In a bid to do their bit to save the environment, car manufacturers have turned to many alternate propulsion choices for their cars. Honda chose to go with hydrogen fuel cells to power their Clarity Fuel Cell model a few years ago. And now, they’ve come up with two additions to the range, namely the Clarity Plug-in Hybrid and the Clarity Electric, to utilise other more popular green propulsion methods.
The first Emirates Electric Vehicle Road Trip (EEVRT) concluded at The Sustainable City in Dubai last week, opening nine new charging stations in the UAE along the way and promoting electric vehicle adoption in the country.
While big names in the automobile industry struggle to refine their hydrogen-cell powered cars, a small manufacturer from Liechtenstein, called NanoFlowcell, has plans to roll out their hydrogen-cell powered concept car which will be their fourth concept car since 2014.
With distant hopes of sinking its claw right into the Tesla Model X, Jaguar revealed an all-electric SUV concept based on its latest offering, the F-Pace. The new electric concept SUV will be called the I-Pace. The I-Pace marks the Indian-owned British carmaker’s move to compete in the green-car category, considering they don’t even have hybrids yet.
As environmental agencies constantly remind us about ever-depleting fossil fuel reserves, an alternate power source is always good news. Electric cars were always a go-to option for scientists and researchers when it comes to employing renewable sources of energy for motoring applications. Electric cars have dramatically risen up recently, especially with the likes of Tesla, electric cars capable of achieving high levels of performance. And now, a small company comprising of 150 people from Croatia, Rimac Automobili has produced the Concept One, the world’s first electric hyper car with 1088 hp on tap. To be honest, the Concept One was introduced a while ago,
The Monterey Car Week played host to the Mercedes-Maybach Vision 6 concept, a coupe that is just a bit shorter than the Rolls-Royce Phantom II and longer than its cousin, the Mercedes-Maybach S600, both full-size four-door saloons.
Nissan has revealed what they claim to be the world’s first Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-powered (SOFC) prototype vehicle that runs on bio-ethanol electric power.
As a part of their efforts to achieve an oil-free future, Sweden has now officially opened a 2-km long electric highway named e-way, near the city of Gävle in central Sweden. As current electric-motoring technology based on batteries is just good enough to make small passenger cars viable, the Swedish government tied up with Siemens and Scania to build the electric highway in order to power large trucks and buses.
The fatal accident which took the life of the 40-year-old driver in the United States is the first major accident that happened while a computer was at the wheel. The Tesla Model S which he drove was controlled by Tesla’s autonomous driving system, Autopilot, at the time of the accident, raising questions over the reliability of Autonomous driving systems.
Following the launch of their entry-level Model 3 and the Model X crossover, Tesla have given their Model S a revamp. A front fascia similar to that of the Model 3 adorns the front of the new Model S. The slender grille along with the LED lights give it a fresh look.