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MOPAR fan converts Plymouth Duster to electric

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chrysler, USA Click above for more shots of the 1971 Duster EV If you want an electric car with some serious style, you could either fork over a ton of dough for an electrically-converted DeLorean or you could convert an older muscle car of some sort. We advise the latter. Take the early ’70s [...] [...]

Paris 2008: Venturi Volage revealed!

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, European Union, Paris Motor Show As previously promised the wraps have come off the Venturi Volage at the Paris Motor Show. While Michelin may have been a collaborator on the revealed electric GT, one glance leaves no doubt it belongs to the Venturi family. It not only shares the carbon fiber [...] [...]

Tesla scouts Seattle for new store, 80 people get a test drive

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors The Tesla Roadster validation prototype No. 11 made a trip up the coast from California to Seattle recently for a bit of publicity before the company opens its Seattle-area store sometime next year. VP 11 has version 1.5 of the powertrain and made a splash in the Pacific Northwest, including on [...] [...]

Paris 2008: Peugeot RC HYmotion4 Concept gets 52.3 mpg

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Peugeot, Paris Motorcycle Show Click above for high-res gallery of the Peugeot RC HYmotion4 Concept The RC HYmotion4 concept is one of several hybrid concepts using a new through-the-road hybrid system being shown in Paris by Peugeot and Citroen. Unlike the hybrid systems used by current production vehicles, this one has [...] [...]

Paris 2008: Pininfarina goes from Ferrari to batteries with B0 Concept

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Hatchbacks Click above for high-res gallery of the Pininfarina B0 Pininfarina is the Italian design studio perhaps best known for penning almost every production Ferrari over the last half century. The firm, however, does much more than just design exotic sports cars. It has created bodies for more mainstream cars like Peugeots, Alfa [...] [...]