Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa officially confirmed it: the FIA Formula E Championship will be coming to Los Angeles. The Californian Mayor made the announcement on Earth Day April 22. Los Angeles is thus becoming one of expected10 global cities to host the world’s first fully-electric Formula E race, commencing in 2014. Formula E is a new
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What better setting than the Grand Palais in Paris for LaFerrari, named the queen of cars by its Italian automaker, to make its debut on French soil? The new special limited edition car from Maranello was a magnet during its premiere April 22, the opening day of the Tour Auto Optic 2000. Around 250 special
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Four Audi R18 e-tron quattro hybrid race cars will hit the track on the test day for the Le Mans 24 Hours, June 9, 2013. In addition to the cars number 1, 2 and 3 running for the race, a fourth hybrid sports car designated as car number 4 will be testing for eight hours
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Readers whishing for a car that would be perfectly integrated with their iPhone’s will be happy hearing about the iBeetle. Later this year, the iPhone will interface with the Beetle and Beetle Convertible via a specially developed app and a docking station. The iBeetle is the first model line from the Volkswagen Group in which
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The new NSX is already receiving unprecedented demand, so much so that Honda UK has opened a pre-order bank for the hotly anticipated hybrid supercar. For a deposit of £5,000 potential owners can be among the first in the UK to get behind the wheel of the brand new NSX when it hits showrooms in
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As EV and plug-in hybrids are starting to be a more common sight, so is the need for charging stations. This led Michigan-based Duo-Guard industries to launch a charging station design contest. The challenge: Design a one-car solar charging station and canopy with emphasis on economy, aesthetics, modular flexibility and sustainability. Designers from Portugal, Nigeria,
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Electrovaya is launching its new generation of lithium ion battery technology, to be known as SuperPolymer 2.0. Electrovaya said the Lithium Ion SuperPolymer 2.0 battery technology is a new generation of lithium ion batteries. It represents the integration of the company’s automotive and grid knowledge, customers’ feedback, recent safety enhancements in the aerospace sector and
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The DeltaWing Racing Car is returning to racing this year and will spend its first full racing season in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). The concept race car will make its inaugural appearance at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in the American Le Mans Monterey race weekend May 9 to 11. The open-top DeltaWing premiered
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McLaren Automotive has released a selection of new images of its next generation supercar, the P1. The company did so as part of the build up to the opening of the new McLaren Manama showroom over the 2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix program. In keeping with the passion for Formula 1 that
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General Motors became the first U.S.-based automaker to manufacture its electric motors in America. Electric motors for the new Chevrolet Spark EV are now manufactured at its Baltimore Operations plant in White Marsh, Md. “The era of using electricity to help improve performance and fuel economy is already here and the trend is only going
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