Electric Car News

How do you counteract the competition that offers electric cars with limited range? Offer a car with an extended range? No, cut it to the minimum and present it as an urban shopping cart.
That’s exactly what the Suzuki Q Concept is. The quirky 2-seater looks like a washing machine but it is cute and nicely designed. It’s maximum range is just 12 miles and Suzuki says that it’s good for doing your everyday shopping or picking up kids from school.
You can certainly see an advantage in having such a small …

According to American specialists, the drivers of hybrid cars have by 25% less chance to be injured in accidents driving hybrid cars than at the wheel of conventional cars. One explanation is the mass of hybrid cars, on average of 10% higher than conventional cars, which means better absorption of impact energy for hybrid cars.
After studying the behavior in staged accidents of 25 “pairs” of hybrid and non-hybrid models, the scientists have concluded that other factors influence the

Arthur Reijnhart, Shell general manager, said recently that biofuels would become the most important alternative to fossil fuels in the next 20 years. According to him, until 2030 we will see biofuel going really mainstream. It will be used to propel the cars even more than electricity or hydrogen.
The Shell director arguments for increased demand for biofuels come amidst the population growth. They see an increase in living standards (LOL!) and therefore, the need of personal transport goes higher and higher. In parallel, the prices of conventional fuels: petrol and …

I know what’s wrong with the majority of the urban cars these days! Some of them are clearly boring; feels as if somebody would be trying on purpose to make them uncool. From the technical point of view, though, it’s not easy to build a small car that is both practical and sporty – in many cases there’s simply not enough space. Audi has gone one step better by announcing the new Audi A1 Sportback that will come on sale in the UK at the beginning of 2012 at a …

On 12 December 2010, the famous TV host Jay Leno, embarked on an endurance test for a year. He received a new Chevrolet Volt, with batteries charged and a full tank of petrol.
Now, nearly a year away, at an interview at the Los Angeles Auto Show 2011 Jay Leno made a very important statement: in almost a year he has traveled over 11,000 miles without powering the car with