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Renault working with Arval, ALP on electric vehicle pricing, leasing structure
Kangoo be bop Z.E. - Click above for high-res image gallery With Renault reportedly bringing three new electric vehicles to the Frankfort Motor Show this fall and the company's regular announcements of EV partnerships, word of two new deals - one with Arval and the other with ALD Automotive - isn't exactly a surprise. Still, this shows, once again, the strong commitment that Renault and alliance partner Nissan have in EVs ready for prime time. The deals will help Renault get its vehicles into fleets and customer hands. ALD manages about ... Read more →
Spy Shots: Is this the all-electric Renault Twingo ZE? Jeremy Korzeniewski
Late last week, the Internet rumormill was abuzz with reports that Renault would bring a trio of electric vehicles to the Frankfurt Motor Show this fall. Might one of those zero-emission automobiles ...
Frankfurt Preview: Renault planning 3 electric vehicles Sam Abuelsamid
Kangoo be bop Z.E. - Click above for high-res image gallery The Frankfurt Motor Show will see three new electric vehicles on the Renault stand, including a concept previewing an all new model. The ...
UK paper gets to drive prototype BMW X1 xDrive 23d Sam Abuelsamid
BMW will unveiling the latest edition to its sport activity vehicle lineup this fall, probably at the Frankfurt Motor Show. While the new X1 isn't ready to be shown publicly just yet, the Munich ...
Audi shoots down electric R8 rumor for Frankfurt Sebastian Blanco
Audi R8 V12 TDI concept - Click above for a high-res image gallery Rumors in the European press that Audi would bring an all-electric R8 supercar (or an extended range EV that uses a diesel range ...
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Audi to unveil all-electric R8 supercar in Frankfurt? 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Audi R8 V12 TDI concept - Click above for a high-res image gallery According to dueling reports on Auto Motor und Sport in Germany and L'Automobile in France, Audi may be set to release an all-electric version of its awesome R8 supercar at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. At this point, we ...
REPORT: Volkswagen bringing new EV concept to Frankfurt 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
VW Up! concept - Click above for a high-res image gallery According to a report on Auto Express in the U.K., Volkswagen plans to debut a new eco-friendly car concept at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show in September that could potentially rival the Chevy Volt-based Opel Ampera in Europe. Unlike ...
Rumormill: BMW Z2 concept to debut in Frankfurt featuring fuel-saving technology 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Late last month, the internet rumormill went wild with speculation that BMW would introduce a new Z2 concept vehicle at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Separate sources are now confirming that expectation, though the production version isn't likely to hit the market until 2013. Built atop ...
Honda pulls out of Frankfurt to save costs, starts testing FCX in Germany 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
It's looking like all auto shows are going to be feeling the pinch of a shrinking auto market going forward, including the mighty Frankfurt Show. Honda has joined Nissan in pulling out of this fall's Frankfurt show in order to save money. Earlier this year, Nissan announced that it would only ...
BMW and Fiat working together for new Isetta and Topolino revivals? 3 months ago on AutoblogGreen
We've been hearing rumblings that BMW and Fiat were working together on the development of new small vehicle platforms for a while now. With the German automaker working on an Isetta revival and the Italian firm moving forward with a new Topolino, it makes sense that the two companies would join ...
Fiat and Alfa Romeo to introduce new engine line in Geneva 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The biggest news of the year so far has been the proposed strategic global alliance between Chrysler and Fiat, two automakers that have drastically differing lines spread across drastically different markets. Certainly, that deal with the American automaker isn't all that Fiat has going on, and the ...
Rendered speculation: 2011 Opel/Vauxhall Astra 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
AutoExpress has produced a couple of renderings of what the next-generation Astra will look like for Opel and Vauxhall. The new compact lineup is set to debut this September at the Frankfurt Motor Show before going on sale in Europe early next year. Unfortunately, it's looking increasingly likely ...
Renault to unveil a Twingo-based roadster 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
If you think that the current generation of the Renault Twingo - a fairly low-polluting car and quite useful on crowded European cities - isn't that much of a looker, take a look at this first image of the Twingup. I happen to like to first-gen Twingo, but can appreciate that Renault has taken some ...
Frankfurt 09 Preview: Opel releases teasers of the new Astra 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click for a high res gallery of the teasers We're still a month away from the Paris Motor Show which alternates every other year with the Frankfurt Motor Show. Nonetheless, GM has released some teaser images of the next-generation Astra which won't appear until Frankfurt in 2009. We've been seeing ...
Production Mitsubishi Concept-cX will highlight new eco direction 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Concept-cX Mitsubishi wanted the world to see that it had plenty of green intentions at least year's Frankfurt Motor Show. Thankfully, those hopes and dreams appear to be turning into reality, as the Concept-cX crossover has now been approved for ...
Exclusive video of DaimlerChrysler's hybrid engine 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Deutsche Welle English has a great video on YouTube called Made in Germany | Top Secret: Experimental Vehicles that includes a look at a DaimlerChrysler hybrid engine still in development. Fire your corporate spies top American automakers and just watch this video above that includes passing a key ...
Car and Driver checks out the VW Up! 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
There are a mind-boggling amount of video hosting services around. One of them, webcastr, let us know about a new video they're hosting that is Car and Driver's look at the VW Up! concept during the Frankfurt Motor Show. Unlike YouTube and other video sites, it's not that obvious to me how to ...
Video: Prius will go 62 MPH "and beyond" in all-electric mode 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Next_Gen_Prius_62mph_in_all_electric_mode'; Recently, I wrote the Prius had a "second phase" goal of 37 miles in electric-only mode. In the video above, Hans-Peter Wandt of Toyota says the "step one" Prius in testing can go 60 to 100 kph (100 kph is 62 ...
AutoblogGreen Podcast #12 - Frankfurt Motor Show roundup 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Better late than never, right? It's totally my fault that AutoblogGreen Podcast #12 is so late in coming, but here it is! Episode 12 is a Frankfurt recap show, and John Neff from Autoblog.com joins Sebastian and Sam to talk about some of the highlights of the dual-personality (green and not so ...
VIDEO: GM's version of the Opel Flextreme reveal in Studio Stories 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
There is a series of professionally-shot videos, called Studio Story, about the design, theory and then reveal of the Opel Flextreme at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The clip above, episode four, was posted yesterday, and shows a pre-strike Bob Lutz's stage performance from Frankfurt and the way the ...
Citroën may offer the option not having a paint job 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
There were lots of flashy cars at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. Citroën C-Cactus concept was not the prettiest but it was well thought out with ideas that may soon go into production. The designer of the C-Cactus, Gilles Vidal, says "we wanted to look at the whole environmental question from ...
Neil Winton from Detroit News weights in on Frankfurt's green theme 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
While German automakers have a knack for offering large, powerful, luxurious, technically-advanced and therefore often heavy cars, they do not have a sterling reputation for producing eco-friendly vehicles. This fact was not lost on the motoring press at-large, including Neil Winton, who ...
Video: Loremo at the International Motorshow in Frankfurt. It could be electric 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Here's a video about Loremo's upcoming plans for the production of it's vehicle. It's in German (and, well, my knowledge of Goethe's language has seen better days) but more or less the video affirms that it could be on the streets in two years time. The spokesman says that the light design (which ...
Peugeot launches "Blue lion" environmental signature 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Because of the hunt on CO2 emissions the EU is living now, all marques have created their "eco"-offerings across the model line. Just to mention a few ones, Renault has the ECO2, Volkswagen has the BlueMotion, SEAT just launched the Ecomotive. Now it's the turn for Peugeot, launching the "Blue ...
Some details on Mercedes 2010 Fuel Cell production plans 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Last week at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz announced their plans to start series production of fuel cell vehicles in 2010. Aside from the fact that the car would be based on the B-Class, not many other details were given. Thanks to Mercedes spokesman Matthias Brock we now have some ...
Yoko Ono's green ride might be coming: get ready for the eco-Bentley 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Remember how Yoko Ono asked the other day, "can someone make hybrid cars as comfortable as a Bentley, please?" This bit of news might perk her ears up. Franz-Josef Paefgen, the head of the VW luxury brand Bentley, told the financial daily Handelsblatt in Frankfurt that his company is thinking how ...
Greenpeace brings the pink pigs to Frankfurt 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Remember the pink pigs Greenpeace herded to the Porsche Cayenne SUV unveiling? They're back, and they paid a visit to the Frankfurt Motor Show. The pink cars - this time an Audi, a BMW and a Volkswagen - were used by German Greenpeace activists to make the point that cars are still "climate hogs" ...
Opel Flextreme through the blog of GM's Lutz 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
AutoblogGreen has written quite a few posts about last week's unveiling of the Opel Flextreme (see below), but what does GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz think about the European version of the E-Flex system? His recent post on the GM FastLane blog lets us know. Lutz writes that the Chevy Volt still gets ...
VW Up! mini-car could make its way stateside! 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the up! for a high-res gallery The Volkswagen up! which was shown off as concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week will almost certainly go into production in a couple of years. Selling the up! in European and Asian markets like China and India would probably be a given. The big question ...
Take a look at the new Triketec X2 Arrow, with optional diesel engine 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Vehicles with three wheels have the unenviable reputation of being inherently unstable. This reputation was earned by the Honda ATCs from long ago, which had two wheels in the rear and one wheel up front. This design is not as stable as having two wheels in the front. Because vehicles are generally ...
Video: Toyota has goal of 37 miles electric only range for Prius 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The video above is an interview with Honda at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Honda says they are in position to sell a fuel cell car by the end of 2008. Honda is working on fueling this hydrogen car with a Home Energy Station, which is a mini CHP (combined heat power) unit. Honda also mentions they plan ...
Frankfurt 2007 videos: Fiat ecoDrive, Peugeot Flux, Chevy Trax 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Above is a video all about the Fiat ecoDrive. It's a USB device that logs how you are driving and with the help of Microsoft, takes over the world. Actually, that was Plan A. Plan B is to log how you are driving, transfer the data to your via USB and PC software will give you tips on how to lower ...
Fankfurt 2007: BMW video round up 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The video above is an interview about the BMW Hydrogen 7. There are some BOLD claims in this video. The "shell" can keep "soup" hot for months and an "ice man" cold for "17 years." You also get a look at the "H2 button" in the test drive of the Hydrogen 7. Two more videos are below the flow. The ...
Frankfurt 2007: Opel Flextreme live shots, unloading the Segways 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the Opel Flextreme concept The inclusion of a pair on-board Segway scooters may have been a questionable design decision for the Opel Flextreme concept, but the packaging was certainly well integrated. The back end of Flextreme has a compartment behind the ...
Hybrid Lexus RX400 outsells standard version 4-to-1 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Lexus says that in Europe the Lexus RX 400h now makes up 83 percent of the overall RX sales. That means the hybrid version of the RX is outselling the regular gas version by a ratio of 4 to 1. I always assumed hybrids were always out sold if a gas version of the same car was available. Is the Camry ...
German environmental organisations against the "Greening" of the Frankfurt Motor Show 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
It is true that the Frankfurt Motor Show has offered a wide array of "green" offerings from almost all the manufacturers. However, some German environmental organisations have raised their voice against what they consider simple make-up. Along with the environmentally-respectful vehicles, the ...
