Lotus has been awarded today with the 2013 SAE World Congress Tech Award for its Evora 414E Range Extender Hybrid concept. The Lotus Evora 414E Range Extender Hybrid was chosen by the Editors of the SAE’s Automotive Engineering International Magazine, for its design and engineering innovation, uniqueness, potential for “real-world” production application, and potential benefit
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Will the next hippie-mobile be powered by electricity? It could be as Volkswagen is studying ways to go electric for its next cargo vehicle offering. At next week’s Geneva International Motor Show, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will be showing a transporter concept vehicle it calls the e-Co-Motion. This concept is said by Volkswagen to be rated
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Chinese automotive company Qoros is getting ready to launch full production of its first car, the 3 Sedan and will showcase both its sedan and a hybrid concept at the 2013 Geneva International Motor Show. The Qoros 3 Sedan, which is entering a pre-production development phase after two summers and two winters of testing, is
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Volkswagen brought to the Canadian International Auto Show the Cross Coupé, a hybrid-diesel concept vehicle combining spirited performance, AWD and fuel efficiency. The fully functional concept combined a turbodiesel direct injection engine (TDI) and two electric motors. Its combined fuel consumption in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) is 1.8 liters per 100 kilometers (130
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The Toyota Fun-Vii concept vehicle appeared in Canada for the first time yesterday, at the Canadian International Auto Show. Toyota said the Fun-Vii is designed to attract a younger generation that is increasingly tech-savvy. The Toyota Fun-Vii (Vii stands for Vehicle, Interactive, Internet) is a concept vehicle that heralds a not-too-distant future when technology and
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