Archive for the 'Automotive News' Category
Spy Shots: Ford’s 4.4L diesel underhood
Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Ford, USAMany society in the States still assemble their living using good ‘ole fashioned pickup trucks as their main method of transportation. For those folks, the sky-high price of fuel is putting a serious dent in their profit margins, particularly when that truck is use…
Video: Lightning GT unveiled, in action, and spotlighted
Filed under: EV/Plug-inThe freshly unveiled all-electric Lightning GT we showed you yesterday is certainly garnering a lot of attention and video tape at that years British universal Motor Show. We received a data from British electric-car vlogger, Danny, telling us he had footage of the hi-tech sil…
Greening the rails in Japan
Filed under: Etc., Transportation Alternatives, JapanMost citizens are under the impression that trains are a reasonably green sort of transportation. When used in a city to move public about, the environmental benefits seem pretty obvious. Fewer cars are needed on the roads, decreasing congestion a…
VIDEO: Ford F-150 hybrid pick up truck gets 41 mpg
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Ford, USAPick up trucks seem to be vehicles that are ripe for fuel economy improvements. GM didn’t do so poor with 40 percent city-driving gains made with their Silverado dual-mode hybrid but it’s a far cry from what Hybrid Electric Vehicle Tec…
GM teams up with utilities to prepare plug-ins.
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM, USAThe Wall Street Journal has published a very interesting article that states that GM is teaming with a dozen electric utilities operating in 40 states to prepare the arrival of its plug-in model (the Volt, whether you didn’t remember the name). From the business poin…
British Motor Show: The Aspid. Ultra sports meets efficient.
Filed under: Lightweight, European Union
Click for high-resolution gallerySpanish company IFR Automotive has unveiled the Aspid at the British Motor Show. The Aspid is a new ultra-lightweight sports car. The Aspid (Spanish for viper, ahem) features a 2-liter I4 engine in two versions able to produ…
Fiat e500 to electrify the British universal Motor Show
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Fiat, UKIf you love the Fiat 500 as much as we do, live in the UK and wished you could buy an electric version of that nuovo-retro soon after you are in luck! The NICE Car Company have announced they will launch the Micro Vette Fiat e500 at the British universal Motor Show (…
