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Another Honda Bombshell: 3R-C single-person electric concept

Honda is set to release yet another revolutionary personal mobility concept at the Geneva Show next week.
Following the company’s revolutionary 10 kilogram U3-X monocycle with its even more revolutionary HOT omni-directional driving wheel system show at Tokyo Motor Show last October, Honda has released the first details of its new 3R-C [...]

Citroen reveals its version of the electric supermini – step aside for the Survolt

Citroen says it has completely reinterpreted the idea of a small car by producing the Survolt concept
– an electric vehicle that fits the size parameters of a small car but not the two-box look of a hatchback. Speaking at the Geneva International Motor Show this week, the company says its supermini [...]

Capstone CMT-380 electric hybrid supercar with microturbines

Capstone Turbine Corporation has shown off its high performance hybrid electric car, the CMT-380, at the LA Auto Show. The car features a 30kW microturbine that extends the range of its traditional EV batteries, and which the company likens to having an ultra-clean and quiet jet engine under the hood. Capstone adds that the supercar, [...]

Narrow track vehicles – the convergence of the car and the motorcycle

Since Nicholas Negroponte first came up with his landmark teething ring visualization of the coming together of communication, computing and content, the term convergence has become the uber buzzword. Now there’s convergence going on in the personal transport industry, with the car and the motorcycle morphing as car makers attempt to downsize their vehicles to [...]

Group Wants Government to Jump-Start the E.V. Revolution

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Calling for what amounts to a Marshall Plan to start manufacturing plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, a group of executives from the auto and utility industries, and prospective plug-in fleet buyers laid out a strategy on Monday at a roundtable in Washington.
The new group, called the Electrification Coalition, envisions significant federal [...]