Brace of Aptera spotted in the wild, dimensions measured!
Auto Blog: EV/Plug-in , Aptera , USA While waiting to make its public debut tomorrow at the Technology, Entertainment, Design ( TED ) conference tomorrow, the pre-production Aptera 2e was chillin’ with its Typ-1 prototype brother in a nearby parking garage. Coincidentally, an Aptera fan named Josh just happened to be hanging out in the same garage with a camera and a tape measure. The birds in question were being watched by a security guard with strict orders not to let anyone touch them. Luckily, no one mentioned photography or measuring tapes and so the fancier went to work, careful not to come into physical contact with the vehicles. As you can see from the many photos in the gallery below, the newer 2e is quite a bit, though subtly, different than the original. The nose is closer to the ground while its back seems to have a sexier curve that’s amplified by the window that extends further down its spine. As far as the measurements go, the interloper recorded a width of 91 inches (7 feet 7 inches). The other measurements couldn’t be taken as precisely but the height of the 2e seemed to be about 52 inches with a length of approximately 14 feet, 10 inches. We suspect video of the craft may appear soon, since we’ve heard rumors that Aptera fans will be hiding behind grassy knolls along the demonstration ride route. Gallery: Aptera Typ-1 and 2e together [Source: Josh at Aptera Forum ] Brace of Aptera spotted in the wild, dimensions measured! originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green
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Leave a commentAuto X Prize, DOE launch Fuel Our Future student website
Auto Blog: Etc. , Green Daily , Automotive X-Prize Know anyone who’s in school? The Progressive Automotive X Prize (AXP) launched a new website today that targets K-12 students in the U.S. with information about the vehicles and fuels of the future. It’s called, ta-da, Fuel Our Future Now . Divided into three sections – for elementary, middle school and high school students – the website provides videos, puzzles and interactive labs intended to teach students about energy use in vehicles. Teachers will also be able to get curriculum ideas and support for their classroom. While the site is up and running now, more features will be added in the coming months. This website is the first of three education program components that the AXP will bring to students along with the actual AXP competition. The other two will be a national high school student competition (something like an essay contest) and a series of student challenges that will take place in the AXP host cities when the competition vehicles roll into town.. Just FYI, there is also a Fuel Our Future website, and out of date site run by the Western States Biofuels Association. [Source: Fuel Our Future ] Continue reading Auto X Prize, DOE launch Fuel Our Future student website Auto X Prize, DOE launch Fuel Our Future student website originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green
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No 2009 Saturn Astra – too many 2008 models still available
Auto Blog: Saturn , USA Vehicle models have different life spans in different countries, and Americans are used to having new – or at least refreshed – cars pretty much every few years. One model that the U.S. will not be getting new in 2009 is the Saturn Astra. The reason is that Saturn still has a 139-day supply of the 2008 models. Canada will still get a 2009 edition. The car hasn’t been a star seller, having found about 12,000 owners in the U.S. during 2008. GM is planning on resuming new Astra deliveries in late summer or early fall as a 2010 model , but is skipping the 2009 model year altogether. The Saturn Astra is based on the Opel/Vauxhall Astra and is built in GM’s plant in Antwerp, Belgium. GM blames the exchange rate between the Euro and the Dollar for the low sales, though we’re sure there are other factors at play, as well. [Source: Automotive News , sub. req’d) No 2009 Saturn Astra – too many 2008 models still available originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green
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Auto Blog: EV/Plug-in , Aptera , USA As it was for the original unveiling of the Aptera Mk-0 prototype back in March of ’07, the TED conference will again be the venue for the unveiling of the latest iteration of the company’s exercise in automotive efficiency, the 2e . This coming February 3rd in Long Beach, California, those folks who threw down the $6,000 necessary to attend the 2009 edition of the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference (and signed up for the limited slots) will have the chance to drive the pre-production version of the wingless bird you see pictured above. Jealous? Yeah, so are we. Luckily, the 2e will be making other, more affordable, appearances next month as well. One of which, according to a poster on Aptera Forum, will be at the Four Seasons in Carlsbad on the 20th, where there is to be a big shindig held by the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce. Famed painter-of-whales, Wyland , will also be in attendance and although we can’t say whether rides will be offered, the price of admission is a “mere” $120. Gallery: Aptera 2e [Source: Aptera Forum ] Aptera giving rides in the 2e at TED originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green
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Posted in Auto Green | aptera 2e, aptera2e, california, carlsbad, daily, entertainment, EV Plug in, price, roewe, roewe750, roewe750hybrid, rover75hybrid, technology, test drive | Leave a commentAudi R10 TDI not done yet; two will run in private hands in Europe
Auto Blog: Diesel , Audi , Racing Following the close of the 2008 racing season, Audi announced that after three years competition in North America and Europe, the groundbreaking R10 TDI would be retired. At the time of the December announcement, the German company declared that the cars would not be made available to private teams. Instead, the company would focus on the all new R15 TDI for the 24 hours of Le Mans and the European DTM program. The company has now changed its plans and has decided to sell two of the R10s to the owner of one of its DTM teams, Dr Colin Kolles. Kolles will campaign the R10s in the Le Mans Series in Europe as well as the round the clock French race. Part of the reason for Audi’s curtailment of its 2009 activities was budgetary. Given that, the technical support that will be provided by Audi engineers to the Kolles team will likely come at Kolles’s expense. Hopefully, someone here in North America will step up and take on at least one R10 for the ALMS as well. [Source: Audi] Continue reading Audi R10 TDI not done yet; two will run in private hands in Europe Audi R10 TDI not done yet; two will run in private hands in Europe originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green
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