The new Peugeot 208 B-segment supermini, which launches this spring in Europe, will be available in 3- and 5-door bodystyles with a range of gasoline and diesel engines including a new 3-cylinder gasoline engine range and the latest generation of Stop & Start System (e-HDi) diesel engines. The 208 achieves average CO2 emissions of 34 g/km lower than [...]
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Peugeot 208 Features 3-cylinder Stop-Start System
January 19th, 2012 
Aaron Turpen 
Posted in Featured, Other Alternative Cars Tech 
Tags: Diesel engine, France, Peugeot, PSA Group, PSA HDi engine, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Start-stop system 
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Volvo YOU Concept
January 11th, 2012 Aaron Turpen Volvo unveiled it’s YOU concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show a few months ago. It’s now appearing at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit where our man on the scene, Craig Agranoff, got photos and video. The car is a connectivity concept showcasing Volvo’s future plans for electronic gadgets and implementation. [...]
Posted in Other Alternative Cars Tech Tags: Concept car, Detroit, Frankfurt Motorshow, North American International Auto Show, Touchscreen, Volvo Comments OffVW Unveils Cross-Coupe Plug-in Hybrid SUV
December 13th, 2011 Aaron Turpen from Gasoline-ElectricCars.com Volkswagen chose then 2011 Tokyo Motor Show to unveil its latest conceptual hybrid: the Cross-Coupe Plug-in SUV. It’s a wagon/SUV crossover plug-in hybrid gasoline-electric with a lot going on under the finessed exterior. Of the concepts shown in Tokyo this year, it was one of the few that appeared both realistic and even [...]
Posted in Alternative Cars, Other Alternative Cars Tech Tags: Electric motor, Petrol engine, Plug-in hybrid, Sport utility vehicle, Tokyo, Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Tiguan Comments Off
Mazda To Deploy i-ELOOP Regenerative Braking System in 2012
December 3rd, 2011 Aaron Turpen Mazda Motor Corp has developed the first passenger vehicle production system for regenerative braking using an ultracapacitor. The system, called the i-ELOOP, will begin appearing in Mazda vehicles in 2012. In most real-world driving conditions, frequent acceleration and braking are common and the i-ELOOP system would improve economy in those stop-and-go conditions by about 10%, [...]
Posted in Featured, Other Alternative Cars Tech Tags: Automobile, Capacitor, EDLC, Electric double-layer capacitor, Electricity, i-eloop, Kinetic energy, Mazda, Regenerative brake Comments OffVolvo V60 PHEV Will Hit the Market in 2012
October 27th, 2011 Aaron Turpen Volvo Car Corp has confirmed that it will begin sales of the V60 plug-in diesel-electric hybrid car, the V60 Plug-in Hybrid, in 2012. The V60 PH has an all-electric range of 31 miles on a charge and a total range of 746 miles with its diesel engine operating as a generator. Overall fuel economy will [...]
Posted in Other Alternative Cars Tech Tags: diesel electric, diesel electric hybrid car, Diesel engine, ElectricVehicle, Hybrid electric vehicle, Plug-in hybrid, Vattenfall, Volvo, Volvo Cars Comments Off
