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July 22, 2010
Tesla Goes Back To The Future
Tampa Sports Car Examiner
Who knew that the Tesla was capable of creating the needed 1.2 gigawatts of electricity needed for time travel? If any vehicles out there today are capable of zipping back to the future, I’d say the Tesla takes the historic pie. Do you think a Tesla can reach 88 mph within such a short distance? Read more about the Tesla Dr. Emmett Brown would be jealous of at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.
July 15, 2010
This Should Be Interesting: Volt to Come With 8 Year, 100,000 Mile Battery Warranty
Bick66
Chevrolet announced yesterday that the Volt will come standard with an 8 year/100,000 mile battery warranty, giving it the longest battery warranty of any electric vehicle. The Volt’s battery cells, modules and packs have endured more than one million miles and four million hours of testing since 2007 and now GM engineers are willing to stand behind their product with confidence. Read more at chevroletvoltage.com, via Chevrolet Volt’s facebook page.
March 25, 2010
The EN-V: GM Meets Segway
Bick66
Yesterday General Motors unveiled their latest concept, the EN-V, at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, calling it a possible solution to the world’s worsening urban sprawl and congested highways. EN-V, which is short for Electric Networked-Vehicle, is a collaborative effort between General Motors, Segway (yep, that Segway) and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC). There are three slight variants on the concept, each tweaked to a particular market by GM’s design teams in the US, Europe, and Australia. With more and more concepts like this turning up at the shows and expos, I’d say it’s only a matter of time before two-seater electric transpo-pods become a common sight on the streets of every modern metropolis. Hey, it might make it easier for the real cars to find a parking space, right?
See more pictures after the jump and read the full article at GM Media.
December 3, 2009
Honda’s P-NUT Concept is Quirky and Fun, Like a Filbert!
By John Naderi
StreetFire.net
While the true debuts at this year’s LA Auto Show were far and few between (note to OEs: we know times are tough, but you can do better than dress up the sloppy seconds of your Frankfurt and Tokyo debuts), Honda always manages to roll out something cool and concepty (yes, that will be the new auto journo “it” word of 2010).
This year was no different as Honda’s designers created what they feel an urban car would look like twenty years in the future (we can only hope Doc Brown’s iridium shades will be in the mix too). The Personal-Neo Urban Transport (P-NUT) looks sort of like what would happen to an Element in the hands of Frank Geary and the three-person seating arrangement is configured a’la McLaren F1 with the driver up front and two passengers arrears. Since this is a concept there are a few different powertrain possibilities from an efficient gas engine to a gas-electric hybrid, or even a pure electric set up. We’re hoping this is a hint of things to come from Honda. Hit the jump to see more images of this nutty concept (sorry, couldn’t resist).
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December 2, 2009
Mitsubishi Hooks iMiEV Up With JDM Convenience Stores, Geek Squads, Brings USDM Colts
By John Naderi
StreetFire.net
So we’re at Mitsubishi’s LA Auto Show press conference. And MMC President, Osamu Masuko starts in about the all-new 2010 Outlander GT. And we start checking our Facebook (oooh, someone liked our status and a friend of ours is taking a road trip. Hmmm, maybe we can tag along).
Suddenly this shot of a Lawson Mart flashes on the screen and visions of CC Lemon, Pocari Sweat and onigiri dance in our heads. But is that chica charging an i-MiEV at Lawson Mart? Sho nuff. It seems Mitsubishi has sold some 800 examples of the quirky little EV since it went on sale in Japan last summer. Mitsubishi also plans to have an EV on sale in North America in as early as 2011. As part of the promotional push the automaker will lease four JDM-spec i-MiEVs to Best Buy as part of it’s Geek Squad fleet (note to the nerd herd: watch those left hand turns!). There are more i-MiEV images as well as other big news from Mitsubishi after the jump.
