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Peugeot unleashes 118 mpg HYmotion3 Compressor Concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We really dig Peugeot's new HYmotion3 Compressor Concept. It's got three wheels -- two up front and one in back, our preferred arrangement -- and a hybrid drivetrain. The two front wheels are independently powered by individual wheel-mounted hub motors and have no connection to the supercharged ...

VIDEO: Live reveal of Honda Insight and a new company blog 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Honda this week launched its first blog in conjunction with the debut of the new Insight concept in Paris. If Honda's usual practice and the spy photos we've seen are any indication, the concept Insight that is on the show stand right now will be almost identical to the production model coming ...

VIDEO: Danny's Contentment talks Nuvu with Mia 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While we old-fashioned, glued-to-keyboard bloggers had to wait until the official reveal to get a glimpse Nissan's latest EV concept, new-fangled video blogger Danny Fleet got actual face time with both the Nuvu and a representative from the Japanese auto maker before the Paris Motor Show even ...

Paris 2008: Wallyscar to make electric Jeep-like vehicle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's pretty easy to see more than just a passing resemblance between the new Izis from Wallyscar, which is now being shown at the Paris Motor Show, and another famous vehicle. Like the original off-roading Willys, the Izis features body-on-frame architecture and a very small gasoline engine. In ...

Paris 2008: Peugeot Prologue HYmotion4 diesel hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Peugeot's Prologue HYmotion4 concept is in many ways the opposite of the same company's RC HYmotion4 concept. The upright crossover style Prologue is a different animal from the sleek four-door coupe. Both vehicles use the same through the road hybrid architecture but flipped front/rear. The ...

Paris 2008: Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4_e 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Land Rover vehicles are not renowned for their fuel efficiency, at least not in a good way. Now that the English SUV builder is owned by India's Tata it has to make do without input from Ford and will have to meet future CO2 emissions limits without averaging with its former parent. As a step ...

Paris 2008: smart shows off its second-gen ED 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While some sites are busy making fun of its name (yeah, we thought of that too... and you? Does it matter? Comments are welcome), others were busy conducting interviews with Dr. Z. in an attempt to find out when we may see the smart ED in America. The answer is that it's coming, if not next year ...

Paris 2008: Venturi Eclectic, the production version 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While Venturi has cars that drive on the bleeding edge of technology and cost more than several Tesla Roadsters they have not forgotten those of us with more modest means and lesser needs. For folks with as little as €15,000 ($20,700) in pocket and no desire to cruise faster than 45 Kph (28 ...

Paris 2008: Peugeot RC HYmotion4 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The RC HYmotion4 concept unveiled by Peugeot at the Paris Motor Show is just one of several hybrid drive concepts being shown by that brand and Citroen. All of these feature an interesting new through the road hybrid system that I'll write more about later. The RC is a four-door GT coupe that ...

Paris 2008: Pininfarina and Bollor� debut the B0 (B Zero) production electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While we've known for some time that an electric car would be forthcoming from the partnership between the fabled firm of Pininfarina and the French industrial giant Bolloré, the two companies have avoided any embarrassing premature publication of photos until the predetermined moment at ...

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