Alternative Aspirations: 2011 Honda CR-Z vs. 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Street Cup Edition

Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Hatchback , Honda , Volkswagen , Reviews , Diesel , Long-Term Garage Two Ways To Go Green And Enjoy It 2011 Honda CR-Z vs. 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Street Cup Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery What do the Ferrari 599 HY-KERS , Lotus Evora 414E and Porsche 918 Spyder have in common? They’re all fuel efficient sports cars with technology that’s finally fitted to something worth driving. Also, we can’t buy them..

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Report: Lotus bringing a pair of front-engine hybrids to Paris Motor Show

Filed under: Hybrid , Paris Motor Show , Lotus Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery In addition to the pair of Evoras being introduced at this year’s Paris Motor Show , Lotus will also be unveiling two front-engine hybrid vehicles, in keeping with the automaker’s promise to offer more gasoline/electric sports cars. Edmunds’ Green Car Advisor reports that one of these hybrid cars will be a four-door hatchback and the other will be a two-door coupe. Lotus debuted its hybrid concept earlier this year in the form of the Evora 414E Hybrid (pictured), but unlike the mid-engine concept, the two front-engine models will utilize a 47-horsepower 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine specifically designed to provide power to electric-drive hybrids. We’ll have the full details direct from the Paris show later this month, so stay tuned.

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Lotus Evora Hybrid waiting on UK government funds

Filed under: Coupe , Government/Legal , Lotus , UK , Electric Lotus Evora 414E – Click above for high-res image gallery How many prototypes Lotus builds of the Evora 414E will depend on whether it gets money from the British government’s Technology Strategy Board. The TSB funds and supports forays into a broad range of initiatives, including working with Peugeot on fuel cells and Ford on electric vehicles. Lotus, in partnership with three other companies, created the 47-horsepower range-extending engine in the Evora 414E as part of a winning project for the TSB’s Limo-Green initiative.

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Lotus and Fagor Ederlan Group to produce range-extender engine

Filed under: Concept Cars , Hybrid , Lotus Lotus Evora 414E Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Lotus Engineering has reached an agreement with the Spanish Fagor Ederlan Group to develop and produce a small engine for use as a range extender in electric vehicles – a system similar to that found in the Chevrolet Volt . Lotus first showed its 1.2-liter inline-three engine at the Geneva Motor Show in the Evora 414E and Proton Emas concepts. Both cars used a similar series hybrid powertrain architecture, where an electric motor provides the drive torque while the engine only drives a generator to sustain the battery after the plug-in charge has been depleted.

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Video: C/D takes the Lotus Evora Hybrid for a virtual spin

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Hybrid , Geneva Motor Show , Technology , Videos , Lotus The manufactured sounds of the Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid – Click above to watch video after the jump Two years ago, we wrote about Lotus ‘ Safe and Sound hybrid technology which added a V8 soundtrack over the quietude of a hybrid’s electric motor. That demonstrator was a Toyota Prius, but at the Geneva Motor Show Lotus had an Evora 414E Hybrid equipped with several versions of aural enjoyment: a V6, a V12 and a non-ICE audio stab at what an electric car could maybe possibly sound like. Think Buck Rogers. Car and Driver magazine’s technical editor Michael Austin sat with a Lotus engineer and tried it out

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Geneva 2010: Proton Emas gets by with a little help from its friends

Filed under: Geneva Motor Show , Hatchback , Lotus , MISC ItalDesign-Giugiargo Proton Emas – Click above for high-res image gallery If Proton is going to make it on the global scene amidst the big players, it’s going to need some help. Fortunately for the Malaysian state-owned automaker, help isn’t far behind. With the world’s major carmakers bringing more and more of their design and manufacturing work in-house, firms like ItalDesign Giugiaro have been left scrounging for new clients. Proton is one such, and this is what they came up with: the Emas city car concept.

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