2011 Chevy Volt Hybrids and EVs are all the automotive rage right now. Everyone is building one, or at least talking about doing so sometime in the future, and the media is clamoring for exciting breakthroughs in efficient design. With oil supplies...
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If you wanted to go out today and buy one barrel of crude oil, it would cost you about $73. That translates to a gas price, at least in my neck of the woods, of around $2.50 per gallon. That’s a heck of a bargain considering what we’ve seen...
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If you hated my recent rant about driver distractions, you’ll positively love the new Lexus HS 250h hybrid sedan. Apparently, this car has every gadget and electronic device known to man, including an optional Remote Touch Interface with joystick...
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While we at TTAC continue to cover the serious, the silly and the sublime from the world of cars in this holiday season, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes. We have a grip of new blog and editorial series in development right now, the first...
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found 7 months ago by Keith Barry on
Autopia
Another arbitrary deadline has passed, and the latest Autopia WTF? Caption Contest has come to a close. For the most recent edition, we found a photo of Ah-nold checking out the Audi e-tron electric concept. Apparently, Gov. Schwarzenegger was...
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found 7 months ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
Autopia
Add Italy to the list of places getting in on the electric motorcycle racing action. Azhar Hussain, the founder of the TTXGP motorcycle grand prix, announced today that he’s lined up four races there in 2010, and one Italian team already has...
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found 7 months ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
Autopia
The gorgeous e-tron electric concept car Audi’s been showing off lately is more than a slick show car. It’s damn-near production ready and could be in showrooms by the end of 2011. So says Dan Neil, the Pulitzer Prize-winning gearhead who...
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found 7 months ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
Autopia
Mavizen is moving right along on development of the TTX02 electric superbike, and company boss Azhar Hussain passed along some video of the bike undergoing testing of the battery management system. It isn’t much to look at — just a low-speed...
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found 7 months ago by Tony Borroz on
Autopia
Boom! That’s the sound of another round being fired in the electric vehicle war, and it’s a big one: BMW is getting in on the action in a big way. The Germans are rolling into the Detroit auto show next month with the slick Concept ActiveE and...
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found 7 months ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
Autopia
You can add Volvo to the list of companies promising to roll out electric vehicles to “selected customers” to test the waters before diving in. The Swedish automaker announced today that it is heading into the Detroit auto show with a spiffy...
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found 7 months ago by Darryl Siry on
Autopia
When I first learned about Tesla Motors in 2006, I wasn’t looking for an opportunity in clean tech. Having spent too much time working in the financial services industry, I decided it was time to pursue a career in something that I was passionate...
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It’s going to take a while before the words “EV” and “Idiot” are not inextricably linked with Audi. The company that let it slip that it thought the Volt was “a car for idiots must think we’re idiots too, to swallow their idiotic...
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found 7 months ago by John @ Carscoop on
Carscoop
Following yesterday's rumors about a new Chrysler model based on a Lancia vehicle, a news report today claims that the Chrysler Group will also reveal an all-electric version of the Fiat 500 at the Detroit auto show in January, without however...
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Before we get to the concepts, here’s a reality: Beautiful Earth Group in New York (Brooklyn, actually) has built a solar charging station out of a pair of old cargo containers. A large solar panel array plus batteries charge the group’s MINI-E,...
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found 7 months ago by Chuck Squatriglia on
Autopia
Chrysler will show some signs of life when it rolls into the Detroit auto show with — get this — an electric version of the Fiat 500. Sweet! Chrysler is bringing the electric 500 and a Lancia Delta sporting a Chrysler grille to the show, says...
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found 7 months ago by Keith Barry on
Autopia
German drivers have begun pilot testing a new intelligent charging infrastructure that allows electric car owners to take their home utility bill with them while charging on the go. E-mobility Berlin, a joint venture between utility company RWE and...
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found 7 months ago by Sam Abuelsamid on
Autoblog
As we were discussing the Chevy Volt with some colleagues the other day, a potentially serious problem for EVs came up during the conversation. For the foreseeable future, the primary market for plug-ins and EVs will be urban areas where the range...
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found 7 months ago by Matthew Redd on
Autopia
I knew when I bought my ‘67 VW Beetle that I was starting two projects: An electric conversion and a restoration. Now that I’ve had the car in my garage awhile, I’ve discovered just how big a project the restoration is going to be. With the...
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Word is out that one of the greatest Ferraris ever, the 599 GTB Fiorano, will get the hybrid treatment and appear at the Geneva Motor Show in March of 2010. According to Quattroruote, the Italian car mag, Ferrari’s first hybrid road car will...
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2011 Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Happy New Year’s Eve fellow CarGurus! I got to thinking that as 2010 descends upon us, we’re really only about 6 months away from seeing the first 2011 model year vehicles enter dealerships. That blows my mind a...
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