Chevrolet introduces new Ecologic window sticker, coming first to Sonic

Filed under: Etc., Manufacturing/Plants, MPG, Chevrolet

At the Washington Auto Show today, Chevrolet introduced a sticker.
Okay, the new Ecologic environmental labels that will be coming to all new Chevy vehicles – starting with the 2013 Sonic – is a lot more than an adhesive piece of paper. Last year, the EPA revamped its mileage stickers, and [...]

Toyota sells 8,400 Prius V wagons in U.S. during first 10 weeks

Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota

Toyota sold more Prius V hybrid wagons in the U.S. during the model’s first 10 weeks of availability than General Motors sold of its Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in hybrid all last year, Bloomberg News reported, citing Toyota spokeswoman Carly Schaffner.
Toyota sold about 8,400 of the hybrid wagons since late October. That’s roughly [...]

Nissan creates first self-healing iPhone case

Filed under: Etc., Nissan, Design/Style
Nissan has been working on its self-healing clearcoat technology called Scratch Shield for more than seven years. While it’s been applied to the company’s cars for four years now, it’s first non-automotive application is here: an iPhone case.
Called the Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case, it appears aimed at the doubly-retentive types [...]

Renault will launch South Korea’s first mass-produced EV in 2013

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Asia

Renault SA will debut South Korea’s first mass-produced battery-electric vehicle when it starts selling an all-electric version of its SM3 to the public in 2013, the Korea Herald reported, citing an interview with Francois Provost, CEO of the company’s Renault Samsung division in South Korea.

Renault Samsung, which recently said it would start [...]

DC Design previews India’s first supercar

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Misc. Auto Shows, India

Think “supercar” and only a handful of countries are likely to come to mind. And most of them are in Europe: Italy, Great Britain, Germany… even Sweden and France have pitched in here and there with such notables as Koenigsegg and Bugatti. Consider examples like the [...]

Prokhorov’s Yo-auto will sell Russia’s first hybrids by end of 2012

Filed under: Hybrid

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov’s Yo-auto will sell the first Russian-made hybrid-electric vehicles by the end of 2012, as Prokhorov previously estimated, and won’t be delayed by his decision to run against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in next year’s presidential elections.
The Russian newspaper RIA Novosti, citing Russian television station Rossiya 24, reports that [...]

New Kia Ray is Korea’s first production EV

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Kia

Kia has unveiled the automaker’s very first production electric vehicle. The Kia Ray EV will offer buyers a range of around 86 miles depending on driving conditions and will include a fast-charge option that should top off the cells in around 25 minutes. Otherwise, expect the 16.4-kWh lithium-ion battery pack to take [...]

Nissan Juke-R clears its throat for the first time

Filed under: Concept Cars, Etc., Videos, Nissan

The end of the Nissan Juke-R build has come and gone. The vehicle is done. Only a lucky few were there when the 485-horsepower twin-turbo V6 borrowed from a Nissan GT-R cleared its throat for the first time. The thrills and high-fives, that wave of adrenaline that buoys dog-tired [...]

Nissan releases first photo of completed Juke-R

Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, Crossover, Nissan

The unveiling of the Nissan Juke-R prototype has been as slow and painstaking as the car’s actual build. First we received initial details, a rendering and video of the project under way. Over the course of the following few weeks, Nissan continued keeping us on our toes with a [...]

Holden restores its first ever concept car, the 1969 Hurricane [w/video]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Classics, Coupe, Etc., Holden, Australia

Holden has resurrected the company’s ground-breaking 1969 Hurricane Concept with a complete restoration. The low-slung, mid-engine coupe served as a showcase for technology that wouldn’t find its way into production vehicles for almost three decades, including a turn-by-turn navigation system, automatic climate control and a rear-view camera. [...]

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