2013 GMC and Chevrolet Bi-Fuel Pickups Unveiled Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra gaseous option available in late 2012 2012-03-05 DETROIT – Chevrolet and GMC today announced details of General Motors' bi-fuel 2013 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 HD extended cab pickup trucks...
– but it did just get a brand new look: it's been made "invisible." Two things for the nit-pickers out there: it's not actually invisible and, yes, the whole thing is just a promotional stunt in Germany, a way to highlight that the car, Daimler says, is "invisible" to the environment....
By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Contributing Writer BIO Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield is a self-confessed petrol head. She grew up in a carless family but was able at a very early age to name cars passing her on... More LATEST ARTICLE Toyota Prius Hybrid Demand Rises As G...
The slice of the total U.S. vehicle market pie – the "take rate" – for all clean energy vehicles on the HybridCars.com dashboard is still yet small. As a sales category compared to all North American models, in February, hybrids took a 3.16 percent share. Plug-in cars including the Vo...
By John Voelcker John Voelcker Senior Editor BIO John is Senior Editor for High Gear Media. In addition to news coverage and new car reviews, John creates and oversees all editorial for High Gear's... More LATEST ARTICLE 2013 Chevy, GMC Natural Gas Bi-Fuel Pickup Trucks Announced Gene...
Volt: how committed is GM to the Volt? It already served it's purpose of helping to warrant the bail out, the vehicle is very popular with the Obama administration. But is there a long term vision like Toyota had with the Prius? Let's hope so. If not and Ampera sales can't save the da...
More than 10,000 GM Owners Demand Company Pull Its Support from Heartland Institute Over 20,000 Join Campaign against GM Hypocrisy on Climate Change http://forecastthefacts.org/stories/gm_heartland/ San Francisco, CA – More than 10,000 current and former owners of General Motors vehic...
Toyota is going to retake their crown back from GM in no time. They are really running away with the hybrid sector and I'd bet it will be fast growing. The Prius C will be a runaway success. Increase the size of the plug-in Prius battery and it could be a decent success too.
Existing customers? I think that amounts to the US military. The military are used to paying premium prices, and their primary concern is reliability and long life. So I assume these batteries are robust but not necessarily high energy density or competitively priced for the automotiv...
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Ford Motor Co. (F)’s Focus electric car, going on sale in the first half of 2012, was certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to offer the equivalent of 105 miles (169 kilometers) per gallon of gasoline, the automaker said today. The battery-powered compact car has an EP...
this week, this time with an innovative plug-in diesel hybrid drivetrain under the hood. Details are scarce at the moment, but the company says a TDI engine works in conjunction with not one, but two electric motors to propel the vehicle. All told, the combination is good for fuel eco...
A happy Justin Bieber birthday to all. And Justin, enjoy that new car that packs a zero-emission power train underneath its sleek, sports-car looks.
Supplier issues and a rising yen have made the going tough in many cases, rendering Japanese manufacturers less competitive in price terms against foreign rivals. Not helping matters is the fact that domestically, consumer confidence has continued to put a damper on auto sales, which ...
The Renault Megane collection for 2012 will be boosted by the introduction of three new Energy engines : a turbocharged, direct-injection Energy TCE 115di; the Energy dCi 130; and the Energy dCi 110. So what can we expect from the three engines? Energy TCE 115: This is the first Renau...
Volkswagen is set to reveal a second Cross Coupe concept at the Geneva Motor Show. A vehicle this size doesn’t exactly scream ‘green’ but amazingly, this plug-in SUV is capable of 157mpg at just 46g/km of CO2, thanks to the combination of two 9.8 kWh electric motors and a turbodiesel ...
Nikkei: Toyota to begin making hybrid components in China to lower costs and boost sales 5 March 2012 The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp. plans to produce hybrid components in China beginning next year. The company began producing the Prius in China at the end of last year, but...
The price markup will probably be 15k USD because it is a factory retrofit. What is needed is a dedicated factory solution where the chassis is designed for CNG so that the price markup gets down to 6k USD for this size of vehicle. VW’s new chassis developed for their Up! minicar is d...
Ampera and Volt voted "Car of the Year 2012" Geneva. The Opel Ampera and the Chevrolet Volt have today won the "Car of the Year 2012" award. By handing victory to the revolutionary electric vehicles, the panel of judges, made up of 59 leading automotive journalists from 23 European na...
