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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Suzuki , Tokyo Motor Show 2010 Suzuki Swift hybrid plug-in concept - Click for high-res image gallery The Suzuki Swift is a competent subcompact that the Japanese marque sells both in Japan and Europe. In Europe, the little car is available with a competent 1.3-liter diesel named DDIS. To make things even cleaner, Suzuki is introducing a plug-in series hybrid version (like a tiny Chevrolet Volt) of the Swift at the at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show . The model, which is just a concept, uses a 660 cm 3 engine, probably sourced from a kei car. The engine charges the lithium-ion batteries, which are placed between the front seats and we suspect extends into the middle of the rear seat as well. The batteries power a 54 kW motors that moves the front wheels. Another remarkable feature is that the concept features thin lightweight seats that help in reducing weight. We'll learn more when we get to Tokyo Read more: Tokyo... details >>>

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , GM , UK In order for companies getting into the electric vehicle business to have a chance to be financially viable, they are going to need help from governments. That means incentives to help offset the vastly higher initial cost of such vehicles as well as a means to charge them. General Motors and Elektromotive are getting together to "educate" British parliamentarians about what needs to happen in order to make EVs a financially viable proposition. They will attend the annual conferences for the two leading political parties, Labour and the Conservatives in the coming weeks. Elektromotive will bring its charging station and GM will bring a prototype Vauxhall Ampera (aka Chevy Volt) for MPs to try out. GM and Elektromotive will be encouraging the politicos to invest more in building out a public charging infrastructure in Britain so that when EVs become more widely available, people will be able to juice them up. More... details >>>

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Green Daily Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept -- Click above for high-res image gallery One day children, will be taken to a Museum of Momentous Moments, and there among artist's impressions of the missing link and the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs will be an example of the first Toyota Prius. The placard next to it will declare that it is the car that turned green... green. The standard bearer for all that makes Mother Nature smile has gone to the next level, adding a plug-in version to its bag of sticks and twigs. It isn't here yet, but whenever it does arrive, the Prius-with-an-outlet will also be the first Toyota with a high-output, lithium-ion battery that can be charged in 90 minutes on a 230-volt circuit. It'll also go 20 km in EV mode and run up to 62 mph on electricity alone. And then it will do your laundry and teach your children how to be quiet on airplanes View post: Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Toyota... details >>>

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , GM , Toyota 2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery GM has not been secretive about how important gas prices in late 2010 will be on the price of the Chevy Volt . During a webchat this week, GM vice chairman Bob Lutz said again that higher gas prices are needed for the Volt to become "generalized." Specifically, he said: The Volt technology is very exciting, but costs will have to come down before it can become generalized, and U.S. fuel prices will have to rise to world levels, meaning $5 or $6 per gallon . Part of the reason, of course, is the high cost of the lithium-ion battery in the Volt. In Frankfurt this week, Toyota was singing a similar tune about costs, but from the other side. The tremendous expense of advanced battery packs will delay mass market acceptance of pure electric vehicles until 2020, Toyota execs told CBS . The cost premium is certainly not a new topic on these... details >>>

Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota Not long ago, we wondered just how steep the hill of customer acceptance is for a new technology like the Volt is. The question was how well the Chevy Volt and the Voltec powertrain could compete with the established Prius brand ? Toyota, for its part, apparently thinks it's worth spreading the Prius name around a bit onto other hybrid vehicles. According to Automotive News (subs req'd), Toyota executives told a meeting of Toyota and Lexus dealers in Vegas this week that the company will put the Prius name on more U.S.-market hybrids. While Toyota hybrids currently share the "Hybrid Synergy Drive" designation, that certainly doesn't have the same instant recognition as "Prius." When was the last time you heard someone say, "Yeah, I drive a car with Hybrid Synergy Drive"? Toyota has repeatedly said - and said again in Vegas - that there won't be a Prius sub-brand , so we're trying to wrap our minds around a potential Highlander... details >>>

The original ponycar wars have boomeranged back after forty years. Ford started it all with a retro-tasty Mustang, and Dodge and Chevrolet have rolled out new versions of the Challenger and Camaro to get in on the frenzy. Looking at the window... details >>>

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , Green Culture The cross-country tour featuring the FUEL movie bus and the Algaeus (the Prius running on algae biofuel) and other green vehicles has made it to Washington, D.C. After leaving San Francisco last week, the caravan made stops in Nevada, Michigan and Pennsylvania, among other places. Third Planet Energy's Michael Wittman was on the tour and wrote this about the experience: As we reach Washington today, we've proven what many had thought impossible. We've successfully crossed the country on gas made from algae. We've shown the world that life without fossil fuels is not some pipe dream. It's a reality we can manifest today, if we show the will . Part of that dream is the Algaeus, which burns fuel made by Sapphire Energy . More: Cross-country algae-fuel caravan arrives in D.C. ... details >>>

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Renault , Frankfurt Motor Show Renault Zero Emission line-up - Click for high-res image gallery If nothing else, Renault knows how to make a ca-razy-looking concept car. At the Frankfurt Motor Show today, the company took the wraps off of the Twizy Z.E. (Zero Emission) as part of the four-car line-up of all-electric vehicles at the expo. We saw the top-down teaser last week, but the actual design of the open-air cabin is nothing we could have predicted. The flat lines at the bottom of the wheel covers are particularly mindbending. The other cars in the line-up are (left to right) the Fluence Z.E. , the Kangoo Z.E. Read more: Frankfurt 2009: Renault's all-electric four-car attack includes Twizy, the quirkiest car of the IAA ... details >>>