same price with the internal combustion version. Renault wants to affirm on the electric cars market in Europe. For this reason, they will try to offer more accessibles electric cars. The French have chosen this location to maintain the price as low as possible, electric model going to...
Citroen has today revealed first electric vehicle for mass production, named C-Zero and based on current Mitsubishi iMiEV. After Mitsubishi has enjoyed a good reception with iMiEV and Peugeot unveiled at Frankfurt the iOn model, now is time to Citroen to give the public its interpretation of a micro-electric car, named C-Zero and based on the successful platform of the...
The electric concept will be produced in series by 2012. The model will be addressed for those who need a practical alternative in cities. Renault has confirmed that they will produce the electric Twizy ZE prototype in series , the model was presented world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Twizy measures 2.3 meters and have four wheels,...
The Mitsubishi i MiEV electric model was declared winner of "The most advanced technology available" provided by the jury of Car of the Year in Japan. The announcement was made at the Tokyo Motor Show. Mitsubishi i-MiEV is a car that does not make compromises with the environment. It was found that Mitsubishi has combined lithium-ion battery technology with a...
Renault plans to launch in Romania, in 2011, its first electric model, Fluence sedan. The model will be launched in a conventional version this fall. The French presented, at the Frankfurt auto show, several electric concepts and Fluence ZE will be the first produced in 2011 in 20 countries with an autonomy of 160 km. The electric model of Fluence...
