At the Paris Auto Show, Volkswagen announced that the VW XL1 concept will become a production vehicle sometime next year. The Volkswagen XL1 is a deisel hybrid electric vehicle that VW claims can achieve between 261 mpg (on the US test cycle) and 313 mpg (on the European test cycle). This is the first vehicle… Continue reading VW moving forward with production XL1
Since May of this year, Volvo has been planning to sell the V60 Diesel Plug-in Hybrid electric vehicle by the end of 2012. Recently, Volvo announced that the first 1,000 units, all of the 2013 model year vehicles have been purchased. Volvo says ‘the order books for next year’s cars are already filling up.’ This… Continue reading Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrids first 1000 already sold out
Fisker has figured out what will be under the hood of it’s next vehicle: an engine from the BMW 3-series. Fisker has signed an agreement with BMW to use the current 4-cyl turbo engine from the BMW 3-series in the Fisker Atlantic. Fisker Automotive CEO Tony Posawatz told the Automotive Press Association that the Atlantic… Continue reading Fisker Atlantic will use engine from BMW
