Going green is still hot for most carmakers, with more and more hybrids and electric vehicles rolling off assembly lines around the world. At the recent 2011 Ferrari Design Awards, however, the CEO of Ferrari, Luca di Montezemelo, said that we will never see an electric Ferrari. Here’s the whole video, courtesy of Engadget and [...]
Hybrid Cars reported this morning that Nissan has announced that the price for the new Nissan Leaf electric car will be $32,780 while the lease price will be $349/month. Depending on where one lives, there are a wide range of federal and state incentives for the purchase of this car, which will reduce the total [...]
Automotive News reported this morning that Fiat has developed a new engine that may be the world’s greenest fuel engine. The two-cylinder Twin-Air was unveiled earlier this year at the Geneva Auto Show, and will be used on 500 units of the automaker’s signature 500 minicar beginning in September. The choice to equip their trademark [...]
According to a report by Reuters printed by Auto News, Houston, a city whose wealth and prominence was established by its oil and gas companies, now wants to be the electric car capital of the world. Speaking at an event on February 5 to promote the all-electric Nissan Leaf, Houston mayor Annise Parker said, “We [...]
We’ve heard a lot from T. Boone Pickens about alternative energy, but until recently his main focus was wind turbines. Then the economy crashed, investors didn’t have money to spend on those kinds of projects, and Pickens quit running his TV commercials about big West Texas wind farms. Speaking in Orlando on Monday, February 15, [...]