Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, SUVs, Green, Mitsubishi Click above for a hi-res gallery of i MiEV Sport Air renderings When the average enthusiast thinks of Mitsubishi, the first thing that jumps to mind is likely the Evolution, but the Japanese automaker’s bread is buttered by the sales of large SUVs. This means that profits are pretty tough to [...] [...]
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Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Ford Click above for high-res image gallery of the Ford Focus EV Those looking forward to Ford’s upcoming electric vehicle, based on the next-gen global Focus platform, should be writing thank-yous to Magna International. It turns out that the prototype mule that’s been running around the streets of Detroit (with our own [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, SUVs, Green, Volkswagen Click above for a gallery of the Volkswagen Touareg BlueMotion Hybrid Volkswagen is set to launch a Touareg BlueMotion Hybrid in 2010. The new machine will be the first real production hybrid from the German company and will join the automaker’s expanding BlueMotionTechnologies lineup. In addition to the Touareg headliner, [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Hatchbacks, Toyota Toyota says that plug-in hybrid versions of its Prius hatchback are averaging 65 miles per gallon in real-world testing. For those keeping track, that’s a 15 mpg improvement over the upcoming 2010 Prius. As with today’s hybrids, the actual mileage figure is highly dependent on the driver’s right foot and [...] [...] Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Coupes, Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Cadillac, GM Click above for a high-res gallery of the Cadillac Converj Concept GM is beating on the drums — softly, to be sure — and the message they’re sending is that the Cadillac Converj Concept could see production. The first issue with building such a car [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Crossovers/CUVs, Audi Click above for a high-res gallery of the Audi Q5 Last year, Audi announced it was killing off plans to offer a hybrid Q7 in the U.S. and several months later the automaker exacted the same fate on its little brother the Q5. Now, word comes from Wolfgan Hatz, head of [...] [...] Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Tech Scientists at Tufts University have patented a shock absorber that converts compressive energy into electricity, which can then be stored in a hybrid vehicle’s batteries. Called the Power-Generating Shock Absorber (PGSA), actually an electromagnetic linear generator, it uses “magnet arrays, high magnetic permeability spaces, coil winding arrays,” and a linear electric [...] [...] Still not enough Somebody call my shrink. I need help. The US auto industry angers me to no ends. Of course, everyone angers me to no end lately, and all this Obama hope is the root of it. Talk about transference. It’s not that I don’t have hope. It’s that I don’t believe one person is enough. Obama [...] [...] |
 
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