Volvo V60 Hybrid: Photos, Videos and Details

A few days ago, you spoke Electric Car of the Volvo V60 Plug-in hybrid that will be presented as a production car at the next Geneva Motor Show 2011 . Today the Swedish brand unveils more details , including a video (below) and photos.

The V60 Hybrid PHEVs will be equipped with an electric motor of 70 horsepower at the rear (200 Nm of torque) and diesel of 215 hp at the front (440 Nm of torque). It will emit 49 grams of CO2 per kilometer and consumes 1.9 liters well over 100 km.

Citroen Concept Car E-3pod

The prototype that we see in the picture is the result of a design developed by Citroen and the Royal College of Art Graduate Show London and with the support of the company streamlined exam simulation software, getting the final result of the prototype E-3pod.

New Renault it said. Power Sports

The Renault it said is like most futuristic remodeling Alpine Renault, but with enough nuances. For the new Renault design director, Laurens van Acker, is his first directing project in the French factory with the new range of concept vehicles that will be hitting the market, starting with the new Renault-electric sports it said, with bodywork Kevlar.

Capstone Turbine CMT-380: a hybrid microturbine

Capstone Turbine is the hand-built super car, which can move in a totally electric or a combination, and also its heat engine is a micro turbine.

For the design and body Capstone Turbine has been used in another exotic car, the Factory Five Racing GTM, thus focusing on the mechanical side, which is truly unprecedented. It is a diesel-electric hybrid, but this is not really interesting.

Chevrolet Volt: First deliveries in the U.S

The race for ‘electric car is started. After the first deliveries of the Nissan Leaf occurred on the weekend, including the Chevrolet Volt is ready to reach their customers. The extended-range electric vehiccle has already been delivered to some dealers mark on American soil, so that the first customers have already left in recent days.

The cars will make their appearance as in California, Texas, Washington DC and New York. There are 160 volts to be delivered in the next few hours, all produced by Chevrolet in Detroit-Hamtramck plant

A new study reveals that electric cars have a poor market share by 2020

You know that if by surveys and studies, the Americans, no one will win. But it seems a bit strange that 10 years into the future, electric cars could not definitively integrated into people’s taste. That is precisely what reveals a new market study by a U.S. agency: the participation of the electric car by 2020, at least in the U.S., would be lower than many think, from 2 to 5%.

We’re almost to advance figures are not even remotely close to what he talked in recent years and the causes are lack of public confidence in electric car technology. For example, poor self-lithium batteries, lack of infrastructure, the cost of a new battery pack and charging costs. In short, the same old problems that still is not resolved.

Th! Nk City 4 seats 2011, and his arrival in USA

The car manufacturer Electric Th! nk Global (Norway) presented the variation of 4 seats of its model City and confirmed that this model manufactured in the United States. The lithium-ion batteries for this model come from the company Ener1, based in Indianapolis.

Leaf Nissan will hit Europe in December

 

One of the electric cars that have created a stir in recent times is undoubtedly the Nissan Leaf, praised for its performance and its logical contribution to environmental care, to the point of being a candidate to be awarded the Car Green of the Year.

A few weeks ago the news was that the reserves were exhausted, and before this planned well accepted, it has finally confirmed the date of arrival to those who have booked direct exports from the Oppama plant.