The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid will debut at Frankfurt before being leased out in 2010. With the Frankfurt Motor Show getting ever closer, car makers are revealing more detail on the cars they’re bringing to the show, and this morning we have more information the the plug-in version of the Toyota Prius. The principle difference […]
Renault Electric x 4 for Frankfurt
Renault are to feature four electric car concepts at Frankfurt as part of their ‘Zero Emissions’ Range. I suppose we should expect car makers to tease and torment in the run up to a motor show. Citroen has been messing around with the Citroen Revolte tease for a week or more, and now Renault are […]
Mercedes Vision S500 plug-in Hybrid Concept at Frankfurt
Mercedes are said to be bringing a plug-in hybrid S Class to Frankfurt – the Mercedes Vision S500 Hybrid. Update: Mercedes has now confirmed our S500 Hybrid story and we have images of the S500 hybrid at the bottom of the page Blimey, we thought that Mercedes has done all they were going to do […]
Fisker Karma Hybrid will do 80mpg – official
Fisker has announced that the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid will average over 80mpg. A couple of weeks ago we reported that Fisker boss Henrik Fisker has been shaking the new Fisker Karma plug-in Hybrid down at the Laguna Seca racetrack in the States. And we speculated on just how economical the Karma was likely to […]
G-Wiz maker Reva announce new electric cars
Reva – makers of the G-Wiz – are to introduce two new electric cars at Frankfurt – the Reva NXR & the Reva NXG. I’m not convinced that the announcement by Reva – makers of the appalling G-Wiz – will do anything to encourage buyers in to electric cars. But who knows? Maybe the G-Wiz […]
Lotus Range Extender Engine – fit for Jag
Lotus has developed a 1.2 litre 47bhp Range Extender Engine that will show at Frankfurt and be trialled in a Jaguar XJ. Lotus have been innovators – and innovators on a budget at that – ever since Colin Chapman took them to the top of the road car and track car tree in the seventies. […]
Peugeot iOn Electric at Frankfurt
Peugeot are bringing the Mitsubishi i-MiEV based Peugeot iOn EV to Frankfurt. Does Frankfurt have direct access to the German National Grid? If not, with the amount of electric cars makers are bringing to the show, there could be a blown fuse or three. Latest to join the electric car party is Peugeot, who have […]
Hyundai i10 Electric introduced
Hyundai has revealed the Electric Hyundai i10 ahead of its launch at the Frankfurt Motor Show Yet another push forward from Hyundai, this time with an all electric version of the ‘King of Scrappage’ i10 – the Hyundai i10 Electric. This is a bit of a surprise from Hyundai, as they’d always said they would […]
Mercedes BlueZERO E-Cell Plus Electric Concept Car revealed
Mercedes first showed the BlueZERO E-Cell Plus Concept at the beginning of the year at the Detroit Motor Show. And now, as things move on, they are revealing it as a pre-production model. The BlueZERO E-Cell is actually based on the existing A Class / B Class platform, which is interesting in itself. Why? Well, […]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Car revealed +video
Well, they weren’t kidding when they said this was something different. BMW has released full details, including a massive 90 photos and a video, on the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Car. And it really is quite impressive. We speculated a couple of days ago that the Vision Concept would be a diesel electric hybrid with […]