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Honda has this week given its first US demonstration of its personal mobility concept, the U3-X. First introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show last year, the U3-X uses Honda’s proprietary balance-control system and is controlled simply by shifting your body weight in the intended direction of travel. The U3-X concept follows a similar theme to [...]

STUTTGART, Germany — The Mercedes-Benz F800 Style, which will be unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show, introduces a new “multi-drive” platform that can accommodate a fuel cell or a plug-in hybrid powertrain. More importantly, its overall shape and styling preview the next-generation CLS sedan teased last month in Detroit. The five-passenger F800 Style is [...]

Audi presents the highlight of the IAA 2009: the e-tron, a high-performance sports car with a purely electric drive system. Four motors – two each at the front and rear axles – drive the wheels, making the concept car a true quattro. Producing 230 kW (313 hp) and 4,500 Nm (3,319.03 lb-ft) of torque, the [...]

GM today produced its first advanced lithium-ion battery pack for its new Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric hybrid vehicle. The announcement comes exactly three years to the day since the Volt concept made its debut. Last August, GM invested US$43 million in preparing a plant to produce the lithium-ion battery packs for the Volt and other [...]

Coming to the next North American Auto Show in Detroit, BMW will show a 1 Series based EV called the Concept ActiveE. This is yet another piece of evidence that all of the big auto manufacturers will be getting into making electric vehicles in one way or another. And, since this is a BMW, it [...]