Electric Car Blogging

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertibles, Coupes, Hybrids/Alternative, Geneva Motor Show, Crossovers/CUVs

Earlier this week, we received an email (posted after the jump) from KTM announcing plans to bring two new vehicles, along with two more variations of the X-Bow, to the Geneva Motor Show. Unfortunately, the motorcycle-manufacturer-turned-track-toy-purveyor hasn’t released any details about what’s on the way, [...] [...]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrids/Alternative, Sports/GTs, Geneva Motor Show, Green, Supercars

Giorgetto Giugiaro has a series of successful concepts under his belt, including the Ferrari GG50 and his own interpretation of the Mustang. But his most recent design exercise — the Italdesign Quaranta, shown at last year’s Geneva Motor Show — was a clear indication that [...] [...]

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green

The diesel engine has never really gotten a fair shake here in the United States, for a variety of reasons. Beyond the biggest of consumer-grade pickup trucks, the majority of diesel engines offered here in the U.S. have been below par, souring many drivers on the notion that an oil-burner can work [...] [...]

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Autoline on Autoblog
HYBRID BATTERIES SURPASS ALL EXPECTATIONS
When Toyota’s Prius first hit Japanese showrooms in 1997, I was highly skeptical that hybrids would catch on. Not only was the technology really expensive, I thought the nickel-metal hydride batteries would prove to be the Achilles Heel in the system. Sooner or later [...] [...]

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Geneva Motor Show, Green, Chevrolet, Opel
One of the many cars we’ll be seeing at the Geneva Motor Show is the Opel Ampera. The Ampera is essentially nothing more than a Chevrolet Volt with a new face. The Opel grille and headlights have largely been lifted from the Flextreme concept that appeared at [...] [...]

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Geneva Motor Show, Opel

Click above for image gallery of the production Opel Ampera
As we learned yesterday in the Viability Plan that General Motors submitted to the U.S. Treasury Department, there will be two additional versions of the Chevy Volt sold in various markets. One is a production version of the Cadillac [...] [...]