Ford has shown the Ford Focus Electric at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Due to launch late 2011 in US and 2012 in Europe We expected Ford to debut the electric version of the new Focus at the Detroit Motor Show next week until they did the whole ‘Electric Focus Tease‘ thing […]
Ford Focus Electric tease begins
Ford teases the release of new information about the electric Ford Focus at the International CES in Las Vegas on its Facebook page. Ford has promised that there will be an electric version of the 2011 Ford Focus by 2012. Which we’ve gone on record as saying is a daft idea. Why would you want an electric […]
BMW i8 – launch name for Vision EfficientDynamics. Possibly.
The rumourmill is declaring that the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics will come to market in 2013 as the BMW i8. Update 29-7-11: BMW has now revealed the BMW i8 Concept. BMW i8 Concept Photo Gallery Update: BMW has now revealed its new eco sub-brand as BMW i, and revealed that the Vision EfficientDynamics will indeed be the […]
BMW i & BMW i1 – BMW i9 trademarked
BMW has trademarked ‘BMW i and BMW i1 to i9 in preparation for the launch of their new sub-brand of MegaCity / Project-i City Cars We’ve know for some time that BMW are working on a sub-brand to launch a range of City Cars under the banner of ‘BMW Project i‘. We’ve assumed that this […]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Supercar priced
Ian Robertson, BMW Sales and Marketing Director, revealed at the lainch of the 1 Series M Coupe that the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Supercar will cost less than £150,000. Just like every car maker on the planet BMW is working on hybrids. So far they’ve been sensible and have used hybrid powertrains to do what they […]
Chevy Volt will get 37-93mpg
The EPA has revealed that the Chevy Volt will average 37mpg on its range extender engine and 93mpg when in electric mode. Back in August 2009 we all had a good laugh at the astonishing claim from GM that the range extender Chevy Volt would do 230mpg. We speculated that GM must have based this figure on the Volt using […]
Opel Ampera Euro price €42,900
Opel has revealed that the Euro price for the range-extender Opel Ampera will be €42,900, equivalent to £36,500 It’s always the case that early adopters of new technology pay the price of being the first to adopt a new product or technology. Economies of scale haven’t kicked in and manufacturers are often trying to recoup […]
Audi Q5 Hybrid revealed +video
Audi has revealed details of the Audi Q5 Hybrid through its national sites, although nothing has been officially announced. I know, you’re thinking that Audi has decided to get some spoiler photos and powerplant details on the Audi Q5 Hybrid out in the open ahead of the Los Angeles Motor Show to spoil the normal leaks on […]
Mitsubishi i-Miev: The Fat-Boy version for the US
Mitsubishi is making their electric city car – the Mitsubishi i-Miev – quite a bit bigger to cater for the US market. It’s a big enough problem getting the UK and Europe to buy in to the idea of a very small city car, much less one powered by an electric motor with all the power of a glorified […]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics gets green light +video
BMW has announced that their hybrid diesel electric supercar from Frankfurt 2009 – The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics – will go in to production in 2013. Probably the biggest show stopper at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show was the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, which offered a diesel hybrid setup withn two electric motors, M3 levels of […]
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