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Volt Is U.S. Car Industry's Moon Shot
Editor's note: the following interviews were done separately and edited into one article.
Rarely has a car generated as much excitement among consumers, or pressure for a car company, as the Chevrolet Volt.
Much of the credit for that can go to Robert Lutz, GM's famously outspoken vice chairman, who has been a champion of the Volt. He has touted the flex-fuel and plug-in-electric hybrid as the centerpiece of GM's campaign to become the industry's environmental and technological leader, a title Toyota has held since bringing the Prius to the United States in 2001. Indeed, in the following interview with Wired News, he called the Volt GM's moon shot.
So it's not surprising there's so much hype -- and skepticism -- surrounding the car. GM executives have all but promised to begin producing it in 2010. With Toyota's recent announcement that it will bring a plug-in hybrid -- albeit one with less range than the Volt -- to market at the same time, the race is on.
Wired News grilled Lutz and two other top executives behind the Volt at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit about what's really happening under the hood -- and on the surface -- of the highly anticipated car
Citroen GT Concept Car and interior
H-Car Peugeot Concept Car
Thomas Pastor is trying this new technology in a concept vehicle he calls the H Car.
Powered by hydrogen fuel cells and electric batteries, this zero-emission car seems inspired by flying saucers and merges sustainability, sports car capabilities and luxury in a single package.
The car’s wheels double as renewable energy generators, capturing the wind around the wheel, which is in abundance if the car is being driven at
Finalis world car of the year
Election of the best cars the world had held since 2005 and since then the event became one of the prestigious award that the benchmark pancapaian the world's vehicle manufacturers.
In order to be included in the assessment, vehicles must comply with various regulations and requirements. One of the main requirements is that the car should be available in five different countries on two continents before the date of January 1 of the year award.
The car Finalists in each of the criteria are:
2010 World Car of the Year
- Audi Q5
- BMW X1
- Chevrolet Cruze
- Kia Soul
- Mazda3
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class
- Opel / Vauxhall Insignia / Buick Regal
- Porsche Panamera
- Toyota Prius
- Volkswagen Polo
2010 World Performance Car of the Year
- Aston Martin V12 Vantage
- Audi R8 V10
- Audi TT RS Coupà © / Roadster
- BMW Z4
- Ferrari California
- Jaguar XFR
- Lotus Evora
- Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG
- Nissan 370Z
- Porsche 911 GT3
- Porsche Boxster / Cayman
2010 World Green Car of the Year
- Ford Fusion hybrid
- Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid
- Honda Insight
- Toyota Prius
- Volkswagen BlueMotion model range
honda civic mugen si-1
sport car 2010
Cars (short of an automobile that comes from the Greek 'autos' (self) and Latin 'movére' (move)) is a wheeled vehicle carrying four or more of their own machine. Types of cars, including buses, vans, trucks. Operation of the car is called driving.
History
The first steam vehicles made in the late 18th century. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot with vehicle successfully demonstrated in 1769. The first vehicle powered steam engine, may increase the best-known steam engine, was developed in Birmingham, England by the Lunar Society. And also in Birmingham perama times gasoline power cars made in Britain in 1896 by Frederick William Lanchester who also patented the disc brake. In the 1890s, ethanol is used as fuel in the U.S.
Popularity
Cugnot discovery of low usage seen in his native France, and the findings forwarded to Britain, where Richard Trevithick runs a steam-wagon in the year 1801. Vehicles are considered to be strange at first, but the discovery of a decade later, such as hand brakes, multi-speed transmission, and increased speed and steering wheel, making it a success.
Today, America has more cars than any other country. Japan led in the manufacture of automobiles, but the Japanese population could not afford to run a car because parking is scarce and expensive fuel prices
Car Sound Interior
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Exotic Cars
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