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  • Mercedes-Benz F 800 Style – a clear preview of the next CLS

    Mercedes-Benz F 800 Style Mercedes-Benz’ F 800 Style research vehicle is showing the future of premium automobiles from a new perspective, as the five-seat upper-range sedan combines highly efficient drive technologies with unparalleled safety and convenience features and an emotive design idiom, which interprets current Mercedes-Benz styling in line with the brand’s hallmark attribute of cultivated sportiness. The
    F 800 Style has a spacious interior full of intelligent seating, operating, and display concepts. (more…)

  • Key highlights for Toyota at Geneva 2010

    Toyota FT-86Hybrid Technology Development and Enhanced Product Appeal are the leading themes for Toyota’s presentation at the Geneva motor show, represented by a range of concept and production models that will be making their first appearance in Europe.

    The occasion will mark the world-first appearance of the showroom-ready Auris HSD (Hybrid Synergy Drive), a model which marks a major milestone in Toyota’s programme to introduce its full hybrid powertrain technology across its entire model range by the early 2020s. (more…)

  • Citroen DS High Rider – the second DS-styled concept

    Citroen has released first details of a striking new concept design that will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show.  DS HIGH RIDER is the second concept associated with Citroen’s innovative and distinctively styled DS line.

    Without denying the appeal of conventional coupés, DS HIGH RIDER represents a bold and radical vision of the future, combining compact dimensions with generous internal volumes, dynamic performance, sophisticated style and consummate quality.

    Unlike traditional 4-seater coupés, with their long, low design, the DS HIGH RIDER is compact and muscular. (more…)

  • Toyota Introduces Prius Plug-In Hybrid

    Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan has today confirmed the introduction of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid, a plug-in version of the third-generation Prius petrol-electric hybrid vehicle.

    The Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) offers greater range on electric power only, significantly reducing fuel consumption and emissions. The PHV uses lithium-ion batteries – a first for Toyota – which can be charged from an external source as well as by the car’s own hybrid drive system.

    Approximately 600 units will be introduced in Japan, the United States, and Europe over the first half of 2010. 20 will come to the UK in mid 2010.

    The Prius PHVs will be leased to government ministries, local governments, corporations including electric power companies, universities and research agencies, for use in a demonstration programme aimed at collecting real-world driving data and spurring the development of battery-charging infrastructure. (more…)

  • Axon Automotive introduces Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

    Axon Automotive are UK car manufacturer, which presented theirs plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The car is Full Hybrid, which means that it can be driven on petrol engine alone, electric motor alone or combination of both.
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  • Toyota Auris HSD Full Hybrid Concept

    The best selling type of car in Europe is a five door hatchback, so developing a full hybrid Auris is a logical step by Toyota. The new concept will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week.

    The main goal is achieving extraordinary low fuel consumption and emissions. The expected acceleration is around 10 seconds from 0 to 62 mph, which is good enough. (more…)

  • 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept

    Many people believe that if they drive cars with less CO2 emissions, they will save the world from a global warming and may be they are right. That’s why Toyota put on production Toyota Prius, which is a hit on the market. But with advancing the technologies the cars got more fuel efficient with less harmful emissions, so Toyota will have to move forward and their new vehicle is called  Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept. (more…)

  • Mercedes-Benz S 500 HYBRID

    Mercedes-Benz S 500 HYBRID - Side Angle View

    Recently, Mercedes-Benz hit the market with their S 400 Hybrid, which is very successful and most fuel-efficient car in its class. Now they will present the new S 500 Hybrid at IAA Frankfurt.

    The Vision S 500 Plug-in HYBRID can drive for up to 30 kilometres solely on electricity and therefore without producing any local emissions. The car has all strengths of a typical S-class: unique comfort, extraordinary safety and good performance.

    The drive system in the concept car consists of three main components: a powerful V6 3.5 litre petrol engine with a next-generation direct injection system, a 44 kW/60 hp hybrid module and a lithium-ion battery with more than 10 kWh of storage capacity that can be recharged at charging stations.

    The fuel consumption is unbelievable for such a big car. Only 3.2l/100km and emissions as low as 74g/km of CO2.

    The Vision S 500 Plug-in HYBRID accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds.

    Mercedes-Benz are planning to put their Hybrid system in the diesel versions, which will be a milestone in car engineering.


    Vision S 500 Plug-in HYBRID – Technical data

    Combustion engine (petrol)
    No. of cylinders/arrangement: V6, 4 valves per cylinder
    Displacement: 3.5 l
    Hybrid module
    Type: Permanently excited synchronous machine
    Rated output: approx. 44 kW/60 PS
    Rated torque: 250 Nm
    Performance and fuel consumption
    Acceleration 0 – 100 km/h: 5.5 s*
    Top speed: 250 km/h
    Fuel consumption: 3.2 l/100 km (combined)*
    CO2 emissions: 74 g/km (combined):
    *preliminary values
    Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in HYBRID
    Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in HYBRID
    Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in HYBRID
    Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in HYBRID
    Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-in HYBRID

  • Toyota Prius Harvests the Rewards of its Ecological Plastics

    When it comes to environmental performance, new Prius’s achievements are not just about the fuel economy and clean running offered by its Toyota Hybrid Drive full hybrid powertrain. Toyota’s determination to reduce emissions and promote sustainability prompted it to research and develop the world’s first injection moulded material to be derived from plant matter. (more…)

  • Lexus Cuts Driver Distraction With New Head-Up Display

    Lexus targeted an advanced, yet user-friendly design for the cockpit of the new RX 450h with a focus on making key vehicle data and controls easy to access with minimum driver distraction. A key element in Lexus’s innovative approach is the new Head-Up Display (HUD), which projects essential information on to the base of the windscreen, within the driver’s field of vision. (more…)

  • Ssangyong Show C200, Hybrid Technology And New Engines At Seoul Motor Show

    SsangYong’s new C200 model has been shown at the Seoul Motor Show in two versions and with three choices of power. The car is scheduled for production later this year and should reach the UK inside 12 months.

    The C200 is smaller and lighter than current SsangYong models, promising much improved fuel economy and lower CO2 emissions. Dubbed a compact urban vehicle (CUV), the C200 Eco uses diesel hybrid power and the Aero version has a choice of a high torque 2.0 diesel or turbocharged 1.8 litre petrol engines. (more…)

  • BLUE-WILL – Hyundai charges in with advanced hybrid concept

    Hyundai has revealed the first pictures of an innovative plug-in hybrid concept car. Due to be revealed at the Seoul Motor Show which opens on April 2nd, the “BLUE-WILL”, has exceptionally advanced technology crammed inside its striking bodyshell.

    Recycled PET soft drink bottles were used to make the material for the headlamp bezels while use has also been made of bio-plastics: PLA for the interior while PA11 was specified for the engine cover. These materials are made from plants extract rather than fossil fuels and are bio-degradable. (more…)