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Proton, the Malaysian state-owned automaker which also owns Lotus, is currently working on a hybrid vehicle which it hopes to bring to market in two to three years. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has already driven the car, and he's pushing Proton to get it ready as quickly as possible. Datuk ...

The Malaysian government has given the green light to national car maker Proton to begin "in-depth validation and testing" of electric cars. The announcement came after the Cabinet Committee on Inflation received a briefing on the role e-cars can have in reducing the consumption of petrol and ...

Have you ever gone to a science fair, like when you were in school, and saw one of those models of the solar system? Those are usually not to scale, because if they were, certain items like the moon and pluto would just be too small to be practical. Either that, or things like the sun would be too ...

Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res images of the Lotus EVE demonstratorJust before the Geneva Motor Show, Lotus unveiled a new hybrid technology demonstration vehicle called EVE (efficient, viable and environmental), based on a Proton Gen2. The battery pack for EVE was supplied by nickel ...

News has been flying around here regarding Lotus designing and collaborating with other companies like Tesla and ZAP for the last few months. Lotus is known for their ability to do research and development work for other companies, and then assist them with the manufacturing of major components. ...

Click on the photo for a high-gallery of images of the EVE hybrid demonstratorLotus Engineering and their main shareholder Proton have collaborated on a new hybrid technology demonstrator for the Geneva Motor Show called the EVE Hybrid (Efficient, Viable, Environmental). The intent was to ...

A Proton Savvy used just 1.66 tanks of gas to cover a little over 1,000 miles in a journey across . That run set a national fuel economy record for a standard showroom vehicle above 1,000cc. The vehicle recorded fuel economy of 4.218 liter per 100km, which equates to 55.76mpg. The Savvy is powered ...