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Latest Hybrid and electric cars company news
Fiat Automobiles' average CO2 emissions figure on cars sold in Europe during the first half of 2009 has dropped to 129.1 g/km. The new figure – corroborated by automotive advisory JATO – means that Fiat is the only mainstream car brand to achieve the European average goal, of 130 g/km by 2015, five years early.
Of the top 10 brands, Fiat is ahead of Toyota (132.9 g/km), Peugeot (134.5 g/km), Citroën (138.1 g/km), Renault (138.9 g/km), Ford (140.4 g/km), Opel (149.5 g/km), Volkswagen (152.5 g/... [more]
Tata is preparing for a full-scale European launch in 2010, with both the tiny Nano city car and a fully-revised Indica B-segment hatchback – including an electric version. But the launch will not use the Rover brand, which Tata acquired through its purchase of Jaguar and Land-Rover. Instead, the Tata brand will be used worldwide for small cars.
Tata chairman Ratan Tata has unveiled a revised Europa version of the tiny Nano, which will go on sale in India, priced around $2,000, in April. It's... [more]
Sentience is based on enabling the vehicle to see beyond its natural horizon through the use of internet-enabled mobile phone communications, GPS, advanced mapping and other sophisticated real-time navigational technologies. This information is used to improve the energy efficiency of the vehicle, reduce exhaust emissions and substantially increase fuel economy and CO2 performance.
Based on route information – which could in a production setting be integrated with a commercial navigation s... [more]
Jaguar’s XJ 2.7 Diesel has been named Britain's greenest luxury car in the Environmental Transport Association’s 2008 Car Buyers Guide. The award recognises Jaguar’s commitment to delivering CO2 and fuel consumption advantages to customers, with the development of its industry-leading diesel engines and application of advanced lightweight aluminium vehicle architectures.
The Environmental Transport Association has looked at over 1,300 models of car currently on sale in Britain and examined th... [more]
Xtrac believes the flywheel kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) currently being developed for Formula One could be applied to road vehicles in a number of ways.
Complementing its work in F1, the transmission technology provider is also an active partner in a new project to develop a flywheel hybrid system for premium cars. Xtrac forms part of a consortium supported by the UK government’s Technology Strategy Board, which recently announced funding of £23 million for 16 innovative low carbo... [more]
Xtrac believes the flywheel kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) currently being developed for Formula One could be applied to road vehicles in a number of ways.
Complementing its work in F1, the transmission technology provider is also an active partner in a new project to develop a flywheel hybrid system for premium cars. Xtrac forms part of a consortium supported by the UK government’s Technology Strategy Board, which recently announced funding of £23 million for 16 innovative low carbo... [more]
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