Do you know EV1’s story? If you don’t you cand find out more about it by viewing “Who Killed the Electric Car”
Someone is trying to sell an EV1 manual for 1 million dollars. If he does it we hope he invests all the money into green technology research.
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A new, improved version of Ford Fiesta called “ECOkinetic” was showed at the British International Motor Show. The Ford Fiesta ECOkinetic is powered by a 1.6 TDCi motor and has a fuel consumption of 76.3 mpg. It’s CO2 emissions are 98g/km and it will be available starting with £11,800 by the end of this year. [...]
NICE Car Company is determined to transform a small, fuel-efficient car into an even greener car by turning it into an electric one. Fiat 500 was the perfect candidate so NICE Car Company will launch its Micro Vette Fiat e500 at the British Motor Show.
The Fiat e500 is powered by lithium-ion polymer batteries, has a [...]
After Tesla started shipping Tesla Roadster to its customers we’re happy to tell you another good news concerning electric sports cars. Lightning GT appeared today at British Motor Show, making a step forward in its evolution. Although they are not for sale yet you can make a 15000 pounds deposit in order to reserve one.
Although [...]
The Kinectic Energy Recovery System works by storing the energy from braking and using it when it is needed. KERS will be used in Formula 1 starting with 2009 and is currently under development.
A BMW mechanic was thrown to the ground when he was pushing a Formula 1 car with KERS into the garage. The [...]
According to the data reported for the first two quarters in 2008 Toyota is now the world’s largest automaker with more than 4.8 million units sold. General Motors has the second place with “only” 4.54 million units sold in the first six months. Although General Motors’ sales increased in Europe, Asia and Latin America its [...]
Even if it already offers a hybrid car, the Honda Civic Hybrid, Honda decided to create a new hybrid-exclusive model in order to be able to raise its awarenes as a hybrid easier. That is understandable, hybrid car owners want the other car owners to know they drive a hybrid, the only problem is that [...]
In Philippine the Philippine National Police is trying to save some gas money by using electric vehicles. For now they are only testing the neighborhood electric vehicles which have a top speed of 30 km/h (almost 19 mph ) and can carry up to 4 adults.
In Philippine the price of gas is 4.50$ a gallon [...]
The new B30 biodiesel is 30 percent biodiesel (B30) and 70 percent normal diesel. It is available in the United Kingdom and is approved by Peugeot and Citroen.
Our new B30 is 50 per cent recycled cooking oil and 50 per cent rapeseed oil, all UK-sourced. It’s refined in Northumbria, so we’re very happy with it [...]
In order to improve fuel efficiency General Motors and Ford Motor Company have both decided to use different types of tires than before for their 2009 model cars. These kind of tires are harder and don’t flex so much as they roll. Although that means more energy is transmited to the road it also means [...]