Posts Tagged ‘new york city’

Fiat 500 hybrid to debut at 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Click above to view the Fiat 500 Aria concept in hi-res Having already had to increase production several times over, the Fiat 500 continues to win the hearts and minds of consumers around the world... tree-huggers included. But that isn't about to stop Fiat from seeking out even more buyers, especi......

Hyundai to launch Avante LPG Hybrid

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Hyundai may be the slowstarter in making hybrid cars behind Toyota and Honda but the company is planning to go full steam on developing its own hybrid technology. We recently reported you that Hyundai may soon give an go ahead singal to its Indian subisidiary Hyundai Motor India to develop similar t......

Nissan debuts its own hybrid and EV

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of Nissan's new green carsNissan has been selling a hybrid version of its Altima sedan in select U.S. states for the last two years that uses a licensed version of Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive. At the same time it's been working on its own hybrid and all-electric po......

Volvo to trim 30-percent of U.S. dealers by the end of next year

Friday, July 11th, 2008
Volvo hasn't been doing too hot lately, posting a $1.73 billion loss over the past five years as it flails to find its niche. Sales of almost every Volvo product have declined in 2007, with the S60 falling by 28.1 percent, the SC90 dropping 5.6 percent and the V70 station wagon losing 7.7 percent. F......

Doh! Battery leakage hurts GM hybrid production

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
As much as General Motors would like to sell more hybrids, we'd imagine it would be pretty tough to do so without having the batteries on hand. It turns out that since December of last year, GM has had to recall some nine-thousand battery packs produced by its supplier, Cobasys, which were due for i......

Gumpert Apollo Hybrid begins testing at Nurburgring

Monday, May 19th, 2008
Gumpert is entering a hybrid version of its supercar, the Apollo, in the Nurburgring 24-Hour race. Instead of the normal car's Audi 4.2-liter twin-turbo with 650 HP, the racer gets a 3.3-liter V8 with something like 630-HP, in addition to a 100kW electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery pack.......

Toyota iQ could spawn larger variant

Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Toyota iQ.The expense of developing an entirely new platform to underpin a single model is hardly cost efficient, so it comes as little surprise that Toyota is considering another model built off its recently released iQ microcar. The new vehicle would be la......

Toyota iQ could span larger variant

Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Toyota iQ.The expense of developing an entirely new platform to underpin a single model is hardly cost efficient, so it comes as little surprise that Toyota is considering another model built off its recently released iQ microcar. The new vehicle would be la......

2009 BMW X6 gets some preliminary EPA numbers

Monday, April 21st, 2008
When we had our First Drive in BMW's new X6 Sport Activity Coupe, we didn't get the opportunity to really measure fuel consumption, since the vehicles were gassed-up when we got behind the wheel and were then refuelled during our lunch break. A glance at the on-board computer of the '35i we drove on......

Rumormill: Fisker designed Tesla’s upcoming Whitestar sedan

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Click above for high-res live gallery of the Fisker KarmaA site of which this blogger previously wasn't aware is reporting that the body of the soon-to-be-revealed Tesla WhiteStar sedan was originally penned by one Henrik Fisker. According to Street Import Online, a mole deep within San Carlos has s......