July 6th, 2009 Something truly amazing comes from Turkey: some students from Sakarya University just released a prototype of what seems to be a car… but a car that consumes no more than a liter of hydrogen in a range of 568km (355 miles)!
June 28th, 2009 Oil companies involve more and more in the EV industry, as perspectives for this industry’s evolving are more and more bright. For example, ExxonMobil launches the Maya 300 – a Li-Ion battery powered small car that is built to have the looks and feel of a standard gasoline-powered one.
June 12th, 2009 With Better Place considering seriously the option of on-the-fly recharging, through EV recharging stations, Renault-Nissan announces that they will too use the same recharging system for the vehicles they will release soon.
June 10th, 2009 Despite the economic downturn taking place during recent months, the Chinese auto industry prospers in areas that U.S. manufacturers, such as G.M., with a hundred years of global dominance only has small dreams (see Chevy Volt).
April 10th, 2009 Mercedes Benz will launch for the first time at the New York Motor Show the ML450 Hybrid version, originally presented in Frankfurt in 2007. Immediately after the official presentation, several problems have delayed the entrance on the market of the “eco” SUV.
April 9th, 2009 Not only the world’s biggest auto producers have their word on electric car, but also Cambridge students. They unveiled a plan for a solar-powered car, able to drive at 60 mph, and use much less energy than a conventional electric car, just about 2kW (my car has 77kW, for a comparison).
April 7th, 2009 It seems like GM is trying to remake its name and image in the eyes of a certain niche of consumers, by making smart decisions for the future and ensuring a place among electric car manufacturers.
March 29th, 2009 Electric cars always leave me speechless. As many, I like to think my car is pretty fast and its torque is enough for me… just lying myself. Some of us just can’t seem to have enough of it, and gasoline engines are just not on our taste.
March 28th, 2009 I already knew Amsterdam’s inhabitants had a passion for bicycles, and cars are there something exquisite, not well-looked at, since they are a big cause for pollution.
March 25th, 2009 Hybrid buses are to be the next big thing in public transportation. I live in a medium-sized city (about 200,000 inhabitants), but we already have hybrid diesel-electric buses. The diesel charges a battery, and the battery propels the bus for as long as fuel exists in the tank.