Jun 1, 2010

The U.S. Department of Energy gave Nissan the necessary funding to begin construction of a new production complex in Smyrna in the state of Tennessee. The Japanese manufacturer, obtained guarantees for 1.4 billion dollars (1.7 billion of the total), can then launch the project for the plant intended to produce in the United States the compact electric LEAF already assembled in Japan and the United Kingdom. The new complex, from 2012, will rise to 200,000 cars and 150,000 batteries each year. Related Posts:Nissan Leaf: The Value of ZeroThe new Nissan Leaf – an Urban Ninja?Geneva 2011 Live: Nissan Esflow ConceptEuropean Car of the Year 2011 is Nissan LeafVideo: Nissan Leaf and Lance Armstrong

Jun 1, 2010

The new model Volkswagen Touran is shown in the second gallery official. Officially presented at the show in Leipzig, the new MPV will be offered with average petrol TSI and TDI diesel engines: 1.2 TSI 105 hp, also in Technology BlueMotion (5.9 l/100 km and 139 g/km) with the device Start & Stop and the energy recovery system under braking, 1.4 TSI with 140 hp and 170 CV and TSI Ecofuel methane. Regarding diesel, the 1.6 TDI with 90 hp and 105 hp, it also offered in BlueMotion technology which consumes 4.6 liters of fuel per 100 km and emits 121 g/km of CO2, resulting in the absolute version more “savings” and lowered by as much as 27% consumption than its predecessor. Also confirmed the 2.0 TDI with 140 hp and 170 hp. Incoming search terms:volkswagen touran 2010touran 2010touran TSI wallpaperVolkswagen Touran: new official picturesRelated Posts:Official: Volkswagen releases the new Touran!Volkswagen Passat Alltrack – first official photos and infoVolkswagen Touareg Panamericana was exposed in WolfsburgVolkswagen Cross Coupe ConceptLA Auto Show 2011: Volkswagen Passat CC Facelift – restyling “Prince...

May 26, 2010

Germans from Daimler could collaborate with the Japanese from Toyota for the development and production of hydrogen powered vehicles. Cooperation between the two giants is at least interesting, since both have worked with Tesla at a time – the technology acquired by Daimler for the Smart electric version in exchange for shares(market stock) in Tesla, and Toyota has just started working with people from Tesla. The two world-renowned manufacturers want to minimize the development costs of cars that will take some time and the technology they will use. Cooperation between Toyota and Daimler is the first project of this scale between the two manufacturers. Fuel cells – how do they work: they use a reaction between oxygen and hydrogen to produce electricity in a process that does not emit gases that contribute to global warming. German Corporation has already developed fuel cell vehicles powered by them, but development and production costs of these vehicles are too high because they make return in the near future. Even those at Toyota have estimated that it will go another 10 years before this technology will be offered to the public. Toyota is investigating fuel cell technology since 1992, and Daimler made the first steps in this area in 1994. German manufacturer has already invested more than one billion euros (1.23 billion dollars) in projects to develop fuel cell technology for mass production. Hydrogen production and it emits pollutants, environmentalists and announcing that this technology must be improved before it is publicly available. The same problem...

May 17, 2010

The right of first refusal was given to Land Rover, forcing Jaguar XJ postpone the hybrid a few months. But in 2013 we’ll have a hybrid Jaguar XJ . Jaguar that also introduced hybrid will use the platform from the Range Rover Sport Hybrid, made from eight ZF automatic transmission ratios: will be installed inside an electric motor (35 kW), powered by lithium ion batteries and synchronized to work in parallel with the six-cylinder diesel. The British group will then continue the development of hybrid modules to propose, in 2015, with an architecture operating in series, even more refined species in electric mode: according to first estimates, even the most corpulent models can go at least thirty kms with an maximum speed of 70 km/h using only the electric motor to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 100g of CO2 per kilometer. Here are some 2010 Jaguar XJ high quality wallpapers: Incoming search terms:jaguar 2013range rover sport 2013jaguar xj 20132013 jaguar xjhow does the jaguar xj hybrid workjaguar hybridmotorcycle Sport2013Related Posts:Review: The new Jaguar XJ Jaguar F-Type – the first teasers Geneva 2012 Live: 2012 Jaguar XF SportbrakeLA Auto Show 2011 Live: Jaguar XKR-S ConvertibleWhat are the New Jaguars Really...

Apr 29, 2010

Daimler takes part in Expo 2010 Shanghai (15-31.10.2010) with the presentation of promising propulsion technologies and urban mobility concepts – Smart Fortwo. In addition to electric cars with battery or fuel cell and hybrid vehicles, the Group project Flex Mover. The world exhibition carries the theme “Better City, Better Life“. Smart Fortwo Electric Drive Daimler offers visitors of the Urban Planet Pavilion, the opportunity to experience the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive under the “Road of Solution” exhibition. In addition, there is an exhibition on the Pangaea Expedition of Mike Horn. Beside that, the Car2go project in Ulm and Austin will present the Smart Fortwo to be hired anywhere, anytime minute rates. Finding and booking the vehicles on mobile phones, smart phone or Internet, either spontaneously or with reservation. The rent itself is handled through an innovative telematics unit in the vehicle. Vehicles must not be at the end of the rent back to its starting point. The 200 Smart in Ulm is hired 700-1000 times a day. 18 000 customers currently use the concept of mobility, which is more than 15 percent of Ulmer drivers license. For more information on Car2go and Smart Fortwo, visitors will find it in the German pavilion, to see where the Mercedes-Benz Concept Blue Zero and a video entitled “Vision of Mobility in the City – Drivetrain Technologies and Mobility Concepts” are. The Daimler initiative “Road to emission-free mobility” will be presented in the German-Chinese House. The Swiss Pavilion Ssmart...

Apr 16, 2010

As the final Renault Fluence ZE and Renault Kangoo Express ZE, the first two electric vehicles that will be marketed by Renault. By 2012 will be 4 in total electric vehicles equipped with the Zero Emission Technology. In particular, Fluence and Kangoo Express had already been presented in their half-finalized stage, being prezented during the last climate conference in Copenhagen in which test drives had been organized. Now, the two electric vehicles are already on the site dedicated to book in order to have priority at launch. Renault Kangoo Express Z.E. will be on our way by mid-2011: 160 km of autonomy while keeping the same functional characteristics of the thermal engine version (load volume, payload and comfort). In short, the power supply system does not affect the functionality of the Kangoo, subject, of course autonomy. Renault Fluence will be built on the same site in Turkey where it assembles the internal combustion engine version, something that makes you realize that even on zero-emission sedan will retain the characteristics of fossil fuel sister. Necessary condition to achieve the goal that Renault has set itself, namely to achieve the electric models for mass production. A tempting target and very ambitious, Renault also studying to put in place partnership in several countries to achieve the required infrastructure for widespread electric mobility. Columns and charging agreements with energy providers are an important step.   Related Posts:Paris Motor Show 2010: Renault Fluence Z.E. ConceptRenault Z.E. – The electric lifeRenault: Twingo will be...