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Whether or not Tesla Motors is still with us in 10 years, no one who’s driven the 2009 Tesla Roadster will forget the experience. Its continuous, smooth, unstoppable surge of power from 0 to 100 mph, and higher, will turn any driver into an electric car acolyte. In Performance mode, the Tesla Roadster will do 0 [...] [...]
Hello Tesla customers and enthusiasts, As you have probably heard or read, there’s a lot happening at Tesla: Roadster production is now at a steady 80 cars per month, and will increase to over 100 cars per month this spring. We have delivered approximately 300 customers with another almost 1000 waiting for their Roadster, and we [...] [...]
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Honda Click above to watch commercial after the jump The new Honda Insight, while not technically a full parallel hybrid like the Prius (it can cruise on electric power alone but not accelerate), will nevertheless be cross shopped heavily with the heavy weight from Toyota. The Insight’s main selling point is its [...] [...]
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Euro, Green, Hatchbacks, Volkswagen, Misc. Auto Shows 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTD – Click above for a high res gallery Volkswagen is set to introduce the world to its new Volkswagen Golf GTD at the Leipzig Motor Show in Germany. What we have here is the basic GTI package, except that the wonderful gas-powered 2.0-liter [...] [...]
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image gallery It’s been a long and difficult road, but Tesla Motors has made it to unveiling No. 2. After a lot of hype and delivery of 250 Tesla Roadsters, the company’s Model S was unveiled today in Hawthorne, California. Tesla was incredibly [...] [...]
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image gallery Tesla has a big media event planned today at 12PM PST to unveil the new Model S sedan. That plan has been blow out of the water a bit thanks to social media mogul Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg.com, who has [...] [...]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Auto Show, Coupes, Hybrids/Alternative, Sports/GTs, Green, BMW A little more information is out on the BMW Z2 that looks to be shown at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show. According to Auto Bild, the roadster built on the next 1 Series platform will be joined by a coupe variant, just like the [...] [...]
The Department of Transportation today announced new fuel economy standards requiring 2011 model-year cars to average 30.2 mpg, and light trucks to average 24.1 mpg. The combined average requirement will be 27.3 miles per gallon—a 2 mpg increase above the 2010 standard, but [...] [...]
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