Archive for July 16th, 2008

Filed under: Hybrid, Honda, Spy Shots
Click above for a high-res gallery of the new Honda Hybrid
Honda has acknowledged that not having an instantly-recognizable hybrid-only model since the demise of the Insight (still modern-looking today) has taken a toll. While the company offers the Civic Hybrid, that car lacks the green cachet that Toyota has very… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle)
The price of gas is getting out of hand everywhere. Ok, maybe not Venezuela, where its cheaper than our bottled water at ¢15 a gallon, but almost everywhere else, it’s expensive. In the Philippines its so costly ($4.50 gallon in a country where, according to the Philippine National Statistics… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle)
The price of gas is getting out of hand everywhere. Ok, maybe not Venezuela, where its cheaper than our bottled water at ¢15 a gallon, but almost everywhere else, it’s expensive. In the Philippines its so costly ($4.50 gallon in a country where, according to the Philippine National Statistics… »

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in
“Plug-In 2008: A Short Drive to Tomorrow” is the world’s first convention dedicated exclusively to plug-in hybrid technology. The event tales place next week, July 21-24, in San Jose, CA.
See the full agenda of speakers and further details here.
The convention is a testament to how quickly plug-In hybrid technology… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, Peugeot, UK

Allied Vehicles has announced they will debut their electric E7 taxi at the upcoming British International Motor Show (BIMS). The company has been building taxis for some time now and are already quite familiar with the Peugeot E7 platform. They also build wheelchair accessible vehicles and have incorporated this… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Porsche, USA
Click above for more shots of this Porsche 911 EV conversion
Sometimes, we find various electric vehicle conversions on eBay to share with our readers. In many cases, the cars are in pretty sorry condition and the work which was done is highly suspect. In the case of this 1973 Porsche 911,… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Vectrix
Click on the image above for more shots of Lutz and the Vectrix
Bob Lutz, GM’s formost Volt-pusher, loves himself some electric vehicles. As the owner of four (that’s right… dude’s got four!) Segways and a Vectrix Scooter, he’s surely gotten used to the charging ritual. Still, accidents happen, and Mr…. »

It looks like the crafty car spies of KGP caught up again with the Honda engineering team in the hot desert sands out west. Just in the nick of time to take an exclusive first set of shots of Honda’s new Prius-fighting hybrid. We don’t know much about it other than we knew the boys… »

Filed under: Volkswagen

Volkswagen has committed to building a family of small cars based on the up! concepts that debuted at auto shows in fall 2007. What they haven’t yet committed to is a location for building those cars. Right now the leading contender in Europe appears to be the Skoda factory in Vrchlabi,… »

Ever wonder what the hand-assembly of an LS9 — the 638 HP supercharged heart of the 2009 Corvette ZR1 — actually looks like? Well, the guys over at Automobile actually got to lend a hand in bolting one together. So, let’s all take a moment to forget all about Nurburgring lap times and dealer mark-ups… »