Local Motors updates 2012 Rally Fighter, launches The Forge
November 4, 2011 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Technology, Specialty, Design/Style, Off-Road, MISC
Local Motors and its team of online community members are hard at work refining the Rally Fighter for 2012, and the list of changes for the new model year have officially been announced here at SEMA.
Probably the biggest piece of news is the replacement of [...]
Chevrolet Camaro concepts storm the General Motors booth
November 2, 2011 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Concept Cars, SEMA Show, Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, GM, Specialty, Design/Style
It just wouldn’t be SEMA without a whole slew of Chevrolet Camaro coupes and convertibles staring us in the face, and this week’s Vegas show doesn’t disappoint. General Motors’ own booth features four rather interesting specimens, which you can see in the image [...]
General Motors electrified vehicle lineup set to expand with A123 deal
August 16, 2011 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM
2010 Chevrolet New Sail – Click above for high-res image gallery
General Motors’ recently inked deal with A123 Systems has led to speculative reports popping up across the media. For example, The Detroit Bureau reports that “well-placed sources” confirm the automaker’s intentions to “put at least one battery-electric vehicle into production [...]
Luzzo Bespoke Bugatti desk motors into our fantasy office
May 24, 2011 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Etc., Bugatti, Design/Style
Bugatti Grand Prix desk by Luzzo Bespoke – Click above for image gallery
The Autoblog Fantasy Living Room is getting full, boys and girls. So is our fantasy office. But we just might find room for one more over-the-top, automotive-inspired piece of furniture.
We’re talking, in this case, about the Bugatti Grand Prix [...]
Local Motors announces Flypmode concept wins DARPA XC2V competition
March 22, 2011 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Military, Specialty, Design/Style
Flypmode wins DARPA XC2V Challenge – Click above for high-res image gallery
Local Motors is all about reaching out to the crowd and sourcing the best ideas as a team. It did just that in a new design contest, in which readers were tasked with developing a vehicle for the [...]
Detroit 2011: Li-Ion motors says hello to first Wave sales, promises Inizio by mid-summer
January 12, 2011 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Detroit Auto Show
Li-Ion Wave, Inizio and Automotive X-Prize trophy – Click above for high-res images
It’s hard to know how seriously to take pronouncements from Li-Ion Motors. The company has spent some time at big auto shows before, but the things it has said haven’t always come true. Take for example, [...]
Video: Local Motors ups Rally Fighter fleet to 5 vehicles, all going to SEMA
October 28, 2010 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: SEMA Show, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Design/Style, Off-Road
Local Motors Rally Fighter in action – Click above to watch video after the jump
Local Motors, the car builder behind the idea of open-source automotive development, showed off its Rally Fighter at SEMA last year. At that time, it only had one car built. Fast forward to [...]
Avera Motors teases high-efficiency prototype
October 22, 2010 by admin
Filed under Concept Cars
Filed under: Concept Cars, Technology
Florida-based Avera Motors is beginning to part the veil of secrecy surrounding what the company has been up to for the past few years. The KGB is a downright chatty bunch compared to the start-up automaker, and until now, we’ve only had one very info-light web site and a handful of [...]
Foton Motors, Freescale Semiconductor to create joint lab for hybrid, EV development
September 4, 2010 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Green Daily, China
China-based Foton Motors and Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor will combine their collective knowledge to open the Foton-Freescale Automotive Joint Lab. The lab will focus on developing software and system-level solutions for use in upcoming Foton vehicles. Both companies will collaboratively work towards developing relevant electronic control technology for applications that [...]
General Motors to announce Chevy Volt pricing/ordering on Tuesday
July 26, 2010 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM
2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
The three-year-long wait for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt’s official U.S. price tag will finally be over in less than 24 hours. At the Plug-In 2010 Conference in San Jose, California on Tuesday, GM VP of Marketing Joel Ewanick will announce pricing [...]
