With only one bidder still in the game, only the Department of Energy stands in the way of a Fisker Automotive comeback. But will the $529-million federal loan allow for a Chinese takeover?
Callaway adds a hatch to the back of the Stingray, taking our breath away. For only an extra $15,000, we think the shooting brake upgrade is well worth the money. Ferrari FF, eat your heart out.
Doing what was before considered impossible, the German scientists have created a compact, lightweight generator with a full-adjustable compression ratio and combustion chamber capable of burning all kinds of fuel.
We’d like to think the fiscally frugal conservative members of congress would jump at the plan, as EVs and plug-in hybrids represent big savings at the pump.
BMW’s i Ventures has acquired ParkNow, the mobile parking app that allows for users to reserve and pre-pay for off and on-road parking spots with their smartphone.
Capable of a quarter-mile run in 10.33 seconds, the Super Snake is perfect for the man with too much money and a very narrow automotive view. Just shy of the $100,000 mark, the Super Snake will just barely outrun the much cheaper Nissan GT-R.
ChargePoint will install 80 new EV chargers. The new charge stations will increase New York City’s charging infrastructure by nearly 50-percent. But it’s a drop in the bucket on the road to Bloomberg’s planned 10,000 additional EV charging spots by 2020.
ExxonMobil sees diesel hybrids taking the lion share of new car sales while EVs and plug-in hybrids remain a small portion of the new car market due to range and cost concerns.
Consumer Reports finds 20-percent of 2009 Civic Hybrid owners replaced the hybrid battery pack during a 12-month survey, making the model a “risky” long-term purchase.
When Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson and the film crew pushed a Tesla Roadster off the track in 2008 as it had run out of juice in only 50 minutes, Tesla figures it lost $171,000 in potential sales.
Poised to sell more than 20,000 vehicles this year, Tesla doesn’t want to mess with a good thing. Accordingly, it has delayed production on its Model X until 2014, hoping to further capitalize on its Model S success.
Toyota aims to add its name to the list of automakers that made a sporty hybrid powertrain work along side Ferrari and McLaren, hoping not to repeat the Honda CR-Z debacle.
BMW will offer a gasoline-powered loaner car to its EV buyers before an uppity BMW buyer can throw a fit in the media about the limited range on his new i3 EV.
