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BMW Megacity
BMW will show its four-seater, electric Megacity supermini at the Paris Show in September 2010. The company has announced that it is the first in a family of rear-wheel-drive, electric and hybrid vehicles with aluminium chassis and carbon fibre reinforced plastic body shells.
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Vauxhall/Opel Ampera - GM's hybrid for Europe
The Opel / Vauxhall Ampera is the European version of the Chevrolet Volt due for launch in 2012. It’s a plug-in series hybrid or as GM call it, an E-REV – Extended-Range Electric Vehicle. The battery range is 40 miles but a petrol engine extends the range to over 300 miles, so lessening ‘range anxiety’. GM will build the car at Ellesmere Port if the Coalition Government provides funding of £30m. more...
Think City
The Think City is a fun, two seater electric runabout available in some European markets now but not,so far, in the UK. It will launch in America in late 2010 ahead of a production plant opening in early 2011. The American venture just might be over-ambituous.
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Gordon Murray Design T.27
British companies Gordon Murray Design and Zytek Automotive are developing a revolutionary electric city car. more...More Links:
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- Land Rover will launch hybrids in 2013 with plug-in electric hybrid ready to go
- PSA Peugeot Citroen electric/hybrid strategy
- Fisker Karma
- Merecedes-Benz BlueZERO range
- Volkswagen E-Up!
- Renault electric car concepts
- BYD e6
- Lightning GT
- Chevrolet Volt
- ECC Citroen C1 ev’ie
- Ford Focus BEV
- Honda FCX Clarity
- Honda Insight
- Mega e-City
- MINI E
- Mitsubishi i-MiEV
- Nissan Leaf
- Pininfarina Bluecar
- REVA cars
- Smart Electric Drive