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Magna’s Plug-and-Play Electric Vehicle

Magna Steyr, the European arm of auto supplier Magna International, unveiled its Mila EV (electric vehicle) concept car this week at the Geneva International Motor Show. The company is not planning to put the Mila EV directly on the market—instead, it hopes that global automakers will use the ground-up design as a head start [...] [...]

VW CEO: Daily use of electric cars "very far away"

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Volkswagen According to VW CEO Martin Winterkorn, we’d better get used to the sound of a rumbling internal combustion engine churning away in our automobiles, ingesting dead dinos as they continue to be the dominate source of power for our automobiles for at least the next 15-20 years. The German automaker has [...] [...]

Geneva 2009: Magna Steyr Mila EV concept

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrids/Alternative, Geneva Motor Show, Green, Hatchbacks Click above for high-res gallery of the Magna Steyr Mila EV Like most other suppliers, Magna International and its contract manufacturing unit Magna Steyr are pushing hard to diversify into the area of hybrid and electric powertrain components and systems. In January at the Detroit Auto Show, [...] [...]

Geneva 2009: Frazer-Nash Namir by Giugiaro

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrids/Alternative, Geneva Motor Show, Green Click above for high-res gallery of the Namir by Giugiaro If you’re at all familiar with the name Frazer-Nash, it probably isn’t in the context of modern drivetrain technology like hybrid systems. Nonetheless, the brand that was long ago a famous British car maker is still [...] [...]

Geneva 2009: Clever EDAG "Light Car Open-Source" is like safety television for tailgaters

Filed under: Concept Cars, Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Geneva Motor Show, Green, Tech, Hatchbacks Click above for high-res gallery of the EDAG Light Car – Open Source EDAG has presented its new “Light Car – Open Source” concept here at the Geneva Motor Show, and while it outwardly appears to look like any other nondescript electric bubble car, there’s [...] [...]

Geneva 2009: Mitsubishi iMiEV Sport Air streamlines the bubble

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupes, Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Geneva Motor Show, Green, Tech, Mitsubishi Click above for a high-res gallery of the Mitsubishi iMiEV Sport Air Mitsubishi revealed the latest iteration of its iMiEV Sport this morning in Geneva, the Sport Air. This year’s version is marginally longer (20 mm) and taller for what Mitsubishi describes as a [...] [...]

Geneva 2009: Opel goes Voltec, Ampera coming in late 2011

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Geneva Motor Show, Green, Opel Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel Ampera concept General Motors Europe boss Carl-Peter Forster began this morning’s press conference in Geneva with an acknowledgment of the dire financial straights that the entire industry is experiencing right now. Forster also candidly admitted that GM is currently investigating [...] [...]

Geneva 2009: Consider The Show Stopped – Infiniti rolls out its Essence on a grand scale

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupes, Hybrids/Alternative, Geneva Motor Show, Green, Tech, Videos, Infiniti Click above for a high-res gallery of the Infiniti Essence Concept Infiniti is looking to make a big splash as it enters the European market at an unfortunate economic moment, and not much can tug at the heartstrings of the continent’s populace like a [...] [...]