VW, Audi Making 235-Plus-MPG Car: DNews Nugget
If realized, the cars will be twice as efficient as electric vehicles and four times as efficient as hybrids.
SmartCar Gets Wings: DNews Nugget
Fashion designer Jeremy Scott has designed a SmartCar with wings.
Personal Helicopter Lifting Off: DNews Nugget
The electric one-seater will be able to fly a person at 60 miles per hour for 30 minutes.
GM Says 500,000 Electrified Vehicles on Road by 2017
General Motors senior vice president of Global Product Development Mary Barra told member so the media yesterday the automaker will have 500,000 units on the road by 2017 featuring some form of electrification. "Wait a minute," you might be saying to yourself. "How is a company that only sells a couple thousand Volts a month [...]
GM Says 500,000 Electrified Vehicles on Road by 2017
General Motors senior vice president of Global Product Development Mary Barra told member so the media yesterday the automaker will have 500,000 units on the road by 2017 featuring some form of electrification. "Wait a minute," you might be saying to yourself. "How is a company that only sells a couple thousand Volts a month [...]
Tesla Named Car of the Year: DNews Nugget
It's the first winner ever in 64 years to not have a combustible engine.
Hundreds of Fisker Karmas Destroyed by Storm
Floods, fire, and fate: Fisker loses hundreds of Karmas in Hurricane Sandy.
Volvo Testing New Fast-Charger For EVs
The Volvo Car Corporation has announced it is testing a new "fast-charger" for electric cars that will significantly cut recharging times to a stunning 1.5 hours, some six times faster than units currently in use in EVs on the road today. The new charger is going to be installed and tested on a number of [...]
Cadillac Announces Extended-Range EV ELR to be Built at Volt Plant Late 2013
Cadillac today announced the ELR extended-range electric vehicle will be built at the same plant currently producing the Chevy Volt, Opel Ampera, and Holden Volt EREVs and will arrive as a coupe. The Cadillac ELR, the production version of the Converj concept revealed at the North American International Auto Show in 2009, will be powered [...]