Auto Cars Blog

Used Hybrids. You can find plenty of utilized hybrid cars that are for sale. The number increases everyday. You’ll be able to obtain them at costs which might be really much lower than the new models. Just one can effortlessly find helpful information from the print ads, television and word of mouth. One particular wonderful source of info is the Internet. When you usually are not sure what parameters to observe when obtaining a hybrid car or truck, you can find guides offered around the web which can prove to get quite beneficial when you are planning to purchase a utilised hybrid automobile. Points When Obtaining a Utilised Hybrid Car To give you a few useful tips in acquiring a utilized hybrid car, right here are some important points to recall. Owning a car, new or used, means dealing with legal documents this kind of as driver’s license and insurance. Based on which express you live in, there are specifics about registering your auto with all the department of motor
Visit Blog

Everybody is going green. Did you hear that? Everybody is going green at the Geneva auto show. In the past six or eight years, never has there been so much of a green talk. The 80th annual Geneva show has outdone all previous attempts. There are electric, hybrid and fuel cell cars like never before and everyone was exhibiting the green theme. Not just green, new technologies too were being showcased by many car makers. Let's see what Audi is doing.The Audi A1 has suggested having an extra fitting under the cargo area floor. Wondering what it could be? Well, a tiny 254cc single-rotor Wankel engine may hide beneath the cargo floor area. Do you know what a Wankel engine is? For those who don’t, it is a four-stroke, internal-combustion rotary engine without reciprocating parts. Yes, Audi seems to be doing something interesting and will not tell us anything more about the special engine it is using. We do not even know who will be supplying the engine for the car.There’s one thing I can
Visit Blog

Our two favorite billionaires with major interests in green cars, Warren Buffet and T. Boone Pickens, have made headlines recently. First up: Warren BuffetIn 2008 Buffet made a $230 million investment for 10% of the Chinese automaker BYD (Build Your Dreams).  Fast forward two years and in a letter to shareholders Buffet has valued that investment at $1.99 billion. Quite the return on investment! Last year Buffet told a group of business student that he believed in 20 years all cars on the road will be electric.  What does the Oracle of Omaha know that we don’t? BYD is planning to launch the F3DM plug-in hybrid in the US late this year (more likely early 2011). This car has amazing numbers; 60 mile electric range and 205 generator range for a total 265 mile range.  All for around $22,000… Perhaps this is why Buffet is so bullish!     T. Boone PickensAt the same time Buffet was investing $230 million into BYD about 400 miles south in Oklahoma T. Boo
Visit Blog

Mercedes Benz has unveiled its superb Hybrid car the E300 Bluetec Diesel Electric Hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show 2010. This powerful and energy efficient Hybrid gives an effective mileage of 57 Miles per gallon of Diesel. This is truly a great step towards energy efficiency and is a proof that powerful cars need not be oil-guzzlers. Specifications Of Mercedes E300 Bluetec Hybrid 2.1 Litre CDI Turbo Diesel Engine Max Power 204 BHP Max Torque 500 Nm 20 Horse power motor with 200 Nm Torque 7 Speed Automatic Transmission CO2 Emission level – 109g/Km Start / Stop Function Kinetic Energy Recovery System Electrical Power Steering Electrical Air Conditioning System Lithium ion batteries You can check out more news coverage on : Geneva Motor Show 2010 Mercedes Energy Efficiency Diesel-Electric Hybrid Delivers 57 MPG is a post from: Copyrights 2010 CarBlogIndia - All About Automobiles. All Rights Reserved. Copyright Policy
Visit Blog

Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Electric Lumeneo Smera Concept – click above for high-res image gallery if there’s one overriding theme at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, it’s the electrification of the automobile. Long story short, even scorched earth king Ferrari showed a hybrid. The show floor was littered with dozens of electric contraptions of all shapes and sizes, but we’re taking a moment or so to tell you about the Lumeneo Smera because it made us smile. Here’s why. For the ten minutes or so we spent photographing the Smera, half a dozen people managed to squeeze themselves inside its tiny body. And the second the door shut, everyone of them burst out laughing, especially the poor schmucks who took the plunge and shoehorned into the back seat. That’s tight, the Smera is an inline two-seater. Even cooler than that, the Smera does that cool leany thing going around corners, just like the now defunct Carter. But tha
Visit Blog

Let’s have a look at the very heart of the Proton EMAS Concept cars – the Lotus Range Extender Engine. There has been a lot of concerns from readers about the range which has been rated at 50km. First of all, the car is still a concept at this point of time, so these figures are generally quite meaningless unless the car gets closer to production. Concept cars are generally done as a ‘what if’ exercise and to gauge public perception and interest before moving ahead with the production version. This is why the one big question put forth at the Proton Concepts microsite is “would you like this to be the future of Proton”. According to Datuk Syed Zainal, it may take another 2 years before we can see a production version of the Proton EMAS on the roads. But in any case, one of the most common comparisons in the comments so far is between the EMAS and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. After all, the i-MiEV is somewhat similar – raised floor, compact size, rear motor and rear wheel driv
Visit Blog

The Audi A1 has been rumored and speculated about for a while now. Just because Audi finally rolled it out at Geneva yesterday, doesn’t mean there weren’t a few surprises to be had. The first thing you have to understand about Audi’s diminutive A1 is that it’s not, most definably not, a cheap little car. Audi is not trying to make an entry level, “cheap” Audi with the A1. They are making a luxury, small city car, and will be pricing it appropriately. And the other thing about the A1, and this was completely unexpected, is that Audi also rolled out an e-tron version of the little guy yesterday too. e-tron started out as Audi’s all electric uber-car. But Audi recently stated that e-tron was going to be the moniker for a whole range of EV/hybrid cars or options. Think of e-tron as being the electric version of Audi’s quatro, and you’ll get the picture. So what to make of the Audi A1, either electrified or not? There’s a bunch
Visit Blog

Kia starts new model roll-out By Jorn Madslien Business reporter, BBC News, Geneva motor show Kia hopes electric cars and long warranties will help boost its market share in Europe At first sight, there is nothing extraordinary about the Kia stand at the Geneva motor show. Most carmakers here are displaying all-electric or petrol-electric hybrid cars at the show, and if anything the South Korean carmaker is a late entrant to the market with its Venga EV concept and its Ray plug-in hybrid concept. Yet Kia’s push towards electric motoring is different for one simple reason: it is backed by the Korean president. The government is believed to be close to introducing economic measures to stimulate both the demand for and the research and development into the manufacture of electric vehicles. “While it is difficult to predict the future of the industry, electric vehicles will play an important role as the world must move to confront global warming,̶
Visit Blog

Audi is all set to launch two hybrid cars Q5 and A8 hybrid in the forth coming 80th Geneva auto show which is going to take place between 4th and 14th of March, 2010. Geneva auto show first organized in 1905 is one of the world biggest auto show and it is about to take place [...]
Visit Blog

Let’s have a look at the very heart of the Proton EMAS Concept cars – the Lotus Range Extender Engine. There has been a lot of concerns from readers about the range which has been rated at 50km. First of all, the car is still a concept at this point of time, so these figures [...]3 Vote(s)
Visit Blog