SAIC to launch hybrid Roewe 750 next year
Auto Blog: Hybrid , China , UK The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) has been blowing a lot of smoke, so to speak, over its ambitions to produce alternative fuel vehicles for several years now. Having partnered with Tongji University’s engineering faculty in 2005, SAIC invested nearly $300 million in a new division dedicated towards developing alternative propulsion systems. Now the Chinese automaker is finally tipped to launch its first hybrid as early as next year. SAIC purchased the Rover brand from BMW several years ago, but not the name, resulting in old Rovers being produced by the Chinese automaker under the name Roewe. It’s the old Rover 75 , now called the Roewe 750 , that will debut SAIC’s fuel-efficient initiative. It will feature a mild hybrid system, which assists the existing internal combustion engine under acceleration but is incapable of propelling the vehicle on its own. Having partnered with GM on hybrids built in China under a joint venture , this a decent first step on its own for an automaker in a country behind the curve on green transportation. SAIC’s next target is to launch an all-electric vehicle sometime in the near future. [Source: Automotive News Europe - subs. req'd] SAIC to launch hybrid Roewe 750 next year originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:33:00 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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Aptera giving rides in the 2e at TED
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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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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