Electric Car News

Last week Audi launched a new test program to evaluate the feasibility of one of their latest electric car development Audi A1. They’re planning to find out how the drivers are using their electric cars in real-life traffic and what they’re expecting from their electric cars.
It is hoped by the officials that by the year 2020 there will be at least 1 million electric cars in Munich. It appears that they’re actually prepared to put their money where their mouth is – they’ve put 10 million

Europe is dominated by diesel engines, but the Japanese rely on plug-in hybrid technology. Thus, Toyota has devised a specific plan to lease a fleet of 20 plug-in hybrid Prius models to customers in London for a new study on consumption and usage of the cars.
The people from Toyota are pleased that the results of their estimates correspond to real life. Prius Plug-in Hybrid is able to run in all-electric mode for 12 miles

Kia Motors is now one of the leading players in the car industry in terms of concern for fuel economy, and this was officially certified by Guinness World Record for a new low for a consumer hybrid vehicle.
The results were obtained from a cross-state trek through the 48 continental states U.S. – an experiment that was carried out in 14 days with an average of 560 miles driven per day. The Optima Hybrid consumed just over 5.5 petrol tanks to travel this route, an average of 1417 miles, between

When the famous DeLorean DMC-12 was discontinued in 1981 after a huge scandal involving FBI and a fake drug deal, it seemed the beautiful silver car has met its end.
Nevertheless it seems that the car has the ability of bouncing back even now that its genius god-father John DeLorean is dead.
In 1985 the legendary car was revived in the cult Hollywood movie “Back to the Future”. Then a few years back Deloran Motor Company was re-born in Texas to

After the first official information and photos of the new BMW 3 Serieswere made public, information about a hybrid version of the Bavarian car was alos revealed. Scheduled to enter the market just around the autumn of 2012, a cleaner version of the best selling premium sports sedan will combine a 6-cylinder petrol engine of 306 horsepower with an electric motor of 54BHP.
Thus, fuel consumption of the BMW ActiveHybrid 3 environmentally-friendly car is expected to be 45mpg, making it 12.5% more