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Sneak peek of Jaguar's 'Limo Green' series hybrid concept

For the past year Jaguar, Lotus, Caparo Vehicle technologies and the MIRA proving ground have been working on a UK government funded project dubbed Limo-Green. The goal of the project was to develop and build a series hybrid luxury sedan. Earlier this week, Jaguar showed off the car for the first time. Most of the powertrain development work was done using a last-generation XJ but recently all the hardware was moved into the just-launched 2010 XJ. Like the Chevy Volt and the Fisker Karma, the Limo-Green uses an electric motor for propulsion, ... Read more →

Opel now testing Ampera ER-EV mules in Germany Sam Abuelsamid

Now that the GM's Chevy Volt engineering team here in the U.S. is starting to get their hands on the 80 IVER prototypes, some of the Cruze based mules they have been using since last fall are ...

Report: Mitsubishi to build extended-range EVs, too Sam Abuelsamid

When General Motors introduced the Volt concept two years ago, nobody seriously expected the Detroit automaker to be the only one to go down the extended range electric vehicle path. In fact, at ...

SAE 2009: FEV proposes Wankel rotary as range extender Sam Abuelsamid

As more automakers are working on extended range electric vehicles, the issue of NVH is becoming even more of an issue than in existing parallel hybrid vehicles. With vehicles that operate ...

Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED Sam Abuelsamid

At the Detroit Auto Show in January, Cadillac surprised the crowd with a gorgeous concept coupe called the Converj. Built on the same Voltec platform as the Chevy Volt, the Converj was seen as a ...

Jaguar to build extended range-EV version of new XJ in 2011 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Jaguar is apparently planning to attack the upstart Fisker Karma head on in a couple of years with an extended range electric version of the all-new XJ. The completely reworked XJ is due to arrive in 2010 with a look heavily derived from the smaller XF. A year later, the Indian owned British luxury ...

What is a series hybrid/extended range electric vehicle? 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ever since the debut of the Chevrolet Volt concept in January 2007, the arguments have come fast and furious abut whether it is a hybrid or an electric vehicle. Technically, its actually both. There are those who insist on calling the Volt and similar vehicles from Chrysler, series or serial ...

CMU study indicates the Chevy Volt may be too expensive to be effective 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Electric vehicle proponents never like to hear news like this, but another study has indicated that plug-in vehicles with longer battery ranges are going to be too expensive to be cost-effective, even though they will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The problem is that the cost of the batteries ...

Nancy Gioia explains why Ford isn't doing an ER-EV 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

So far, the market for extended range electric vehicles in North America seems to be the exclusive province of General Motors, Chrysler and Fisker with Ford sticking to the parallel hybrid route - both with and without plugs. It's not that Ford hasn't investigated the concept of ER-EVs, they ...

Detroit 2009: Chrysler adds Jeep Patriot EV to its ER-EV lineup 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Chrysler has added a fourth member to its family of prospective electric and extended range electric vehicles. The Jeep Patriot EV may be actually be the most viable member based on its relatively compact size. Like the larger Wrangler and Chrysler Town and Country, the Patriot uses electric ...

Free piston engines could dramatically improve efficiency of ER-EVs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Over the last century and a half engineers and designers have created a wide array of different combustion engine designs. In spite of certain inherent advantages of some of these designs, the traditional four stroke reciprocating engine has continued to dominate the transportation space. Many of ...

Dean Kamen working on Stirling engine-assisted electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The internal combustion engine, as we've known it for over a century, is what's known as an open cycle device. That is, the so-called working fluid flows into and out of the engine and is constantly circulated. A closed cycle engine keeps the same working fluid contained within the device and ...

Officially, official: Chrysler's late 2010 electric vehicle lineup! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Dodge EV for a high res gallery Chrysler is playing a massive game of catchup in the electric drive sweepstakes right now and today is rolling out four different vehicles that it's working on. Three of the four take ideas from the company's 2008 Detroit Show concepts and are currently ...

Chrysler to show new ER-EV to dealers over video conference next week 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Chrysler must have been feeling a little left out this week with all the hoopla surrounding the unveiling of the production version of the Chevy Volt. Considering the traffic in Chrysler showrooms these days, all the attention shown to GM must make the sales staff feel like the old Maytag repair ...

Is Mazda working on an extended range electric vehicle? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While both General Motors and Ford have shown extended range electric vehicle concepts, only the former has committed to producing such a vehicle. We have written endlessly here about the Chevrolet Volt, but now there may be a new challenger on the horizon from an unexpected corner. The Zoom-Zoom ...


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