Latest Hybrid and electric cars product news
Combining both a stylish and strong design with cutting-edge technology; quality, purity and efficiency have been the watchwords that have guided the Peugeot designers and engineers during the creation of the 508.
The stylish exterior design is elegant and timeless and full of ‘French chic’. The interior of the car combines hi-tech with the use of high quality materials and every detail has been chosen to offer indisputable perceived quality, both visually and to the touch. An exceptional in... [more]
The automobile is facing a transition to a new era. For decades, petrol and diesel engines were the defining drive types, but in the near future part-electric (hybrid) and full-electric cars will join them.
It is in this context that Volkswagen presents five automobiles in Shanghai that give a presence to the future. Three of them are united by a new label for zeroemissions mobility: blue-e-motion. The Up! blue-e-motion concept car shows how the electrically driven city specialist of tomorrow... [more]
Just one month on from the launch of Toyota’s accelerator recall campaign, work has been completed on 90,000-plus – i.e. more than half – of the cars that have been identified as requiring attention. An even larger proportion of recalled Prius models have received adjustment to their braking software programme with 58 per cent of the affected vehicles updated.
More than 200 Toyota service centres around the country are pulling out all the stops to ensure the recalls are carried out as quickly... [more]
To cater for customers who are more demanding than ever, the Punto Evo has been designed to meet the requirement for smaller, more environmentally friendly cars that are easier to park and more affordable to run, yet still stylish, safe, comfortable and fun to drive. Fiat has managed this by combining ground-breaking new engines with a healthy dose of technology and features traditionally associated with larger cars.
As a dynamic development of the Grande Punto, the Punto Evo has a bold new l... [more]
In the early 2010s, Toyota plans to sell a million hybrids per year globally, a majority of those in North America. To accomplish this, Toyota will launch eight all new hybrid models in the USA over the next few years. These will not include next generation versions of current hybrids; instead, they will be all new dedicated hybrid vehicles, or all new hybrid versions of existing petrol engine models.
At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Toyota has unveiled the F... [more]
The Peugeot i0n zero-emissions electric vehicle will be introduced at the end of 2010. The vehicle, developed in co-operation with the Mitsubishi Motor Corporation (MMC), will offer a zero-emission urban transport solution for private, fleet and local authority users.
Retail customers can now register their interest in the iOn to be amongst the first to be offered a test drive in the vehicle when it is available. Peugeot has started to take pre-reservations for its electric car, the i0n in th... [more]
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