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VIDEO: Optimal Energy in Paris speaks about the Joule

The 2008 edition of the Paris Motor Show officially ends today and to commemorate its passing we thought we'd bring back one of our favorite electric cars from the affair with a few video-captured words from a couple of its creators. Perhaps second only to the Pininfarina B0, (if our poll is any indication) the Joule from Optimal Energy stood out amongst its electric brethren and sisteren as a practical transportation option. Up until the start of the show its appearance was something of a secret but when the wraps finally came off we were ... Read more →

Paris 2008: Heuliez Friendly Jeremy Korzeniewski

Well, it certainly looks pretty friendly. Plus, powered only by electrons, it will be friendly to our environment too. What is it? The Heuliez Friendly, which debuted at this year's Paris Motor Show. ...

Paris 2008: Peugeot-Citroen HYmotion4 hybrid drive system Sam Abuelsamid

Traditionally, automakers use the biggest auto shows in their home countries as a platform to display their latest and greatest ideas, both aesthetic and technological. Such was clearly the case ...

Karmann to build DuraCar Quicc! DiVa for German market Domenick Yoney

As our faithful readers are already aware, the Quicc! DiVa by DuraCar has just been introduced to the world and is currently on display at the Paris Motor Show. And while its great that the public ...

Paris 2008: What's your favorite? Sebastian Blanco

We saw a lot of new green concept vehicles make their debut during the press preview at the Paris Motor Show last week. Now that we've all had time to digest the new offerings, what struck you as ...

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 ...

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: 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: 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 ...

Ferraris greener than Priuses? Statistics to the rescue again! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At some point everyone has probably heard the phrase "Tell me which side of the argument you are on and I will give you the statistics to prove you are right!" That is certainly true when applied to comments made by Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa at the Paris Motor Show this week. While speaking to ...

Renault to launch Fluence sedan in 2009, electric version in 2011 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Renault on Thursday revealed the third generation C-segment Megane at the Paris Motor Show. The sedan version of the old Megane will be replaced by a new sedan in 2009 called Fluence. The Fluence will start off using conventional drivertrains, but two years after introduction, it will go electric. ...

Honda: U.K. drivers think hybrids are too expensive 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the United States, sales of hybrid cars greatly outpaces the sales of diesel cars; super-size trucks don't count. The leader of the hybrid race globally and in the States is undoubtedly Toyota, but other manufacturers, including Honda, are doing their best to catch up. Despite the fact that ...

Paris 2008: Video of Saab 9-X Air and designer Mark Adams 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

You can check out a video of the Saab 9-X Air in action along with some discussion with GM Europe Design VP Mark Adams after the jump. Like the 9-X BioHybrid we saw at Geneva last spring, the Air is based on GM's compact Delta platform and it uses a variant of the same 1.4L Family 0 four ...

Paris 2008: Venturi Volage revealed! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As previously promised the wraps have come off the Venturi Volage at the Paris Motor Show. While Michelin may have been a collaborator on the revealed electric GT, one glance leaves no doubt it belongs to the Venturi family. It not only shares the carbon fiber body of its sibling, the ...

Paris 2008: Citroen C4 WRC HYmotion4 hybrid rally car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Citroën today became the first manufacturer competing in the World Rally Championship to announce a hybrid drive WRC competitor. The C4 WRC HyMotion4 adds an electric kinetic energy recovery system to the C4 WRC. A 125kW electric motor generator is geared to the rear axle of the ...

Paris 2008: Debut of the Opel Insignia EcoFlex 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Opel has added a special low fuel consumption ecoFlex model to the expanding mid-size Insignia lineup. The new Insignia that debuted this summer is the replacement for the mid-sized Vectra and the first product off GM's Epsilon II platform. The newest addition to the family uses GM's new 2.0L ...

Audi unveils A4 TDI concept e 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Audi has a brand-new A4 for 2009, and the automaker has big plans in store of the new model's efficiency. Being shown as we speak in Paris is the A4 TDI concept e, which uses a 120-horsepower TDI engine from the VW parts bin that's been tweaked with light-pressure valve springs, a revised ...

Paris 2008: Mazda Kiyora city car concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mazda is using its new Kiyora city car concept as a platform to demonstrate how it plans to achieve fuel efficiency improvements of 30 percent in the next few years. The Kiyora takes the design themes seen on recent Mazda concepts like the Furai and Ryuga and applies it to a 12.4 ft long ...

Paris 2008: Nissan Nuvu in the flesh 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've finally got pics of the Nissan Nuvu concept and its, um, interesting. Sporting a very bulbous shape with bug-eye head lights, the Nuvu couldn't be anything but a concept. As Nissan promised, there are leaf-shaped solar panels on the roof, integrated into the glass. Also well-integrated ...

Paris 2008: Renault Z.E. concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Renault has rolled out a new concept in Paris today that gives a preview of what we might expect when Project Better Place kicks off in a couple of years. The Z.E. Concept is based on the Kangoo Be Bop that is also debuting at the Paris Show. The Z.E. Concept however is propelled purely by ...

Paris 2008: Chevrolet Orlando MPV debuts 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Chevrolet has fully taken the wraps of the new Orlando compact people mover for its debut at the Paris Motor Show. We still don't know for sure if the Orlando will be offered here in North America, but the rest of the world will get this compact seven seater. For its debut in Paris, the Orlando ...

Paris 2008: Live shots of the new Honda Insight... at last! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The biggest bit of greenery at the Paris Motor Show may be the Honda Insight concept. This is the car that's set to give the Prius a run for its money in the ongoing hybrid arms race in America, and it looks like it may have the goods to do proper battle. As has been stated, over and over ...

Paris 2008: GTbyCITROEN fuel cell concept brings video game to life 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

GTbyCITROEN In Paris today, Citroën revealed a new concept called the GTbyCITROEN. Reportedly inspired by a car in the Gran Turismo 5 racing game, the GT lives up to the peculiar standards of a brand that is considered an oddball even by French standards. Citroën's press release is ...

Paris 2008: Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion II, 57.4 mpg mid-size wagon! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

How would you like to have a mid-sized sedan or station wagon that gets over 57 mpg (U.S.)? That's exactly what Volkswagen has unveiled in Paris as the Passat BlueMotion II. It's being shown as a further evolution of the latest Passat BlueMotion, part of VW's lineup of cars optimized for low CO2 ...

Paris 2008: Officially, official Audi A1 Sportback concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Audi has released the official details on its new A1 Sportback concept that debuts at the Paris Motor Show. At 13.09 ft long, the A1 is a couple of inches longer than a MINI Clubman and features a hybrid drivetrain. Power comes from a 150 hp TFSI four cylinder with turbocharging and direct ...

Paris Preview: Audi A1 Sportback hybrid concept leaks out 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The leakage leading up to the Paris Motor Show continues as the first pics of the new Audi A1 Sportback have surfaced. The A1 Sportback is likely what the production version of Audi's new small car will look like when it hits the streets in 2010. The A1 is about a foot shorter than the Golf-based ...

Paris Preview: South African Joule electric MPV to debut 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The first images of the Joule from Optimal Energy have now turned up on the interwebs. The Joule will be officially unveiled this week in Paris at the Motor Show. The six-seat hatchback stores energy in a lithium ion battery pack that can nominally propel it for about 120 miles. A second pack can be ...

Hyundai Santa Fe blue hybrid revealed ahead of Paris 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We knew that Hyundai would be bringing a new hybrid version of its Santa Fe utility vehicle to Paris for display, and now we have some pictures to prove it. Except for the rather unique paint job, there isn't much on the outside that would lead you to believe there's so much going on underneath ...

Paris Preview: Volkswagen Passat BlueTDI sedan and wagon 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen will be debuting a new BlueTDI version of the mid-sized Passat at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. The BlueTDI Passat uses the same 2.0L common rail injected turbodiesel as the new U.S.-spec Jetta TDI. However, unlike the smaller Jetta which can meet NOx reduction requirements with a lean ...

Fiat will unveil new PUR-O2 line in Paris 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the upcoming Paris Motor Show, Fiat will join the ranks of automakers with a special designation for its most fuel efficient and lowest CO2 emitters: PUR-O2. Despite the moniker, we are pretty certain that there's more than just pure oxygen emanating from the exhaust pipes of the new 500, ...

Kia to show Soul hybrid in Paris 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Well, fancy that. It appears as if Kia will have more than one hybrid on display at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. We already knew to expect a hybrid version of the cee'd five door hatch, and now we get word that the Soul will get some hybrid lovin' too. In addition to the gas/electric model, the ...

PGO to unveil Hemera at Paris Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this year in March, PGO showed off a new car called the Cévennes that had some interesting mechanical bits underneath the smooth styling of the classic Porsche 356 Cabriolet. It's pretty difficult to be taken seriously as a car manufacturer if your company doesn't even have its ...

Kia cee'd hybrid to be shown at Paris Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Kia is said to be set to show off a hybrid version of its cee'd hatchback, which is available in many countries that are not named the United States. This isn't the first hybrid that the Korean automaker has developed; the hybrid Rio gets that honor. In the past, Kia officials have indicated that ...

Pininfarina EV to be shown in Paris 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Things appear on schedule for Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina to show its electric car concept that was created in collaboration with battery-maker Bollore. Despite the recent passing of its CEO, Andrea Pininfarina, who had reportedly been spearheading the project, reports indicate that the ...

Paris Preview: BMW releases more details on 7-series active hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

BMW has released more details on the 7-Series Activehybrid that will be debuting in Paris next month. We now know a few elements that differ from the Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHybrid. While the Mercedes has the lithium ion battery mounted in the engine compartment, the BMW has its battery in the ...

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