EVs are now available in most countries, but sales remain low about everywhere. Good news are hard to come by so we shall not miss it when there’s one. It comes from Germany, where the Nissan Leaf has only been available since last February. Obviously, there were hundreds of people waiting to buy one, as there were 694 EVs registered in Continue reading
Nissan said it right from the start, when the Leaf was launched. There would be other electric models from this company, and here’s another one. It’s still a concept, but it will become a production model next year. Compared to the Nissan Leaf, this LE concept has a classic three-box styling, and it’s about 12 inches longer. It’s also much more 
Buying a hybrid car has always been a great idea, but that was not an easy choice for many French between the Japanese cars and the expensive German models. There was a great relief when a French hybrid came to market, last February. Actually, things happened quite fast because the first model, the Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4 was quickly 
Unveiled under universal acclaim at the Frankfurt motor show in 2009, the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept quickly got the green light to evolve into a production model. The second version was the 
Denza! That name doesn’t sound particularly good, nor much imaginative to occidental ears, but this hardly matters since this new brand won’t sell its products anywhere but in China. The men behind the new brand have other plans for the rest of the world, and they have other assets too, considering the 2 companies behind the Denza brand 
Honda started collaborating with Saitama’s prefecture in December 2010. Here’s what they achieved, a solar hydrogen station. Or a tool to fill up a car with renewable clean energy. This is a true zero CO2 emission system, sized to produce 1.5kg of hydrogen each 24 hours. Solar panels (not shown) are at the base of the system. They send electrical energy 
Ernest Hemingway had a lucky experience. He saw a very snowy Kilimanjaro. About 80% of the snow which was there barely 100 years ago is now gone. Disappeared. Nobody exactly knows why. Many think about global warming but the problem is more complex. There are several factors at play there, Venturi will help put them under the 
Let’s try to imagine the very best hybrid vehicle that could be built with today’s technology. The gas engine would not send its power to the wheels. It would be an electric vehicle, with the gas engine hooked to a generator. The engine would be a diesel for lower fuel consumption, and it would be precisely sized to be able to operate at a constant RPM, exactly where it’s the most efficient. On the propulsion side, 
There were plenty of crazy cars at the Geneva motor show which ended last week-end. The craziest was assuredly that Lamborghini roadster, a 200-mph car without a windshield, but there were something more troubling. It wasn’t apparent at first, but there wasn’t any Chinese around. Well, they’ve never been many Chinese in Switzerland, but 
This is not a real automobile, it’s more like a beach toy. It’s very small. 105 inches long, 74 inches wide and 64 inches high. It’s so small, and it has little power so it isn’t considered as a car in Europe. It’s close to what Americans see as a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, but it’s still fine for city driving. Besides, what matters is the way it looks. -
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