Prototype
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Think about the names given to electric cars and electric motorcycles on the market today. Most, if not all, are a play on the concept of all-electric, zero tailpipe emissions travel. So when we heard about a team of engineers in Henderson, Nevada who were developing a new electric motorcycle called Brutus 2, we had to investigate. Retro Styled, Classic Charm Squint at the all-electric Brutus 2 and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a classic Harley Davidson bobber or perhaps an Orange County Chopper. Either that, or a working prop from a film set in a post-appocolyptic future, Mel...
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Future Car Challenge Won By Gordon-Murray T27 Electric Car
It may have just three seats, look like something from a science-fiction movie and have a forward-hinging front door, but the Gordon-Murray T27 Electric Car has just won the 2011 Future Car Challenge. Held the day before the vintage vehicle run open to pre-1906 cars that has taken place between...
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Range Rover Plug-In Diesel Hybrid Prototype: Exclusive Photos!
Sometimes, the staff of Green Car Reports has to travel hundreds, even thousands, of miles to bring you first drive reports, auto show highlights and exclusive green-car coverage. Other times, we just have to visit the local shopping mall. That's where we took these exclusive photographs of a...
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Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid Wagon Prototype: First Test Drive (Video)
A few weeks ago we were invited to the Challenge Bibendum - an auto-industry event devoted to fuel economy and green vehicles - in order to drive the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid Station Wagon. We’ve already shared our own first drive report with you, but now it’s time to share our video...
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Porsche Goes Electric with e-Boxster Test Mini Fleet
Ask most consumers to describe a Porsche and they’ll describe the classic Porsche Boxster: a rear-wheel drive, mid or rear-engined car designed for the driving enthusiast rather than the casual commuter. Large, noisy engines have always been a prerequisite. Until now. We heard last summer...
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DBM Energy’s Electric Audi Destroyed in Fire, Cause Unknown
The converted Audi A2 electric car which hit the headlines back in October last year by apparently driving 375 miles on a single charge has been destroyed in a warehouse fire in Berlin. While the German police investigate the cause of the fire, no official statements have been made about the fire...
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It’s a little-known fact that between the late 1970s and mid 1990s Volkswagen made a series of limited-run electric cars based on the VW Golf platform. Thirty years later, VW’s latest offering, the 2013 Golf Blue-e-motion made its first appearance in the U.K, winning an eco-driving event in the process. Unveiled earlier this year, the Blue e-motion is based on the 2011 VW Golf. Outwardly it appears just like its gasoline and Diesel powered siblings, but houses a 26.5 kilowatt-hour battery pack and a 85.5 kilowatt motor. 0-62 mph is achieved in 11.8 seconds and top speed is limited...
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Electric Pot Car From Canada Creates Big Bong In EV World
As we're faced with an increasingly large world population and ever-dwindling resources the race is on to produce cars that not only produce zero tailpipe emissions, but ones that are green to manufacture too. But what is the ultimate material for cars? Steel is strong, but hardly light enough to...
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Move Over Tesla. There’s a Mercedes Gullwing SLS AMG E-Cell Behind You.
Until now the words electric, car and Mercedes have had an uncomfortable union. While Mercedes' cheapest car, the diminutive Smart ForTwo, has an electric version, its 62.5 mph top speed is hardly enough to get car buyers excited about converting to electric. But Mercedes super-sexy, bright yellow...
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