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 […]
MINI E – be a UK tester
It’s nine months since we reported that MINI were going to let the public shake out any problems in the MINI E by leasing them out in small numbers to ‘Field Testers. Initially the plan was to do this in the States and Germany, but MINI has thrown the UK in to the mix, and […]
BMW Vision ED Concept teased – again
This is a bit quick. We’ve got used to car makers playing tease on new cars ever since they worked out that car sites could report the bits they leaked (officially and unofficially) very quickly. And – unlike car magazines – we can offer up umpteen stories a day for our readers who enjoy car […]
Mercedes B Class F-Cell Hydrogen launched
Mercedes has announced that it is launching a hydrogen fuel cell car – the Mercedes B Class F-Cell – for lease Things look like they may be starting to turn in favour of Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicles. We had news the other day that a Hydrogen Highway in London is being created, and this morning […]
BMW EfficientDynamics Concept teased +Video
Although we are likely to see some very exotic machinery at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month, including the Rolls Royce Ghost, the Lamborghini Reventon Roadster and the Aston Martin Rapide – to name but a few – the big news will be ‘Green’. We already know that BMW will be bringing the ActiveHybrid X6 […]