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Nissan’s future EV plans

Posted by on Jun 21, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

Nissan is looking forward for their zero-emission product category, saying that an electric vehicle smaller than the current Nissan Leaf is in the planning stages for 2017.

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The new Skoda Roomster

Posted by on Jun 20, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 1 comment

Skoda are trying their best to attack the compact MPV market on the Australian market, and as such they have relaunched the Roomster sporting a new engine, updated styling and even a smaller price.

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Toyota’s hydrogen fuel-cell future

Posted by on Jun 19, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

We've been reporting on all manner of fuel efficient, fuel saving and fuel alternative vehicles on this blog, but we haven't yet talked about hydrogen fuel cells, and how they might be rather valid fuel alternative for the future.

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Aluminium use in cars to almost double in the coming decade

Posted by on Jun 18, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

As we've reported on several occasions, fuel consumption reduction is on the minds of all carmakers, and the approach to this constantly shifting horizon differs, from focusing on electric vehicles, developing hybrids, working on new battery technology, smaller engines for smaller cars, but possibly one of the easiest ways of increasing a vehicle's fuel efficiency is just making it lighter.

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Saab’s future

Posted by on Jun 15, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

The tough economic times have hit everywhere around the globe, and the car industry has not been an exception to this, with the Swedish car maker Saab filing for bankruptcy at the end of 2011 after not turning a profit in two decades and a series of unsuccessful partial and then complete buyouts.

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Ford takes the award for 2012 Engine of the Year

Posted by on Jun 14, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

The 2012 International Engine of the Year has been crowned, and the Ford 1.0-litre EcoBoost three-cylinder is the one that took said crown, in a year that petrol motors were both king and queen.

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New Lithium-ion battery technology from A123Systems

Posted by on Jun 13, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

In our continued strive to lessen our carbon footprint, which in the auto world comes down to more fuel efficient cars and vehicles that do not use fossil fuels at all, battery technology is probably the most important factor for the future.

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The Holden Volt

Posted by on Jun 12, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

The Holden Volt isn't a very well-known model neither in the U.S nor Europe but that's because it is a rebadged version of the Chevrolet Volt, and the Opel/Vauxhall Ampera.

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The new and upgraded 2012 Honda Insight

Posted by on Jun 11, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

The 2012 Honda Insight was launched by Honda Australia, bringing with it several modifications and improvements over the older model, both in its looks as well as its features and efficiency.

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Seven-speed manual gearbox might be in the cards for BMW

Posted by on Jun 8, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

During the 2000s six-speed transmissions started to increase in popularity because people found it very easy to shift from five to six speeds because there was just one extra gear downward. Nowadays it's being shown that automatic transmissions have better fuel economy than manuals, thanks to them featuring a seventh or even an eight speed.

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