Archive for " April, 2010 "

The oil we burn each day, have you ever given a thought where do we get so much of oil? The USA import 60 percent of oil from other countries, which is really a waste to out country economically as well as environmentally. At that, time we didn’t had any options for transportation, in order to save fuel and environment and then a miracle happen, Tesla was a boom to us. Formally, only the engineers, doctors and high-profile personalities could own home computers, mobiles and other expensive stuffs. Tesla noticed its market and made available to all of us. In order to make first eco-friendly car, Tesla was the first American company to hit it right. After the attempts of Tucker, Deloren and other companies in order to create according to the need of the people, Tesla came into the  [...]

General Motors from past three years has been publicizing its electric 2011 Chevrolet Volt, some found it too exaggerated the vehicle, and some thought it could beat out Cobalt from the U.S. streets. It was also said that 2011 Chevrolet Volt sedan will prove to the strong contender to the compact sedans as of Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus and Honda Civic. 2011 Chevrolet Volt has already hit the Asia and Europe market and this summer it is made available in Europe and US audience. This car is more important to the GM than the other upcoming Volts in next few years.   [...]

As we, all know Beijing Auto Show going to be the one of the largest and biggest auto show in the world. Many big automakers are listing their names to showcase their creation in this event. The most oldest provider of EVs, ZAP, is all set to debut its latest electric taxi. The CEO of the ZAP, at the Chinese press conference, unveiled its creation and it’s all set to make its appearance in the Beijing Auto Show. This electric taxi is made by a united venture of Zap and Holley Group, electric meter producer. The taxi might look similar to some, as it is made on base model of the Jonway A-380 SUV. And its Toyota’s Rav4 second generation of model year 2001-05 knock off vehicle. This electric taxi runs 70 miles per hour and the automakers claims that it will give average of 186 miles.   [...]

Since 2003 Mitsubishi’s four door mid sized sedan has been around us and it’s also the ninth generation model. It is always off the shopper’s radar in the subterranean. Last year, in Canada, Mitsubishi brought 463 Galant and total sale was 19,786 units. Whereas, Toyota Camrys had sales up to 15,524 units and Ford Fusion up to 16,786 units. In the 2010 Galant, Mitsubishi made it streamlined which ran 160 horsepower on 2.4 liter V4 and have four speeds, so called automatic, transmission, unheated fabric seats and nothing else in option.  And what sticker it carries around – $23,998, which is unreasonable for it gives and there were it faces competition. 2011 Hyundai Sonata new and slinky has 2.4 liter V4 that propels up to 198 horsepower with six speed automatic transmissions  [...]