The Tribecca Film Festival in New York City provided the backdrop to the world premiere of Revenge of the Electric Car -- Chris Paine’s much-anticipated sequel to Who Killed The Electric Car? -- but tomorrow the film will premiere in the Netherlands at a special event attended by a whole tree of Nissan Leafs. The film had its European...
While Rolls-Royce may have hit the headlines earlier this year with its all-electric 102EX Phantom Concept, its large customer base hasn’t been quite as welcoming. Despite a strong customer ambivalence to anything other than a throbbing 12-cylinder engine underneath the hood of its hand-built luxury cars, however, Rolls-Royce still...
The 2013 European Honda Civic Hatchback was unveiled earlier this week at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Sleeker, more aggressive and more practical, it showcases Honda’s ninth revision of this gas-sipping compact. Sadly, just like its predecessor, the 2006-2011 Honda Civic hatchback won’t be coming stateside any time soon. Instead...
In the days before airbags, crumple zones, high strength steel and electronic stability control, many American drivers equated “safe” with “large.” While a 1975 Chevy Vega may have offered better fuel economy than a 1975 Chevy Impala, many buyers opted for the safety of mass over the benefits of fuel economy. Today, that...
BMW has taken a radical departure from its traditional brand of teutonic sedans with its "i" range. The i3 is a carbon-bodied electric city car and the i8 a plug-in hybrid sports coupe, and both display wild styling and high-tech features. We were at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show to get a closer look. BMW i8 Plug-In Hybrid Sports Coupe The i8 is...
Startup carmaker Fisker Automotive has probably learned a lot of lessons about the timing of auto launches. Although the car went into production in March, it still hasn't been approved for sale by various U.S. regulatory bodies--including the Environmental Protection Agency--as of this month. Yesterday, Fisker unveiled its Surf five-door...
Just last month we reported that the Chevy Spark minicar would find its way to America in 2012 as a 2013 model. Now comes word that U.S. version of the Spark will receive small but significant design changes to meet U.S. safety standards. The changes won’t have any impact on the car’s arrival in the U.S. market, slated for mid-year...
For fans of ultra-economical vehicles living in the United States, life just isn't fair sometimes. While the European market gets to play with dozens of high MPG turbodiesels, we're often told to make do with small capacity gasoline engines that don't come close to matching diesel, even if they're getting better these days. Latest to join the...
Two weeks ago we brought you images of the Volkswagen Nils electric car concept to be revealed at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. The car has now been unveiled and Green Car Reports can bring you a full gallery of Volkswagen's smallest electric car concept to date. The Nils looks very similar to the teaser images we showed you a few weeks back, but...
With fuel prices remaining high, the appeal of full size SUVs and sedans is beginning to waver. American buyers are embracing the idea of small, fuel-efficient but well-appointed cars like never before, a trend that Mercedes-Benz hopes to capitalize on in the coming years. Despite having mixed success with previous small car offerings (like the...
It’s been just a week since Californian automaker Coda Automotive opened up its first showroom in LA’s Westside in the Westfield Century Mall -- but now Coda bosses have confirmed that it has signed a deal to open a final assembly plant in Benicia, California. The deal, which Coda has been working on since last year -- will bring...
Sometimes a clever inventor or a team of engineers changes the way we think about an appliance or a concept we’ve lived with for years -- producing a revolutionary new design that makes us wonder how we ever lived without it. But sometimes a supposed revolutionary new design is little more than changing something for changes’ sake...
The Tribecca Film Festival in New York City provided the backdrop to the world premiere of Revenge of the Electric Car -- Chris Paine’s much-anticipated sequel to Who Killed The Electric Car? -- but tomorrow the film will premiere in the Netherlands at a special event attended by a whole tree of Nissan Leafs. The film had its European...
While Rolls-Royce may have hit the headlines earlier this year with its all-electric 102EX Phantom Concept, its large customer base hasn’t been quite as welcoming. Despite a strong customer ambivalence to anything other than a throbbing 12-cylinder engine underneath the hood of its hand-built luxury cars, however, Rolls-Royce still...
The 2013 European Honda Civic Hatchback was unveiled earlier this week at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Sleeker, more aggressive and more practical, it showcases Honda’s ninth revision of this gas-sipping compact. Sadly, just like its predecessor, the 2006-2011 Honda Civic hatchback won’t be coming stateside any time soon. Instead...
In the days before airbags, crumple zones, high strength steel and electronic stability control, many American drivers equated “safe” with “large.” While a 1975 Chevy Vega may have offered better fuel economy than a 1975 Chevy Impala, many buyers opted for the safety of mass over the benefits of fuel economy. Today, that...
BMW has taken a radical departure from its traditional brand of teutonic sedans with its "i" range. The i3 is a carbon-bodied electric city car and the i8 a plug-in hybrid sports coupe, and both display wild styling and high-tech features. We were at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show to get a closer look. BMW i8 Plug-In Hybrid Sports Coupe The i8 is...
Startup carmaker Fisker Automotive has probably learned a lot of lessons about the timing of auto launches. Although the car went into production in March, it still hasn't been approved for sale by various U.S. regulatory bodies--including the Environmental Protection Agency--as of this month. Yesterday, Fisker unveiled its Surf five-door...
Just last month we reported that the Chevy Spark minicar would find its way to America in 2012 as a 2013 model. Now comes word that U.S. version of the Spark will receive small but significant design changes to meet U.S. safety standards. The changes won’t have any impact on the car’s arrival in the U.S. market, slated for mid-year...
For fans of ultra-economical vehicles living in the United States, life just isn't fair sometimes. While the European market gets to play with dozens of high MPG turbodiesels, we're often told to make do with small capacity gasoline engines that don't come close to matching diesel, even if they're getting better these days. Latest to join the...
Two weeks ago we brought you images of the Volkswagen Nils electric car concept to be revealed at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. The car has now been unveiled and Green Car Reports can bring you a full gallery of Volkswagen's smallest electric car concept to date. The Nils looks very similar to the teaser images we showed you a few weeks back, but...
With fuel prices remaining high, the appeal of full size SUVs and sedans is beginning to waver. American buyers are embracing the idea of small, fuel-efficient but well-appointed cars like never before, a trend that Mercedes-Benz hopes to capitalize on in the coming years. Despite having mixed success with previous small car offerings (like the...
It’s been just a week since Californian automaker Coda Automotive opened up its first showroom in LA’s Westside in the Westfield Century Mall -- but now Coda bosses have confirmed that it has signed a deal to open a final assembly plant in Benicia, California. The deal, which Coda has been working on since last year -- will bring...
Sometimes a clever inventor or a team of engineers changes the way we think about an appliance or a concept we’ve lived with for years -- producing a revolutionary new design that makes us wonder how we ever lived without it. But sometimes a supposed revolutionary new design is little more than changing something for changes’ sake...
