Posted 2 months 8 days ago under:
HybridsAs a part of the transportation arrangements for the Beijing Olympics, a 50-unit fleet of hybrid vehicles co-developed with Ricardo is being provided by Chery Automobile Company Ltd. Known as the “Olympics Green Messengers”, these vehicles are some of China’s first hybrid vehicles and will go into full production in the months following the games.
Posted 2 months 22 days ago under:
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NissanLap runs on the Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany’s Eifel region are often cancelled due to rain. But the wet weather didn’t stop Nissan from taking its X-Trail fuel cell vehicle for a spin on the course recently, making Nissan the first automaker to record an FCV lap on the famous race track.
Posted 3 months 1 day ago under:
Green,
Hybrids,
ToyotaToyota, with a long-term aim toward enhancing its ability to flexibly respond to rapid fluctuations in North American market demand and toward facilitating a stable supply of North American-made vehicles, announces the following changes to its North American production structure...
Posted 3 months 24 days ago under:
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ToyotaIt is hard to find much the British, the French and the Germans have agreed on over the years, but it seems Toyota has found the answer: They all love the Toyota Prius.
Posted 4 months 4 days ago under:
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ToyotaToyota announced today that it is to start production of a Camry Hybrid model in Australia and Thailand as part of its on-going efforts to develop the popularity of hybrid vehicles worldwide. In Australia the new Camry Hybrid will be going into production in 2010 at Toyota Motor Corporation Australia’s Altona factory near Melbourne, with an annual target of 10,000 units. In Thailand the centre for production is Toyota Motor Thailand’s (TMT) Gateway Plant, where the aim is for 9,000 vehicles to be built each year from 2009.
Posted 4 months 5 days ago under:
Hybrids,
SupercarsRonn Motor company, a firm based in the U.S has come out with a Supercar. These days everyone does, but this one runs on hydrogen. Even better, it is a hybrid hydrogen supercar!
Posted 4 months 5 days ago under:
Green,
HybridsDespite recent increases to the Congestion Charge as well as the cost of fuel, London’s 2.6 million car owners* are among the least likely in the UK to choose a car powered by alternative fuel, according to research by motoring website NEWCARNET.co.uk.
Posted 4 months 7 days ago under:
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ToyotaToyota has developed a new fuel cell hybrid vehicle that travels more than double the distance of its predecessor model, increasing the maximum cruising range from 205 miles to 515 miles. Limited cruising ranges of previous fuel cell systems presented obstacles to widespread fuel cell vehicle use but the ‘Toyota FCHV-adv’ (fuel cell hybrid vehicle-advanced) improves the cruising range with its newly designed high-performance Toyota FC Stack.
Posted 4 months 17 days ago under:
Green,
Hybrids,
VolkswagenAgreement has been reached on a co-operation which sees Volkswagen joining forces with Sanyo, one of the world’s leading developers of rechargeable batteries, to work on new and extremely efficient high-performance storage systems based on lithium-ion technology.
Posted 4 months 23 days ago under:
Green,
Hybrids,
SaabSaab comes to the 2008 Sexy Green Car Show at the Eden Project with its ground-breaking vision of what the future compact car could look like – the Saab 9-X BioHybrid. First seen at the 2008 Geneva Auto Show in March, where it won ‘Best Concept’, the Saab 9-X BioHybrid is making its UK debut at the show.
