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Lamborghini considering diesels and hybrids for Estoque
When the Lamborghini Estoque concept was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, a good number of eyebrows were undoubtedly raised by the notion of a front-engine, rear-wheel drive four-door sedan from the Italian maker of hyper cars. In truth, though, Lambo has a history of bending the rules a bit, even producing SUVs for a period. It's hard to think of Lamborghini without also considering what may be its fiercest competitor, Ferrari. That other Italian automaker has gone on record stating that it will never offer a diesel oil-burner, but ... Read more →
VIDEO: Optimal Energy in Paris speaks about the Joule Domenick Yoney
Click above for a high resolution gallery The 2008 edition of the Paris Motor Show officially ends today and to commemorate its passing we thought we'd bring back one of our favorite electric cars ...
A bit of EV history: Renault Dauphine Henney-Kilowatt Xavier Navarro
Renault Dauphine / Henney Kilowatt (Wikimedia Commons) Few people know about the Renault Dauphine. Sold in the U.S. in the late '50s, it was a creation by Renault usually powered by a 0.845 liter ...
Paris 2008: Heuliez, Michelin and Orange wrap a revolution in a plain package Domenick Yoney
French coachbuilder Heuliez, along with Michelin and Orange™, have brought with them to the 2008 Paris Motor Show a most unremarkable-looking car. (My apologies to fans of the Opel Agila) And ...
Paris 2008: Eco & Mobility present the Simpli-City and Next-ère Domenick Yoney
Away from the glamor cars spinning on their turntables with posing models are a few vehicles that most of the North American press has not had time to investigate. The Simpli-City and Next-ère ...
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Mercedes to add C and E class hybrids by 2011 in U.S.; 12,000 smart EVs in four years 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Mercedes Benz S400 BlueHybrid Next year's arrival of the S400 BlueHybrid appears to be just the first stage of a massive move to hybridazition of the brand's lineup. The ML450 is scheduled to get a Two-Mode hybrid late next year, pending resolution of issues with battery supplier Cobasys. A new ...
Paris 2008: Heuliez Friendly 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Well, it certainly looks pretty friendly. Plus, powered only by electrons, it will be friendly to our environment too. What is it? The Heuliez Friendly, which debuted at this year's Paris Motor Show. Three seems to be a theme here, with a trio of electric motors to choose from, three different ...
Paris 2008: Peugeot-Citroen HYmotion4 hybrid drive system 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Peugeot-Citroen HYmotion4 hybrid drive architecture Traditionally, automakers use the biggest auto shows in their home countries as a platform to display their latest and greatest ideas, both aesthetic and technological. Such was clearly the case this week at the Paris Motor Show for PSA, the ...
Paris 2008: Watching the cars go 'round and 'round 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
OK, it's Monday morning. Some of you are at the office and, maybe, not yet fully ready for the work week. While you're sipping a coffee or tea and getting ready to get things done, we've got a few videos to ease you into the day from our friend Adam over at SmartPlanet. Adam was at the Paris Motor ...
Paris 2008: What's your favorite? 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for a gallery of the Honda Insight concept We saw a lot of new green concept vehicles make their debut during the press preview at the Paris Motor Show last week. Now that we've all had time to digest the new offerings, what struck you as particularly good this year? I've set up a poll ...
Peugeot unleashes 118 mpg HYmotion3 Compressor Concept 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for more shots of the Peugeot HYmotion3 Compressor Concept We really dig Peugeot's new HYmotion3 Compressor Concept. It's got three wheels -- two up front and one in back, our preferred arrangement -- and a hybrid drivetrain. The two front wheels are independently powered by ...
VIDEO: Live reveal of Honda Insight and a new company blog 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for a gallery of the Honda Insight concept Honda this week launched its first blog in conjunction with the debut of the new Insight concept in Paris. If Honda's usual practice and the spy photos we've seen are any indication, the concept Insight that is on the show stand right now will be ...
VIDEO: Danny's Contentment talks Nuvu with Mia 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
While we old-fashioned, glued-to-keyboard bloggers had to wait until the official reveal to get a glimpse Nissan's latest EV concept, new-fangled video blogger Danny Fleet got actual face time with both the Nuvu and a representative from the Japanese auto maker before the Paris Motor Show even ...
Paris 2008: Wallyscar to make electric Jeep-like vehicle 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res shots of the Wallyscar Izis It's pretty easy to see more than just a passing resemblance between the new Izis from Wallyscar, which is now being shown at the Paris Motor Show, and another famous vehicle. Like the original off-roading Willys, the Izis features ...
Paris 2008: Peugeot Prologue HYmotion4 diesel hybrid 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Peugeot Prologue HYmotion4 Peugeot's Prologue HYmotion4 concept is in many ways the opposite of the same company's RC HYmotion4 concept. The upright crossover style Prologue is a different animal from the sleek four-door coupe. Both vehicles use the same through the road hybrid architecture but ...
Paris 2008: Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4_e 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4_e Land Rover vehicles are not renowned for their fuel efficiency, at least not in a good way. Now that the English SUV builder is owned by India's Tata it has to make do without input from Ford and will have to meet future CO2 emissions limits without averaging with ...
Paris 2008: smart shows off its second-gen ED 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
While some sites are busy making fun of its name (yeah, we thought of that too... and you? Does it matter? Comments are welcome), others were busy conducting interviews with Dr. Z. in an attempt to find out when we may see the smart ED in America. The answer is that it's coming, if not next year ...
Paris 2008: Venturi Eclectic, the production version 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
While Venturi has cars that drive on the bleeding edge of technology and cost more than several Tesla Roadsters they have not forgotten those of us with more modest means and lesser needs. For folks with as little as €15,000 ($20,700) in pocket and no desire to cruise faster than 45 Kph (28 ...
Paris 2008: Peugeot RC HYmotion4 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Peugeot RC HYmotion4 concept The RC HYmotion4 concept unveiled by Peugeot at the Paris Motor Show is just one of several hybrid drive concepts being shown by that brand and Citroen. All of these feature an interesting new through the road hybrid system that I'll write more about later. The RC is ...
Paris 2008: Pininfarina and Bolloré debut the B0 (B Zero) production electric car 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Pininfarina B0 (B Zero) While we've known for some time that an electric car would be forthcoming from the partnership between the fabled firm of Pininfarina and the French industrial giant Bolloré, the two companies have avoided any embarrassing premature publication of photos until the ...
Renault to launch Fluence sedan in 2009, electric version in 2011 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Renault on Thursday revealed the third generation C-segment Megane at the Paris Motor Show. The sedan version of the old Megane will be replaced by a new sedan in 2009 called Fluence. The Fluence will start off using conventional drivertrains, but two years after introduction, it will go electric. ...
Paris 2008: Video of Saab 9-X Air and designer Mark Adams 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for a gallery of images of the Saab 9-X Air concept You can check out a video of the Saab 9-X Air in action along with some discussion with GM Europe Design VP Mark Adams after the jump. Like the 9-X BioHybrid we saw at Geneva last spring, the Air is based on GM's compact Delta platform ...
Paris 2008: Venturi Volage revealed! 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
As previously promised the wraps have come off the Venturi Volage at the Paris Motor Show. While Michelin may have been a collaborator on the revealed electric GT, one glance leaves no doubt it belongs to the Venturi family. It not only shares the carbon fiber body of its sibling, the ...
Paris 2008: Citroen C4 WRC HYmotion4 hybrid rally car 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Citroen C4 WRC HYmotion4 hybrid rally car Citroën today became the first manufacturer competing in the World Rally Championship to announce a hybrid drive WRC competitor. The C4 WRC HyMotion4 adds an electric kinetic energy recovery system to the C4 WRC. A 125kW electric motor generator is ...
Paris 2008: Debut of the Opel Insignia EcoFlex 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Opel Insignia ecoFlex Opel has added a special low fuel consumption ecoFlex model to the expanding mid-size Insignia lineup. The new Insignia that debuted this summer is the replacement for the mid-sized Vectra and the first product off GM's Epsilon II platform. The newest addition to the family ...
Audi unveils A4 TDI concept e 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above to enlarge Audi has a brand-new A4 for 2009, and the automaker has big plans in store of the new model's efficiency. Being shown as we speak in Paris is the A4 TDI concept e, which uses a 120-horsepower TDI engine from the VW parts bin that's been tweaked with light-pressure valve ...
Confirmed: Lexus to build Prius-based hybrid 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
It's been rumored and alluded to so many times that we just began accepting it as fact, and now it is: Toyota has confirmed that Lexus will indeed get a version of the Toyota Prius. Based on the third-generation of the Prius hatchback that is set to debut in January at the Detroit Auto Show, the ...
Paris 2008: Citroën's Hypnos brings the rainbow into your car 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
We got a preview of Citroën's new Hypnos hybrid 'ute a month ago and the real thing is even more ka-razy than we thought. Offset rainbow seats? You got it. Suicide doors and a pillar-free frame? No problem. An interior that Citroën calls a "powerful sensory experience, verging on the ...
Paris 2008: Mazda Kiyora city car concept 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Mazda Kiyora concept Mazda is using its new Kiyora city car concept as a platform to demonstrate how it plans to achieve fuel efficiency improvements of 30 percent in the next few years. The Kiyora takes the design themes seen on recent Mazda concepts like the Furai and Ryuga and applies it to a ...
Paris 2008: Nissan Nuvu in the flesh 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Nissan Nuvu concept We've finally got pics of the Nissan Nuvu concept and its, um, interesting. Sporting a very bulbous shape with bug-eye head lights, the Nuvu couldn't be anything but a concept. As Nissan promised, there are leaf-shaped solar panels on ...
Paris 2008: Ford's custom Ford Ka lineup - Digital, Tattoo and Grand Prix 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
With production Ford Ka vehicles moving through the factory, three custom versions went on display at the Paris Motor Show today. Dubbed the Digital, Tattoo and Grand Prix, the three variations will be offered to customers who buy the standard Zetec model when the Ka goes on sale in January. Here's ...
Paris 2008: Renault Z.E. concept 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Renault Z.E. concept Renault has rolled out a new concept in Paris today that gives a preview of what we might expect when Project Better Place kicks off in a couple of years. The Z.E. Concept is based on the Kangoo Be Bop that is also debuting at the Paris Show. The Z.E. Concept however is ...
Paris 2008: Chevrolet Orlando MPV debuts 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Chevrolet Orlando Chevrolet has fully taken the wraps of the new Orlando compact people mover for its debut at the Paris Motor Show. We still don't know for sure if the Orlando will be offered here in North America, but the rest of the world will get this compact seven seater. For its debut in ...
Paris 2008: Live shots of the new Honda Insight... at last! 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Honda Insight The biggest bit of greenery at the Paris Motor Show may be the Honda Insight concept. This is the car that's set to give the Prius a run for its money in the ongoing hybrid arms race in America, and it looks like it may have the goods to do ...
Paris 2008: GTbyCITROEN fuel cell concept brings video game to life 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
GTbyCITROEN In Paris today, Citroën revealed a new concept called the GTbyCITROEN. Reportedly inspired by a car in the Gran Turismo 5 racing game, the GT lives up to the peculiar standards of a brand that is considered an oddball even by French standards. Citroën's press release is ...
Paris 2008: Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion II, 57.4 mpg mid-size wagon! 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
How would you like to have a mid-sized sedan or station wagon that gets over 57 mpg (U.S.)? That's exactly what Volkswagen has unveiled in Paris as the Passat BlueMotion II. It's being shown as a further evolution of the latest Passat BlueMotion, part of VW's lineup of cars optimized for low CO2 ...
