Scion iQ: Toyota First All Electric Vehicle

In 2012, you will be able to witness the Toyota Scion iQ EV microcar that was shown in Geneva earlier this year. Scion iQ EV is prepared to be the first all-electric vehicle from Toyota that will hit U.S market. On U.S test cycle, Think City claiming 99 miles (159km), LEAF claiming a range of 73 miles (117 km), i-MIEV claiming 85 miles (137 km), while Scion iQ is estimated at 50 miles (80km).

Toyota also prepares the launch for the Prius plug-in electric hybrid and RAV4 EV in 2012. Positioned to be a city car, Toyota Scion iQ EV is meant to be lighter, safer and electric efficient vehicle.
Toyota is now researching for bio-fuels and next-generation materials for the new Prius v and Camry by 2015. The new Entune multimedia system for both new Prius and Camry is designed to be compatible with most smartphones in the market.

No info about pricing and availability yet.

Range Rover Ultimate Edition SUV

Latest Luxurious series of SUV released by Range Rover is Autobiography. Designed with aluminium tray tables and a drinks cooler at the back side, passengers will enjoy either the 4.4-liter V8 turbodiesel or 5.0-liter supercharged V8 engine.

Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition also comes with four individual buckets in its first-class cabin. On the rear passengers seats, you will find iPads dock that attached on the rear side of the front seats.

ESFLOW: Nissan Electric Sports Car, First Public Appearance In Geneva Motor Show

Nissan is going to show its latest production-ready electric sports car – ESFLOW to the public in Geneva Motor Show that will be held from 3rd ~ 31st March this year.

Nissan will use Geneva Motor Show event to make a debut about electric sports car that are designed based on technology pioneered in the production of Nissan LEAF EV. Nissan ESFLOW is a two-seater sports car with two electric motors on each of the rear wheel. Nissan claims ESFLOW sports car is capable to hit 100km/h in under five seconds and run 240kms between powerpoints.

ESFLOW’s is designed for the optimum positions of power train and batteries for optimum performance and car handling, adapting to zero emission vehicle without any internal combustion engine.

Japanese ‘Tesla’ Prototype For Asia Tommykaira ZZ-EV Sport

In western countries, Tesla is something associated with green, zero emission driving. Last month, Japan’s Greenlord Motors have introduced their own version of ‘Tesla’ prototype for Asian market, dubbed Tommykaira ZZ-EV Sport.

he Tommykaira ZZ-EV Sport prototype features a lightweight fiber-reinforced polymer body weighing 1,400 pounds, two-seater, DC150V electric engine with Lithium Polymer batteries and is going for sale by this coming June.



No info on pricing and global availability yet.

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Nissan Leaf EVs: Target For 25,000 Units Production By 2012

How prospective would electric vehicles market in near future? Based on recent progress of Nissan Leaf EV production planning, Nissan’s Tokyo plant will likely to expand its production to reach 3,000 cars output per month starting March this year, meanwhile Nissan’s Tennessee plant will commence production by 2012 and the Sunderland plant in England is scheduled to kick start in 2013.

Will Nissan reach its pledge for 25,000 Leaf EVs on the roads by 2012? Hopefully other EV manufacturers are catching up their schedules too!

Greener roads for Greener planet?!

[ Source: CNET Green Tech ; Nissan USA ]

BMW's visions for future mobility look as ridiculous as they are impractical

Turns out we were way off on this whole car of tomorrow business. According to BMW the car of tomorrow is a form-fitting suit with unflattering horizontal lines and ball-bearing shoes. Or, maybe it's a kind of bat winged jacket that attaches to a collapsible scooter... thing. That one's called Flymag, pictured above, which converts into a backpack and apparently makes you FOF when you sit on it. These concepts and more are courtesy of FDI, the International Design School in Barcelona, and are on display through the end of this month at Rambla de Catalunya. Go see them now before they're relegated to the annals of yesterday's crazy visions for tomorrow.

via : DVICE.com

BMW working on electric 5-series sedan for China, we still can't get a diesel

Surely it'll come elsewhere eventually, but for now an electric version of BMW's generously proportioned 5-series sedan looks destined exclusively for China. As part of the company's partnership with Brilliance China Automotive, BMW Brilliance Automotive is planning to create a pure EV 5-series and to show it off this year -- at some point. No further details are known about the car, though we're quite sure why this is happening. EVs are becoming more and more popular there as China struggles to shrug off a massive foreign oil dependency and BMW saw a similarly massive 87 percent jump in growth of its sales in China in 2010. So, there's your motive, but we'll still have to wait a bit for the rest of the details.

via :green.autoblog.com

Audi Auto Union Type C e-tron study puts your pow-pow-Power Wheels to shame

Top speed of 18mph, and a range of 15 miles? Charges in only two hours? No, this isn't the future of transportation we're talking about here, it's a toy. A toy from Audi, of all places. The company has created this electric-powered and half-scale recreation of an Auto Union Type C, grand prix racer of the late 1930s, and done it in e-tron guise, applying the moniker from its grown-up line of EVs, like the luscious e-tron Spyder. This one's intended for kids of all ages

so long as they're shorter than 5'11'' -- and it will be on display at the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg. At this point there's no mention of a plan to produce it nor a price if Audi did, but surely it's one of those "if you have to ask" things -- that body is entirely made of carbon fiber, and that stuff doesn't come cheap.

ElectricCarsReport.com

Audi Auto Union Type C e-tron study puts your pow-pow-Power Wheels to shame

Mitsubishi i-MiEV Taking Over Europe?

Today, Mitsubishi announced that it plans to bring the Euro-spec i-MiEV to 15 European countries. As you know, production started last fall, and Mitsubishi is trying to make it out faster than the Volt or Leaf; and with the Leaf’s recent productions problems and Volt’s low December sales, it may not be too hard.

In addition to the initial 15 countries, there have been requests from the other Europeans, such as Finland, Serbia, Turkey, and Slovenia.

When the US gets hold of the little Jellybean, expect it to be priced around $30,000, and that would be before the tax credit.

The i-MiEV is going to be great for people in small – large cities, where parking is tight and often limited. The i-MiEV will fall under the EV priority category that many cities are implementing into parking spots that include charging stations. Quick charging on the little Mitsubishi will take only 30 min from 0-80% with a specific quick charging station. Max speed is 80 mph and max range is 80 miles.