Posts Tagged ‘Green Motoring’

Gateshead College Launches Low Carbon Vehicle Academy

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 11:27 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

The number of electric and hybrid cars on UK roads is rapidly growing and sometime in near future it’ll overtake fossil fuel cars. Obviously, There is a need for experts to help people easing the transition. Read More… That’s what Gateshead College of North East England has been thinking. So they came up with a [...]

This was posted under category: Green Motoring Tags: Gateshead Low Carbon Academy, Green Motoring

2010 Toyota Prius pricing announced

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 8:09 by Arman Barari No Comments

Jay Leno once said that in America we want everyone to know about the good things we are SECRETLY doing! The Toyota Prius is a prime example of this fact in the world of cars. You can have this 2010 model for $22,000 and drive it once in a year maybe, and still people would [...]

This was posted under category: Green Motoring, Toyota Tags: 2010, Green Motoring, Toyota, Toyota Prius

Students from UAE built solar car

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 16:43 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

In a joint project with Siemens, guys from American University of  Sharjah/UAE has made a solar car named SunChaser. It has 740 solar cells, develops 1.5 hp and can reach 100 kph. They say  it’s region’s first student-made solar car, but as far as we know it isn’t! Some eggheads from university of Tehran/Iran has [...]

This was posted under category: Green Motoring, Middle East Tags: Green Motoring, Iran, Middle East, siemens, Solar Car, Uae

eRUF Greenster Porsche 911

Thursday, March 5, 2009 17:39 by Arman Barari No Comments

One of the best Porsche tuners, RUF is going green and shows it off by painting their first electric 911 in green! In partnership with Siemens Corporate Technology they have made this Greenster 911 which runs on an all electric platform called eDrive. Read More… RUF has always been famous for the great performance of [...]

This was posted under category: Green Motoring, Porsche, Tuning Tags: Green Motoring, Kw Hours, Porsche 911, RUF, siemens

Mugen bodykit for Honda Insight

Monday, February 9, 2009 7:48 by Arman Barari No Comments

Honda’s in-house tuner Mugen has prepared a new styling kit for the Insight hybrid. It’s a bit weird though because the whole point of a bodykit is to make the car look more sporty but ‘Hybrid’ and ‘Sporty’ can never really team up, specially with that fat a$$ it really don’t work! Read More… Anyhow, [...]

This was posted under category: Honda, Tuning Tags: Green Motoring, Honda, Honda Insight, Hybrid, mugen, Tuning

Plugin Toyota Prius with 65 MPG

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 8:03 by Arman Barari No Comments

The battle of MPG is getting a bit violent! New Toyota Prius can easily do 50 mpg but Toyota is not satisfied and is working on a plugin version which hit 65 mpg (3.6 liters/100km) in early tests! This is overkill! Read More… And this tests are not done in labs, this number is actually [...]

This was posted under category: Green Motoring, Toyota Tags: 2010, Green Motoring, Hybrids, Toyota, Toyota Prius

Subaru offers Justy with LPG fuel

Monday, January 26, 2009 16:42 by Arman Barari No Comments

Subaru, unlike other manufacturers is not developing hybrid or electrics, instead they have chosen a much simpler cheaper and older path to go green! by using Bi-fuel system. After Forester, Legacy and Impreza now the small Justy city car is getting the LPG plant. 27 liter LPG tank with the conversion kit is located in [...]

This was posted under category: Green Motoring, Subaru Tags: Green Motoring, Legacy, LPG, Subaru