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BMW has announced that it will unveil its new eco-friendly sports car concept, the EfficientDynamics Vision, at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September.   Designed to showcase energy efficient drive-train technology and lighter materials,  it will be interesting to see how much it borrows from the...

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EnerDel and Nissan Motor Co. have joined together to conduct research into conductive materials for batteries powering EVs and hybrids.  The research will be co-funded by both companies and will focus on finding a new electrolyte material to conduct electricity between the electrodes of the...

Recent reports have surfaced stating that engineers for the Chevy Volt are having problems in creating a seamless transition between the Volt's various power delivery modes.  According to Volt chief designer Bob Boniface, these reports are blown out of proportion. During a recent discussion on...

The CARS program's tremendous success depleted funds in just days.  Yesterday we reported that the program had been suspended due to lack of funds.  Well all of that has changed today as the U.S. House gathered for an emergency vote to put an additional $2 billion into the program. The unexpected...

It's the very last day of July, so it's time again for us to recap the five most popular posts of the month on AllAboutPrius.com. Compared to June's most-popular list, we're back to the basics, with our posts on the the making of the "Harmony" commercial and the followup MPG advertisement falling...

Once more, it's the end of the month, when we celebrate by recapping our most popular posts. For July, we completely turned over our most popular posts from June ... and, our VW diesel fanboys have returned! This month, the most popular posts seem to have been the quirkiest. They're actually kinda...

If you have a big family with a few kids, live in the suburbs, and like to go to big box stores, chances are you either own or have considered owning a minivan. This staple of American society since the eighties has carried many a child to soccer practice and many a bag of grocery. Essentially...

Nissan recently announced plans to expand its lithium-ion battery production by building new manufacturing plants in England and Portugal.  The additional plants will give Nissan the ability to supply both itself and partner Renault with up to 120,000 battery pack annually. The new sites for...

A new system that could eventually see use on public roads generates electricity from vehicles rather than providing it to them.  The system relies on kinetic energy and could ideally be used to capture energy from moving cars and later charge those same vehicles. The system would be installed...

Zero Motorcycles has unveiled their new "dual sport" bike designed to take on dirt trails and smooth pavement. Marketed as a zero-emissions motorcycle that can go anywhere, the so-called Zero DS features an aircraft grade aluminum frame and a lithium-ion battery back to store power. "The Zero DS is...

The Japanese tuners at "Exclusive Zeus" may have unlocked some hidden potential in the Honda Insight. Just when you thought the new Toyota Prius had delivered the knockout blow to Honda's poorly selling hybrid, someone got the wild idea to turn the Insight into the world's first hybrid low-rider...

Near where we spend our weekends, in the hilly terrain of upstate New York, there are three Subaru dealers. For several years, the largest one has paired strong-selling Subarus with the Suzuki lineup of all-wheel-drive entries and small, relatively green cars. When we got the word about the...

The Triumph TR-7 was an iconic vehicle long lost to the archives of history, though an occasional one can still be spotted on the roadways. The rights to the Triumph name were obtained by BMW in 1995 when it bought the Rover brand. The MINI E electric car field test program run by BMW has allocated...

Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. delivered the first round of its fully electric Newton trucks this week. The vehicles, built at the company's plant in Kansas City, are capable of traveling 150 miles at speeds up to 50 mph solely on electricity. Mainly designed for fleet use, the Newton will be...

When Honda first introduced its new second generation Insight which it calls the "hybrid for everyone" in March, it was touted as a Prius killer.  Unfortunately for Honda, as a report in the LA Times puts it, "it is looking a lot like road kill." The third generation Prius went on sale in the US...

  Now that Tesla isn't the only electric-car startup in town, the news keeps coming. Today's updates are from Coda Automotive, based in Santa Monica, California. We've written before about their 2011 Coda Sedan all-electric car, which will beat Tesla, Nissan, and others to market when it launches...

Despite IRS tax credits and superior gas mileage figures, BMW is reportedly having a tough time selling its new diesels, the 2009 BMW 335d sports sedan and the 2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d (yes, that's really its name). We've thought from the beginning that Volkswagen would be the big winner in selling...

At the Detroit Auto Show in January 2009, Toyota revealed its electric iQ city car.  At the time is was purely a concept and Toyota did not state its intentions to get into the pure electric car game.  Indeed Toyota's longstanding reluctance to build pure electric cars is understandable as they...

Nissan has placed focus on their yet-to-be-released EV for over a year now. They claim this car will be priced similarly to ordinary cars and capably carry an entire family. They promise a mainstream vehicle with widespread appeal. But what about hybrids? All of the talk surrounding this EV may...