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Let’s take our eyes off the Geneva Motor Show a little and take our attention to other important things – green cars. Toyota announced that they will begin to develop another project which would replace the lithium-ion battery technology. This may sound surprising considering the fact that the li-ion batteries will not enter mass production [...]
. Mar 08, 2008
Filed under: Hybrid cars, Toyota, Cars, Hybrid, Hybrid Car, Prius, Tech, Technology, Toyota, Toyota Hybrid, Toyota Prius
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BMW kept its promise and unveiled the X5 Vision EfficientDynamics Concept at the Geneva Motor Show and I am proud to say that we gave you a preview a few days ago. We also have to remind you that this concept car is a hybrid powered by a twin-turbo 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine. The green X5 [...]
. Mar 07, 2008
Filed under: BMW, Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Hybrid cars, Upcoming cars, BMW, BMW X5, BMW X5 Vision EfficientDynamics, BMW X5 Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, BMW X5 Vision EfficientDynamics Hybrid, BMW X5 Vision EfficientDynamics Hybrid Concept, Concept, Concept Car, geneva auto show, Geneva Motor Show, Hybrid, Hybrid Car, Hybrid Concept, X5
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Let’s take a moment of our time to take a look to a car which is not related and will not show up for the Geneva Motor Show. The reason why we present you this Mercedes-Benz is that the German automaker has developed a new hybrid system. The new S400 BlueHybrid will be powered by [...]
. Mar 03, 2008
Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrid cars, Latest Cars, Mercedes, Upcoming cars, Cars, Concept Car, Hybrid Car, Mercedes, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Benz S400, Mercedes Benz S400 Hybrid, Mercedes S400, Mercedes S400 BlueHybrid Concept, S400 Hybrid Concept, Super Cars, supercars
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Finally we get something we want – Italdesign Giugiaro has released high-res pics of the Quaranta Concept just before Geneva Motor Show. We’ve been expecting this for a long time for the concept based on the 1968 Bizzarrini Manta Concept for its looks and on the Toyota Prius for its engine.
The Hybrid Synergy Drive completed [...]
. Mar 01, 2008
Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Hybrid cars, Latest Cars, Super Cars, Upcoming cars, Cars, Concept, Concept Cars, geneva auto show, Geneva Motor Show, Italdesign Giugiaro, Italdesign Giugiaro Quaranta, Quaranta, Quaranta Concept, supercars
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The Automotive X-Prize contest will be held at the New York Show in March, although the 43 competitors will show up for a preliminary appearance at the Detroit Auto Show in January 2008. The main purpose of the teams fighting for the Auto X-Prize will be providing a production-capable vehicle that exceeds 100 mpg. Aptera, [...]
. Dec 12, 2007
Filed under: Hybrid cars