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- And the Green Car of the Year is… A Diesel. Again!
- Fisker Announces On-Sale Date for Karma: 3Q 2010
- European Legislation Creates 62 MPG Gas Cars… From Ford
- Volkswagen Up! Lite: a 70 MPG Hybrid Diesel-Electric 4-Seater
- Rolls-Royce Confirms Electric Car is in the Works
- GM Vice Chairman Gives Props to Tesla For Blazing Electric Car Trail
- GM Announces Chevy Volt Will Launch In California
| And the Green Car of the Year is… A Diesel. Again! Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:10 PM PST
Audi of America President Joahn DeNysschen accepting the Green Car of the Year Award for the Audi A3 TDI At last year’s LA Auto Show, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI rather surprisingly beat out many non-diesel contenders to win the title of 2009 Green Car of the Year. And, if I were a betting man, I would have never guessed that the Green Car Journal would choose another diesel to win the 2010 title. But they have. The Audi A3 TDI was just named the 2010 Green Car of the Year. |
| Fisker Announces On-Sale Date for Karma: 3Q 2010 Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:46 PM PST
For a company that was founded just a little bit more than two years ago, Fisker has come a long way. Today, at the 2009 LA Auto Show, the company’s co-founder and CEO, Henrik Fisker, announced that the luxury Karma plug-in hybrid supercar will begin showing up at retail locations worldwide in the early part of third quarter 2010. |
| European Legislation Creates 62 MPG Gas Cars… From Ford Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:58 PM PST
In the US, Ford is still behind the 5 major foreign auto makers in fuel efficiency, surpassing only GM and Chrysler. Yet Ford of Europe already achieves dazzling mileage that we Americans can only dream of. Imagine a gas-fueled car that gets 62 miles to the gallon: “With start-stop, regenerative brakes and an Eco Mode system, the new Focus gets 62 MPG (U.S.) on the European scale and emits just 99 grams of CO2 per kilometer” Available in Europe next Spring. What is even more startling about this achievement by European Ford is that this mileage is achieved with just good old-fashioned tweaks on the traditional ICE gas car. There is no major technological breakthrough. |
| Volkswagen Up! Lite: a 70 MPG Hybrid Diesel-Electric 4-Seater Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:53 PM PST
Volkswagen chose the 2009 LA Auto Show as the venue for the world debut of it’s Up! Lite concept car. Spawned as a direct cousin to the L1 two-seater unveiled in Frankfurt a several weeks ago, the Up! Lite takes that idea and makes it a bit more practical—with marginally enough room for 4 people. |
| Rolls-Royce Confirms Electric Car is in the Works Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:13 PM PST
During a quick conversation I had with Richard Carter, Rolls-Royce’s Director of Global Communications, at the LA Auto Show this afternoon, he confirmed to me that rumors Rolls is working on an electric luxury car are true, and that it is quite possible that the release will happen within the next year—although initially it would be restricted to a few test cars to gauge interest. |
| GM Vice Chairman Gives Props to Tesla For Blazing Electric Car Trail Posted: 02 Dec 2009 08:41 PM PST
During this morning’s 2009 LA Auto Show keynote, GM’s Bob Lutz, often known for saying what’s truly on his mind, strayed from the script a bit and came right out and gave a gracious and sincere thank you to start-up competitor Tesla for paving the way with the Roadster EV and showing that the political will existed to bring electric cars to market. |
| GM Announces Chevy Volt Will Launch In California Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:57 PM PST
It has been twenty years now since GM unveiled its Impact electric concept, which ultimately led to the EV1 electric car. Not everybody heard about the EV1 though, because it was confined mostly to California on limited leasing agreements. We all know how the EV1 turned out. But with bankruptcy behind them, it is a new day for GM, and a new day for electric cars. The much ballyhooed Volt is making marked improvements as it moves from mule to pre-production models. Just like the EV1 before it, the Volt will enjoy a limited 2011 launch in a few test markets prior to a country wide launch in 2012. The first of those test markets, as GM announced today at the 2009 LA Auto Show, will be environmentally-conscious California. |
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