The Fiends over at Wired have gotten their hands on a quick clip of Mission Motors new track heathen during shake down at Infineon. The company has been working to get their Mission One electric moto in fighting form for the TTxGP green motorcycle grand prix June 12 on the Isle of Man. It’s hard [...]
Volvo’s been strangely silent during the new surge of green cars and trucks. Aside from a plug-in hybrid concept of its C30 hatch, we haven’t seen too much in the way of eco-fighting goodness from the land of Ikea. Now the company is boasting it should have a plug-in diesel electric hybrid by 2012. To [...]
Let’s file this one under believe it when we see it. Rumors swirling around the interwebs say all is not lost for our beloved S2000. AllCarsElectric says the company is currently working on the delicious roadster’s replacement, powered by a 3.5-liter V6 (think OG NSX). If you think a six-pot S2k is a whole new [...]
Ford teamed up with a gaggle of drivers over the weekend to tackle an interesting challenge: go 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel in the 2009 Fusion Hybrid. The team included NASCAR driver Carl Edwards and hypermiling-Fiend Wayne Gerdes, and drove around Washington D.C. for 42 hours before they hit the magic mark. [...]
The suits at Porsche must be paying attention to the army of all-electric 911s that have popped up in recent years. The company recently made mention that a V6 and a hybrid version of the already-blasphemous Panamera might be a part of the car’s future. I’ve recently had my eyes opened on the benefits of [...]
It’s funny the sort of reactions this thing elicits. Some cars draw admiring stares from everyone – Fiends, kids, women – while others glide on by without evoking so much as a raised eyebrow from anyone in the crowd. The 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid doesn’t seem to have those problems. Instead, being seen anywhere near [...]
Alternately titled: Car of the Week. That’s right, Fiends, the Car of the Week is back! A week ago, I would have been right with you if you’re thinking there’s little Fiendish about a honkin’ hybrid SUV, but our time with this high-tech Caddy has done some eye-opening. We’re half-way through our stint with the [...]
Here’s some good news: GM says the Cadillac Converj Concept is go for production if and when the company’s financial outlook improves. The car is the super-sexy two-door GM rolled out during the Detroit Auto Show this year and sports the same drive line as the much ballyhooed Chevrolet Volt. That means it’s a plug-in [...]
It’s only been two weeks since Tesla pulled the sheets off of its Model S, but the company has already taken 711 orders for the four-door ‘lectric. We hear a special Slurpee Edition Model S is in the works to celebrate. In all seriousness, that number of pre-orders is pretty amazing considering just how long [...]
Looks like America can boast another duo of companies willing to jump into the electric car fray. Maybe it has something to do with the mind-boggling amount of cash available from Uncle Sam right now for just such projects. First up is Sigma Motorworks with its GTE Prototype. The car’s main claim to fame is [...]
