The Bentley Aero Ace project Speed VI concept car is an independent design proposal from Royal College of art student Gabriel Tam. The designer has given the Speed VI concept a futuristic treatment, but at the same time, the concept looks back at the original Bentley Speed 6 for inspiration, and seeks to celebrate the sporting heritage of Bentley.
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Porsche has announced that it will unveil a 911 GT3 R hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show. The unveiling of the car happens to coincide with the world’s first car with hybrid drive that was developed by Ferdinand Porsche 110 years ago. Developed specially for racing, the new hybrid drive will be different than thos conventionally employed in cars.
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General Motors will soon open a factory worth $246 million in the United States, for the purpose of building electric motors for a hybrid vehicle platform – this is set to happen in about three years, and will certainly improve the company’s ability to deal with electric-based needs in their motors.

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Being built in the UAE, near Abu Dhabi, Masdar City will be quite a futuristic city when completed. The futuristic city is supposed to zero carbon, zero waste and car-free city. Efficient transport though is a very important part of any city, so the car-free Masdar will employ all-electric autonomous pod cars in place of conventional cars.
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Korean EV company CT&T unveiled the impressive Multi Amphibious Vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show. The six-wheeled electric amphibious vehicle can seat four and move on land at a top speed of 40mph. In water however, the vehicle loses it and goes all out at 95mph. The top speed on water figure does look over the top, and it most likely is; that probably is a translation mistake somewhere, and apparently this amphibian does a more believable 10mph on water.
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The Halo vehicle is a rather futuristic concept that runs on just two wheels, and is still, more of a car than a bike. Designer Nicholas Womeldorff has kept his focus on efficiency, minimizing both drag and friction for the vehicle.
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Unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show, the Verde supercar from Revenge motors claims to provide supercar performance, while going slightly easy on the environment. Effectively producing a supercar that can be branded environmentally friendly is easier said than done, but Revenge claims a fantastical (utopian?) efficiency of 110mpg.

And when those fuel efficiency figures come from a powerful V8 engine, it is a near impossible thing to believe.
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For years there has been a push to control pollution, and the United States has made the most progress of any country in the world. The technology developed here is nearly beyond belief. (more…)

Volvo’s electric vehicle, the C30 BEV is getting ready to take on the road. Volvo showed a drivable prototype of the vehicle at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, and the automaker now intends to show another iteration at the North American International Auto Show at Detroit next year.
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Residents of Oklahoma have the unique chance to buy an electric car for just $900 until December 31, thanks to a combination of tax credits, both federal and state. The vehicle in question is the Kandi Coco, which holds a standard retail price of $10,600, and drops all the way down to $865.

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