March 29, 2024
Auto Shows Honda

Honda EV-STER Concept unveiled in Tokyo

As the Tokyo Motor Show opens up its gates, the Japanese have already started showing us what the technologically obsessed folk can do. First up the Honda EV-STER Concept got its first unveiling and it is a stunning EV, one that’s very desirable, perhaps more than the Tesla Model S. Unlike the American roadster, the

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Nissan

Nissan Leaf’s charger undergoing changes

Ladies and gentlemen while they are far from perfect, electric cars are out and about, ready to buy, run, save the world and enjoy. The last two parts I’m not too sure about but there’s a more pressing issue to consider, the matter of charging. Not even the best of the EVs out there, the

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Opel

Frankfurt preview: Opel RAK Concept

Opel’s fate may be a tad uncertain in terms of financial and corporate business sense, but that’s not keeping them from working on and unveiling new concepts. Their biggest achievement on that front from recent years will be seen at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show which starts next week and it is called the RAK.

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Volvo

Volvo C30 Electric gets a possible lease

Whoever said the Swedish are sensible people had obviously hadn’t heard about what they plan to do with the brand new C30 Electric. Environmental friendliness may be considered big by the people who have a “green” disposition but Volvo rate it at a lot more than that.

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Porsche

2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid revealed

Even though they are generally the first company to complain about environmental legislation and carbon emissions standards, Porsche does seem to be at the cutting edge of fuel economy for the performance market. Their latest product in this direction is the 2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid, a car scheduled to be seen at the Geneva

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Mercedes

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell Prototype

It would seem like it was just yesterday that the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG was leaving the drawing board and entering production and already the eco-mentalists have gotten to it. To be frank, Mercedes unveiled their plan for an all electric version of the SLS AMG nearly a year ago but every single time I see

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Nissan

Nissan is offering 500 test-drive invitations for the Leaf

Nissan isn’t giving their marketing and development team any break as they have just released a set of 500 invitations to a test drive of the Leaf in Japan. The Nissan Leaf will be the world’s first mass-production electric car and will be available for testing at the plant in Oppama, Japan as part of

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Toyota

Toyota’s CEO considers recalls “a good lesson”

Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Company has recently stated that the scrutiny his company has undergone has been “a good lesson” and it will only be followed by Toyota emerging from this affair stronger than ever. He went even further, to quote an old Japanese proverb which goes something like this “After the rain,

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