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    The Lotus City Car Concept
    Lotus is showing off the small and economic City Car concept with extended-range capability at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. This CityCar Concept is not part of the five new Lotus sports cars that will mark a new beginning for the company. The Lotus City Car concept is based on the Proton EMAS, revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The Lotus City Car concept provides...
    by at October 1st, 2010 at 03:10 am
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    Audi e-tron Spyder Concept Unveiled in Paris
    Audi unveiled a roofless Spyder version of its e-tron plug-in hybrid sports car at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. The Audi e-tron Spyder is diesel-electric plug-in hybrid sports car in contrast to the all-electric e-tron Concept which was shown a year ago at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show and the smaller all-electric e-tron Concept which Audi showed at the Detroit Motor Show...
    by at September 30th, 2010 at 06:09 am
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    GM Announces Customer Advisory Board for Volt
    GM has picked 15 electric car advocates to be the first consumers to experience the Volt every day under real-world conditions during a three-month vehicle and charging evaluation program starting in late October. This exclusive group of expert consumers – referred to as the Chevrolet Volt Customer Advisory Board – is one of the final steps Chevrolet is taking to validate...
    by at September 29th, 2010 at 01:09 am
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    Paris Preview: Exagon Furtive e-GT
    This are the first images of the Exagon Furtive e-GT 2+2 electric sports car which was unveiled to a small group of reporters ahead of its world premiere at this week’s Paris Motor Show. The Exagon Furtive e-GT is powered by two electric motors developed by Siemens. The two engines develop a total of 340 HP and sprint the electric car from 0 to 62 mph (100km/h) in...
    by at September 28th, 2010 at 01:09 am
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    First Factory-Built Fisker Karma PHEV Headed for Paris Motor Show
    Fisker Automotive will debut the first factory-built Karma at the 2010 Paris Motor Show later this month. Fisker will also announce details about the expansion of its prestigious global importer network, as well as the addition of unique images to its game-changing international marketing campaign. The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid redefines the luxury category with exhilarating...
    by at September 15th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
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    Chevrolet Volt Goes to China
    General Motors announced the arrival of the first drivable Chevrolet Volt extended range electric car in China. The Chevrolet Volt, which will be sold in the US from the end of this year, will go on sale in Chinese market next year. Despite earlier reports–including ours–to the contrary, General Motors plans to sell the car as a Chevrolet, rather than as a Buick–a...
    by at August 31st, 2010 at 02:08 pm
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    Honda to Launch Plug-in Hybrid in Two Years
    Honda Motor Co. CEO Takanobu Ito has has announced that Honda will add a plug-in hybrid vehicle to its range in the Japanese and U.S. markets in 2012. The new plug-in hybrid will be able to make trips of up to 60 km using the electric motor alone, without the need for the petrol engine. “Honda will fulfill customer demand more precisely by developing and adopting multiple...
    by at August 11th, 2010 at 06:08 am
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    GM Increases Chevrolet Volt Production 50 Percent
    General Motors today said that it will increase the production capacity of the Chevrolet Volt in 2012 from 30,000 cars to 45,000. The announcement came as U.S. President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where the Chevrolet Volt is being produced now for sale later this year. The expanded U.S. production capacity is the latest in a series of positive...
    by at July 30th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
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    Porsche Approves 918 Spyder Plug-In Hybrid for Production
    Porsche’s supervisory board approved production of the Porsche 918 Spyder Plug-In Hybrid supercar. The announcement came just two days after German carmaker confirmed it’s working on a pure-electric version of the Boxster sports car. By late April, Porsche has reportedly recorded nearly 900 potential buyers at least 2,000 non-binding submissions of interest for its...
    by at July 28th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
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    2011 Chevrolet Volt to Start at $41000
    It’s official: starting this November, GM dealerships in select U.S markets will start selling the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the first mass produced extended-range electric vehicle, at a starting price of $41,000 (including a $720 destination charge). The effective purchase price with a federal tax credit worth up to $7,500 for the Chevrolet Volt, the price drops to...
    by at July 27th, 2010 at 10:07 am
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