The thing that’s always kept me from wanting a hybrid car is that they aren’t all that fast. And the ones that are fast cost too much money. That might change with Toyota’s MR2 Hybrid…. Details and Pictures
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If the Tesla Roadster is sex on wheels, the Aptera 2e is like making out with the cute woman down the hall: It’s a lot of fun and you want to do it again soon.
Tooling around New York in the funky three-wheeled EV is an odd experience where everything on the road slows down to check you out, when cab drivers not only obey traffic laws, they let you violate them at their expense, and New Yorkers — who pride themselves on being nonchalant about everything — stop dead in their tracks and ask, “Does it fly?”…Â Details
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Nissan is partnering with San Diego Gas & Electric to sell its new all-electric car here next year.
The automaker will show off a prototype of the car to people who manage fleets for large companies, universities and municipalities at the Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego today, though the company insists the way it drives is more important than the way it looks.
“This is not a test and demonstration, but a true market introduction,†said Mark Perry, Nissan’s director of product planning and strategy.
The five-passenger compact is expected to go 100 miles on a four-hour charge of its lithium-ion batteries, he said…Â Details
The Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, has been launched in India.
Costing just 100,000 rupees ($1,979; £1,366), the Nano will now go on sale across India next month, with deliveries starting in July.
Tata hopes the 10-foot (3-metre) long, five-seater car will be cheap enough to encourage millions of Indians to trade up from their motorcycles.
Tata owner Ratan Tata has described the Nano as a “milestone”. Analysts say it will not make a profit for six years…. Details