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New details about Volvo’s Drive-E engines

Posted by on Aug 19, 2013 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

The new Drive-E engine family from Volvo will be considerably more powerful than the current generation, with up to thirty percent more fuel efficient and ready to be integrated with next-generation hybrid technology.

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Renault Sport taking a close look at electric vehicles

Posted by on May 15, 2013 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

We talked a while back about how Renault Sport vehicles are going to be switching to automatic transmissions in the near future. Today we’ll be looking at the confirmed reports of a Renault Sport executive who said that they are taking a ‘very close look at’ electric vehicles technology.

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Volvo C30 Electric cuts charge time

Posted by on Apr 24, 2013 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

The Volvo C30 Electric will benefit from a new 22kW fast-charger that will allow the vehicle to reach full charge in about an hour and a half.

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Ford is banking on the electric future

Posted by on Aug 16, 2012 in Auto, Featured | 0 comments

The American carmaker seems to be banking on the future of electric technology with a new $135 million investment into their hybrid and electric technology development, as part of an overall goal to speed up the production and development of new parts for future alternative fuel vehicles.

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Chrysler and its probing of the EV market

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

Chrysler has only mass-produced one electrified vehicle in its long history, and the Durango hybrid has been discontinued. However there are rumors that Chrysler is considering venturing into the realm of electric vehicles again, but it is not known if they’ll go full EV or for another hybrid system.

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