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Mercedes Benz SA reducing carbon footprint by 15%
Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has reduced its carbon footprint by 15%, well ahead of the global group target. This has been achieved in the short space of three years, since 2006. The environmental implications of the savings in kilowatts of gas and electricity, translates to a reduction of 12 703 […]
New Lamborghini Countach EV not electricity-dependant
A new concept wind and solar powered car from Lamborghini solves the problem of efficiently charging the batteries of electric cars.
High fuels prices alone provide enough reason to consider buying a hybrid electric car but then you have to consider the price of electricity to recharge your car’s batteries, which doesn’t come cheap these days.
Ex-Hyundai SA executive joins Optimal Energy
It seems that Optimal Energy, creators of the upcoming Joule EV, might be about to step up their marketing and PR soon if a recent email sent out publicly by ex-Hyundai PR and Advertising Manager, Jaco van Loggerenberg is anything to go by.
Van Loggerenberg’s mail is a bit short on detail - he says […]
BMW Vision - info
BMW has revealed a bit more information on their exciting Vision Efficient Dynamics concept car which will be officially unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. M3 performance with Prius fuel consumption and 50km electric only range? You betcha. Check it out after the jump.
Great service from Renault Sandton
Renault in South Africa has a notorious reputation for bad service, so I thought that my experience with Renault today would be worth sharing.
My girlfriend’s Modus 1.4 started giving problems yesterday. She described the problem as the car feeling slow and jerky. She took the vehicle down to her local mechanic who told her he […]
Prince Charles converts sports car to run on wine
Thanks to Johan over at Arniston Bay for the following article:
Prince Charles has converted his vintage Aston Martin car, given to him on his 21st birthday by Queen Elizabeth II, to run on English wine, a spokesperson said.
The move, part of the prince’s green drive to reduce by 12.5% his carbon footprint up to 2012, […]
SA Smart cars to get micro hybrid drives
Great news for South African motorists - as of this month, all 52kw petrol Smart ForTwos will come standard with Smart’s MHD stop start system.
The technology enables the little Smart to reduce fuel consumption by 8% in the combined cycle (to 4.3l/100km and 103g / km) and by up to 20% in the urban cycle.
It’s […]
Full info on Fiat/Chrysler alliance
First Joule EVs on SA roads by 2010
Optimal Energy, the Cape Town based company that unveiled a full electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle named Joule to the world at the Paris Autoshow in 2008, has announced industrialisation plans to mass produce the vehicle in South Africa from 2012. This announcement comes on the back of a further share issue to the Industrial […]
Tesla Model S: First Pics
Jalopnik has just released the first ever public pics of the Tesla Model S concept electric saloon, as well some fairly detailed specs. How does a 480km range and 5.5 sec 0-100km/h sprint sound? Apparently, the entire platform will be developed in-house. Head over to Jalopnik for more pics and the full scoop.
