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Looking for the perfect way to drain your bank account of $400,000? Well, Venturi has the perfect toy that’s bound to keep you smiling for that price! Called the America EV, this yellow-orange car was the highlight of the Paris Auto Show. Sporting a 300HP engine, the car sports a 53 kWh lithium-ion battery pack. And given the fact that this car prefers blowing numbers out of proportion, the America EV comes with a jaw-dropping 200 mile range!
Complete with a strong carbon-fiber chassis, the Venturi also has enough ground clearance to let you drive it just about anywhere! With a 120mph top speed, the car might be expensive and a serious pocket burner, though it does work as a pretty fancy ride!
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Toyota has just pulled the veil off its futuristic electric micro-car design, and from the looks of it, this buggy little ride could pretty much grab a lot of attention. Called the Smart INSECT (“Information Network Social Electric City Transporter”), the car sports just one seat and is not to be confused with Daimler’s Smart brand. Sporting extremely attractive gullwing doors, the car also packs uses “motion sensors, voice recognition and behavior prediction to its advantage, allowing the driver to open the doors by simply using a gesture!
And that’s not all. The EV also identifies faces, giving it an additional touch of security. The car will be displayed at CEATEC JAPAN 2012, and Toyota hasn’t mentioned details in regards to the pricing details as of now.
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What gives a gas-powered sports car a serious punch? Well, simply pack one of these roaring beasts with electric motors! Called the Porsche 918 Spyder, this car is crowned as the most complex car designed by the German auto-manufacturer. Using a hybrid gasoline-electric powertrain, the car packs a 4.6-liter V8 and two electric motors juiced by a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery pack.
Extremely clean and seriously fast, this car touches speeds of up to 200mph and packs a one-of-a-kind roof-mounted exhaust. A race-car unlike any other, the new hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder is a step away from its peers and is crafted to inspire.
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When was the last time you drove in for a movie, bought your tub of popcorn and sodas, and then popped on to the hood of your car to watch the latest flick? I am guessing it’s been a long time. The thought of driving into a drive-in theatre also might not have occurred to you. And it’s not your fault. With the declining number of drive-in theatres everywhere, it will be a long time before you go to one as well. Amidst the hordes of cars we brought to you from the 2012 Paris Motor Show, there was another car that was on display, and will soon be out, the Smart ForStars.
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Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have been a long conceived dream, though most of these developments have remained as concepts and eventually vanished. Hyundai however has given us nature-lovers a little more hope with this newly unveiled car, called the ix35. Crowned the first commercially available hydrogen-powered car that will hit the streets towards the end of 2012, this Hyundai uses a hydrogen fuel cell, giving out just water vapor from its “exhaust”. The car boasts a 365 mile range and is green as a leaf. The ix35 sports an acceptable top speed of 100mph, touching the 62mph mark in just 12.5 seconds. Hyundai has drawn up plans to launch 1000 of these vehicles, before beginning mass-production and having them roll out onto city streets.
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SUVs are generally never green. These huge chunks of metal on wheels drink more fuel than the average small car and are usually a pain to the environment. German manufacturer Porsche has just unveiled its newest hatchback-mini-SUV, the Panamera Sport Turismo Concept that is surprisingly green! A plug-in hybrid, the car is a five-door vehicle using the e-Hybrid badge. The car is expected to come with a trunk-mounted battery pack and a single drive motor that will spin the rear axle. Apart from the, Porsche has not unveiled any official news in regards to the new car’s powertrain. Also, the Panamera Sport Turismo Concept comes with Boxster-like headlamps and tail-lamps reminiscent of the 911, making the car a treat to the eyes.
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Tesla has been developing a Supercharger network on the quiet and has just pulled the veil off the first six locations that will sport the new technology. The new Supercahrger stations are located in California and around Nevada and Arizona. The network will enable Telsa’s Model S to travel far and wide, using quick-charging to its advantage. Using solar energy sourced from a solar carport system provided by SolarCity, Tesla’s Supercharger systems have been set up for a minimal cost. Also, the network will provide free energy to Tesla Model S users, making the car a perfectly green and efficient vehicle to drive. Tesla will soon set up more of these Supercharger stations at locations around Vancouver, San Diego, Miami, Montreal, Los Angeles and New York.
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Today, the aviation industry is one of the main users of fossil fuels, and in a world quickly realizing the need for more energy-efficient practices; Airbus has come up with the Smarter Skies project to make flying in the future more practical. Setting out to make air travel sustainable by the year 2050, the project includes a V-like formation in which future aircrafts will be required to fly in, to reduce drag and in turn increase efficiency, cutting emissions by 25% and decreasing journey time by about 13 minutes. Also, future airplanes as per the project will be more intelligent, helping pilots select efficient flight paths while Airbus envisions an assisted take-off system in the future involving a sling that could in turn decrease fuel-dependence. In all, air-travel in the future is bound to turn greener and comparatively less expensive than it is today, making it a more-practical travel option.
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The aviation industry as we’ve mentioned before, is quickly shouldering towards greener practices, and though it’ll take a while for technology realize the true potential of solar energy and have full-fledged passenger airplanes fly with solar energy, German electric airplane maker PC-Aero came up with a unique way to power up its brainchild, the Elektra One, with solar power. Unveiled at the Berlin Auto Show, PC-Aero has come up with a mobile solar-powered unit, disguised as a trailer with solar panels propped above. Sporting a 2.4 kW peak power capacity, this trailer generates enough energy on a regular basis to power up the Elektra One for 300 flying hours annually. As for the airplane itself, this one uses energy from both, onboard batteries as well as solar cells and can top 100 flying miles, without having to resort to fossil fuels!
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American Airlines has just broken ground, finally having the FAA clear iPads for use throughout a flight. This move in turn will help the airline decrease its reliance on paper-based flight manuals and will allow the use of iPads in cockpits. At first, only Boeing 777 pilots will be allowed to use their swank new Apple devices for operations and could very well help the airline save nearly $1.2 million in weight-related fuel costs annually. That apart, the initiative could also help keep more than a few trees breathing with the paper manuals being ditched along with paper updates. Its only a matter of time until the entire American Airlines fleet has itself iPads instead of paper manuals and we hope to see other airlines make the switch too, for the greener good.
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