Electric
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Hertz to Test Plugless Power on Nissan Leaf
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull 1 Hour Ago
Hertz will be one of six companies and academic organizations taking part in a three-month pilot program to test wireless electric car-charging technology. The test is organized by Plugless Power, a brand created by the Virginia-based MTC Transformers. Evatran, a… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Aftermarket
- Electric
- Vehicle
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Courtesy of Mitsubishi i, Honda Loses Top Spot on Annual List of Green Cars
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Yesterday
The 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas may have been named Green Car of the Year at the L.A. auto show in November, but the CNG-burner settled for second in Washington, where the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a lobby… Full Story »
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Peter Hoffmann Responds to Your Questions About Fuel Cells
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Feb 6, 2012
Though there are a number of potential impediments to the broad adoption of hydrogen fuel cells in passenger cars, major automakers expect to commercialize the technology in their vehicles by 2015. Peter Hoffmann, the author of two books about hydrogen fuel cells and editor of The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter, was featured in a recent interview with Jim Motavalli, a frequent Wheels contributor . Editors selected questions submitted by Wheels readers about the technology and its prospects for adoption, and posed them to Mr. Hoffman. His responses follow. Q. I heard these types of engines discharge small amounts of… Full Story »
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BMW Plants Seeds of Silicon Valley in the West Village
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Feb 1, 2012
BMW iVentures, an investment arm begun in tandem with the automaker's i subbrand, has established a start-up incubator on Morton Street in the West Village. The space was inaugurated with a party and panel discussion on Tuesday. With the brand's… Full Story »
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So much news we needed to post more!
Martin Racing Performance &bull Feb 1, 2012
I understand some clients don't want to hear me ramble about why we should take care of our poor, not invade foreign countries, or do business with Hugo Chavez and other dictator's. Maybe it's wrong for a small business to… Full Story »
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Why Electric Scooters are working in other countries, but not in America
Martin Racing Performance &bull Jan 30, 2012
The reason Electric Scooters are working in other countries is plain and simple. Think cars = This company was the king or worldwide subsidies that despite all the hype could not work if there was no consumer demand. In the world of motorcycles that equals Honda or to a lesser extent Vespa. Someone with brand recognition, dealer incentives, and the capital… Full Story »
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Reviewing the 2012 Honda CR-V
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 28, 2012
In his first vehicle evaluation for The Times, Csaba Csere (pronounced CHUB-uh CHED-uh) reviews the 2012 Honda CR-V in Sunday's Automobiles Section. Mr. Csere, an M.I.T.-trained automotive engineer, was on the staff of Car and Driver magazine for 28 years… Full Story »
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California to Consider Major Revision to Zero-Emission Mandate
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 26, 2012
This week, the California Air Resources Board, commonly known as CARB, will vote this week on a staff recommendation to require a significant increase of zero- and near-zero-emission cars to be on state roads in 2025. If the program is adopted, it would effectively require the addition of 1.4 million advanced-powertrain vehicles in 2025. They would include 500,000 battery-electric or… Full Story »
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M.I.T. CityCar, Renamed Hiriko, Is Headed to Production
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 25, 2012
At European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, the commission chief, Jose Manuel Barroso, inspected a small city-car prototype. It was the commercial version of the long-gestating CityCar from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. Mr. Barroso posed for pictures inside the vehicle, which has been renamed the Hiriko, the Basque word for urban.… Full Story »
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Wheelies: The Skunkworks Edition
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 25, 2012
Toyota Motorsport GmbH in Cologne, Germany, has shown its new TS030 hybrid Le Mans racecar. The prototype is equipped with a normally aspirated 3.4-liter V-8 engine, and Toyota is testing two hybrid systems to provide additional, purely electric power. Toyota… Full Story »
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For BMW ActiveE, a Home Base That Speaks Fluent E.V.
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 24, 2012
BMW and Tendril, an energy management company, are developing a fully wired home to house the automaker's electric ActiveE sedan. The companies announced Tuesday morning that they would build a demo home at BMW's technology office in Mountain View, Calif., where the automaker would refine battery charging and monitoring of the… Full Story »
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Reviewing the Volkswagen Beetle
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 20, 2012
In Sunday's Automobiles section, Phil Patton reviews the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle, the German automaker's sleeker, sportier and, above all, more masculine bug. Volkswagen has not been coy about its desire to bring more men under the Beetle's canopy. To that… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Electric
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Driving the Fisker Karma
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 19, 2012
The production version of the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid visited The New York Times Wednesday evening and was offered for a brief test drive that amounted to a modest victory lap for the long-delayed performance sedan. The Karma finally reached dealers and its first customers late last year, albeit at a price roughly $20,000 higher than its… Full Story »
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Wheelies: The Damage Control Edition
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 17, 2012
Tesla Motors Chief Executive Elon Musk held a conference call on Tuesday morning to allay concerns that the departures of two executives indicated broader problems within the California-based company. Tesla announced last Friday that Peter Rawlinson, the company's vice president… Full Story »
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Kia Chooses Las Vegas, Not Detroit, for E.V. Debuts
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 12, 2012
LAS VEGAS - Rather than at a traditional auto salon like the one running concurrently in Detroit, Kia Motors opted to introduce two electric vehicles at the Consumer Electronics Show here this week. The automaker explained that C.E.S. was the… Full Story »
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Via Motors: Big G.M. Trucks With Downsized Thirst
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 10, 2012
Introduced on Tuesday, Jan. 10: Via Motors E-REV plug-in hybrid Silverado pickup, Suburban and Express Van. What are they? Like Amp Electric Vehicles, Via (pronounced vee-ah) retrofits existing cars and trucks. But instead of relying purely on battery power, it… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Electric
- Liquid Cooled
- Torque
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In the Cobo Center's Basement, Driving the Amp Electric Grand Cherokee
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 10, 2012
What is it? An electric version of the 2012 Jeep S.U.V., aimed initially at fleet customers, especially those for whom "buy American" is a consideration. Is it real? I drove the prototype Monday. Opportunities to stretch out on the winding… Full Story »
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With XC60 Plug-in Hybrid, Volvo Delivers a Rousing 'Me, Too'
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 10, 2012
Is it real? The technology is, if not necessarily this application of it. Volvo will release a plug-in diesel version of the XC60 in Europe this year, and a gas-electric plug-in hybrid as late as 2015 in the United States,… Full Story »
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Ford C-Max Targets Prius, Volt and Ghosts of Minivans Past
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 10, 2012
What are they? The titular characters in Ford's first stand-alone hybrid production, each a five-passenger people-mover offered in conventional hybrid and plug-in versions. The C-Max is also the closest thing, Flex crossover notwithstanding, that Ford has to a minivan -… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Electric
- Horsepower
- MPG
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Lightning Bug: Volkswagen Shows All-Electric E-Bugster
Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com &bull Jan 9, 2012
Is it real? Doubtful. The E-Bugster may preview the coming Beetle convertible, but the striking chopped roof, two-seat layout and pricey electric powertrain suggest that this may be a styling lark. What they said: At the VW press conference on… Full Story »
