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Frankfurt 2009: Reva NXG looks ready to stomp, NXR is ready for order 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The REVA Electric Car Company announced the price of the REVA NXR – which starts at 9,995 euros for the lead acid version with leased batteries – in Frankfurt today and also took the wraps off of the NXG (above), the company's next electric vehicle that is due as a 2011 model. The ...

Frankfurt 2009: Hyundai ix-Metro concept is all white by us 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hyundai returned to Frankfurt a far bigger player than it was two years prior. The Korean company has leapt up the sales standings to become the world's fourth largest automaker, eclipsing such major players as Ford and Honda. And its product line has long since expanded from diminutive ...

Frankfurt 2009: Ford Focus ECOnetic gets down to 99 g/km of CO2 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ford has been offering a low CO2 ECOnetic version of the European Focus for over a year now, but a newly-refreshed version is being unveiled in Frankfurt this week. The main upgrade from the existing car is the addition of a new auto-start-stop system that helps drive down fuel consumption and ...

Frankfurt 2009: Citroen REVOLTe is... exactly that 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Between storming the Bastille and a national rejection of the Venus razor, the French certainly know the meaning of the word "revolt". Interesting, then, that Citroen knowingly used the word – albeit Francofied with a superfluous E for its hybrid electric drivetrain – for its latest ...

Frankfurt 2009: BMW ActiveHybrid X6 throws down 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Your dilemma: you have a burning desire for a 5,000 pound, four-passenger truck that accelerates as fast as your Dodge Challenger, but you want to use as little gasoline as possible while doing so. BMW feels your pain, and they have a solution for you. Ladies and germs, meet the ActiveHybrid X6, ...

Frankfurt 2009: Renault's all-electric four-car attack includes Twizy, the quirkiest car of the IAA 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

Frankfurt 2009: all plugs and hybrids, no hydrogen 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's probable that, somewhere in the Frankfurt Messe this week, there are hydrogen-powered concept vehicles. From the headlines, though, it's clear that the world's automakers showing off their wares at the Frankfurt Motors Show are taking some time off from promoting the hydrogen fuel cell car ...

REPORT: Tesla gets $82.5 million investment; delivers 700th Roadster 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Go to Frankfurt, get $82.5 million. That's sort of what happened to Tesla Motors, which is at the big auto show this week and received the "opportunistic" equity investment from a group led by Fjord Capital Partners. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that his company was "not looking for money," but did ...

Frankfurt 2009: Mazda MX-5 Superlight makes us wonder how we'd spend our other two wishes 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

If you're one of the many enthusiasts out there oohing and ahhing over the pair of pre-production Mini concepts that debuted in Frankfurt today, know that the BMW division isn't the only one here with a tempting speedster on display. Amidst all the exciting and pivotal new vehicle debuts at the ...

Frankfurt 2009: Lexus LF-Ch Concept hits, misses 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

We spent over 40 minutes photographing the oddly named Lexus LF-Ch Concept and still aren't sure what we think of it. From certain angles it's brilliant – everything the Lincoln Concept C tried to be, but wasn't. Yet from other angles... the word 'deformity' comes to mind. As does the term ...



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