Tata Motors Displays Tata Nano EV at Geneva Motor Show
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Tata Motors presented the Tata Nano Electric Vehicle (EV), based on the Tata Nano platform, at the Geneva Motor Show. When launched, the Nano EV will join the Tata Indica Vista EV in Tata’s EV portfolio. The Tata Nano EV. Click to enlarge. The Indic ...

Technology Architecture of Audi A8 Hybrid Shown in Geneva Previews the Production Q5 Hybrid, Due This Year
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Drivetrain of the Audi A8 parallel hybrid. Click to enlarge. Audi presented the A8 parallel hybrid as a technology concept at the Geneva Motor Show. ( Earlier post .) The technology architecture of the A8 hybrid previews that of the production Q5 hy ...

Ferrari Shows HY-KERS Hybrid Concept at Geneva; StopStart for the Production California
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The layout of the drivetrain for the HY-KERS concept. Click to enlarge. Ferrari presented a hybrid experimental vehicle, the HY-KERS, based on the 599 GTB Fiorano at the Geneva Motor Show. The HY-KERS features a lightweight hybrid drivetrain, with a ...

Lexus CT 200h making U.S. debut at New York Auto Show
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Filed under: Hybrid , Lexus , New York Auto Show Lexus CT 200h - Click above for high-res image gallery Lexus debuted the production version of its compact CT 200h hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show this week and, after the show, it will be heading wes ...

Geneva 2010: SEAT IB E concept is stylin' [w/VIDEO]
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Geneva Motor Show , Europe/EU , SEAT SEAT IB E concept - Click above for high-res image gallery While the Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (or " SEAT " as it's known in popular parlance) may not have a lot of sou ...

Europe to See Lots of Hybrid Models Soon
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While hybrids were growing in popularity in the US, there was little interest from Europe’s side, where diesel engines remained popular for quite a while. However, looking at the 2010 Geneva auto show, this may very well change soon. From Toyota, we ...

Citroen Shows SURVOLT EV Concept With Looks to Kill For
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Citroen seems to be on a roll with creating cool looking concepts, and painting them green. The latest to come out from Citroen’s stable is the SURVOLT EV concept that was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. While the automaker held back on much of t ...

Lumeneo presents all-electric Smera concept at Geneva
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Eco Factor: Zero-emission compact vehicle powered by lithium batteries. Apart from hybrid Ferrari and Lotus there is enough at the Geneva Motor Show for all those who’re planning to buy a clean car for a cause. Lumeneo has presented a serial model o ...

Little room for hybrids, EVs in Europe for a decade
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Hybrid and electric cars are the stars of motor shows, but the expensive technologies could take a decade to really hit European roads as automakers improve petrol and diesel cars to ...

The Week in Pictures: First Plug-in Hybrid Electric Porsche Unveiled, Best Picture of Earth Ever, PETA Porn, and More (Slideshow)
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From the news that state legislators in South Dakota have passed a resolution that "urges" schools to stop teaching global climate change as hard science--and instead pair it with "astrological" and "cosmological" theories--to the unveiling of the 9 ...

Geneva 2010: Lumeneo Smera Concept is a lean(ing), possibly hyper-mean, electric machine
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Geneva Motor Show Lumeneo Smera Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery if there's one overriding theme at this year's Geneva Motor Show , it's the electrification of the automobile. Long story short, even scorched ...

Geneva 2010: IED Tesla EYE Concept
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Tesla Motors , Geneva Motor Show IED Tesla EYE concept - Click above for high-res image gallery The gaping openings on the front of the EYE design study vehicle from the Istituto Europeo di Design of Turin ( IED ) that is o ...

All-Electric Tata Nano Revealed in Geneva
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We were beyond excited upon learning that the world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano, might be released in hybrid form. But it looks like Tata has skipped the step of going hybrid and has decided to release an all-electric version of the Nano instead! R ...

Europcar Pre-Orders 500 Renault Electric Vehicles
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Following on from the Memorandum of Understanding on electric vehicles signed at the 2009 Frankfurt International Motor Show, Europcar has pre-ordered 500 Renault electric vehicles for delivery in Europe’s largest cities from the 3 rd quarter of 201 ...

Mercedes Introduces E 300 BlueTEC Diesel Hybrid; New C- and E-Class BlueEFFICIENCY Diesels
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with Stop-Start E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID, C 220 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY and E 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Click to enlarge. Mercedes-Benz introduced the E 300 BlueTEC diesel HYBRID at the Geneva Motor Show. The new vehicle—Mercedes’ first production diesel hybrid ...

Geneva 2010: Audi A8 Hybrid a concept in name only
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Filed under: Hybrid , Audi , Geneva Motor Show Audi A8 Hybrid Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery In the Them's Big Words department, Audi is calling its A8 Hybrid "the efficiency standard." And it's not exactly untrue since the top-of- ...

Geneva 2010: Rinspeed UC? asks a lot of questions
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Geneva Motor Show Rinspeed UC? - Click above for high-res image gallery Despite what your eyes may be telling you, the car you see above is not a Pygmy Fiat 500 . It is, in fact, the questionably named Rinspeed UC? (pun int ...

Motorized Hybrid Bikes - Izip Express Bike Combines Motor and Human Power
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(TrendHunter.com) The Izip Express Bike from Currietech is an electric bike powered by a new technology known as Currie Evo-Drive 2.0 that combines the electric motor power with human power to deliver the highest performance… ...

Europcar pre-orders 500 electric vehicles from Renault, coming to rental fleets in 2011
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Europe/EU Avis isn't the only rental car company interested in Renault's electric vehicles (EVs). Europcar announced last fall that it would work with the Renault - Nissan alliance to put EVs into the rental fleet in Europe ...

Drivers find electric cars have enough range
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To all those cities worrying about getting wired for electric vehicles: Fret not. Early studies of electric car drivers show they generally get back home before they need to recharge. Electric car - Transportation - Electric vehicle - Business - Ener ...

Eaton Introduces Electronic Fuel Vapor Management Valve for Hybrids
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Eaton Corporation has introduced an electronic fuel vapor management valve for hybrid-electric vehicles that manages fuel vapor pressure contained within the fuel tank, increasing safety and enabling automakers to meet strict emissions regulations. ...


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