In its latest issue, German auto magazine Auto Motor und Sport gives an idea few people would have thought of. The BMW i8 is a very exclusive, very fast and very expensive car, nobody can argue against that, but the manufacturer may be thinking about doing something more. BMW will turn 100 in 2016, and …
This is a brand new car. The Smart Fortwo has been unveiled barely a few days ago, but Daimler knows its smallest model is the world’s most shared with car2go, the world’s leading car-sharing service. Thousands of little Smart cars are shared everyday in twelve major cities all around the world. A few cities have …
If this proves true, this will be the most awful news for green car fans this year. According to Automotive News, Opel, the European arm of General Motors, would stop selling the Ampera in 2016. The Opel Ampera is a sister model to the Chevrolet Volt, the world’s best plug-in hybrid, according to us. What’s …
In Toyota City, Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s CEO (left), introduced its fuel cell vehicle to Toshimitsu Motegi, the Japanese minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (right). The minister enjoyed a short test test-drive, he also refilled the car, with hydrogen. This is a process which is hardly different from a gas car. As the gaseous fuel …
A British journalist had a great idea: to drive a plug-in Prius on the mighty Nurburgring racetrack. The track is 12.9 miles long, so it seemed possible to drive one whole lap on battery power, but that failed. The Nurburgring isn’t a flat track. It’s going up and down all the way, and on one …
Some people still wonder about the usefulness of fuel cell cars with battery electric cars getting better and better, but this journey will show them how superior a car like this Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell (sold as the Tucson in America) can be. Two Norwegians, Marius Bornstein and Arnt G. Hartvig, from Oslo, drove up …
The Silvretta Electric Car Rally lasted three days, with each day more difficult than the previous. The cars had to drive 109, then 118, and finally 134 kilometers (68, 73 and 83 miles). Short distances, but the hard part was to use as little energy as possible. That’s where the Volkswagen e-up! was the best …
We knew it. Smart will unveil very soon a new generation of its unique model, the Fortwo. A larger Forfour model will follow, at least that’s what we thought, but we were wrong: both models will be unveiled at the same time. One major difference though, will be that the two-seater Fortwo will be built …
There are only a few miles between Europe and Africa. The ferry to cross the Gibraltar strait takes less than an hour, but with flying so cheap, few drivers are getting on it. This may change now that we have cars which can begin the journey in Africa and drive all the way to the …
Car-sharing is an idea many city-planners dream of as it increases space efficiency, but in Paris, drivers see the Autolib electric car sharing service as a nightmare. The cars are very poorly built, most of them already looking more than ten years old, and their battery technology is outdated, self-discharging themselves to death in less …
More than a third of all Peugeot 508 cars are sold in China. this is a sign of changing times. Conventional four-door sedans are out of favor in most of Europe where drivers prefer SUVs, but they’re still appealing to image-conscious Chinese buyers. Peugeot knows this, but it’s 508 still looks like it’s designed to …
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, made headlines everywhere when he announced he would share his patents with anyone who could help the electric car raising to stardom. It’s a bold move, no doubt about that, but is that going to change anything? There are many differences between a Tesla Model S and all …