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Concept Cars
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Shanghai Motor Show
Not Dead Yet! Detroit Auto Show's Coolest Cars
LA Auto Show's coolest cars
Photos: Green Cadillac
Photos: Green is the theme at Detroit auto show
GM's latest concept car (1/9/08: CES 2008: Video: ZDNET)
Chevrolet Volt Concept: The plug-in revolution is coming (Nov. 2007: Popular Science)
The 2007 North American International Auto Show
The SAAB Aero X - the doors and roof retract up and forward as one piece
 All Concept Car Videos - 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show (edmonds.com)
The Ford Mustang by Giugiaro (video)
 The 2007 Detroit Auto Show (unveil schedule)
Mazda Nagare Concept Car (Video) (12/26/06)
Detroit Auto Show: Jaguar C-XF Concept (video) (12/26/06)
Detroit Auto Show: Lincoln MKR (video) (12/26/06)
Video of GM's Hywire Concept Car (YouTube)
 Video of the FUSE SCION concept car
2003 Dodge Tomahawk Concept Vehicle

Electric Vehicles
GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000 (10/15/09)
Cars: the next wave of Japanese electrics (10/13/09)
A car that could help power your home: See a demo of the vehicle-to-grid concept car at the Alternative Energy Summit in Sunnyvale, Calif., utility company PG&E showed how owners of plug-in hybrid cars could one day use excess electricity to power their homes, or sell it back to the utility company at a profit. (Video: ZDNET)
 Photos: Electric vehicles you can buy right now (9/4/07)
The plot behind killing electric cars (8/28/07)
Electric car attempts 300 mph record (5/5/05)
On-Road Electric Vehicle Inventory proves that there are tons of electric vehicles on the road today.

Featured  Plugin  Vehicle Links
Eight hurdles plug-in electric cars need to jump to get consumers charged (11/16/09)
Photos: Pushing cars from pump to plug (7/25/08)
 Plug-In 2008 Photo Gallery (7/25/08)
 Plug-In 2008 News Roundup (7/25/08)
 Auto, Electricity Sectors Collaborate on Plug-in Hybrids (7/22/08)
 The Car of Tomorrow Has an Extension Cord (7/19/08)
 Environmental Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- UltraBattery combines a supercapacitor and a lead acid battery (1/17/08)		 - A Hybrid Technology That Can Pay for Itself: The first economically viable, commercially-available hybrid auto technology? (1/15/08)
- AFS Trinity has developed a 150 to 250 MPG plug-in hybrid technology that will add approximately $8,700.00 to the cost of a vehicle and allow it to run for the first 40 miles on electricity alone; and accelerate faster than a Porsche Cayenne.
 Green Tech Media

Gas Mileage
8 budget-friendly gas sippers (10/23/05: MySA.com) America’s showdown on gas mileage

Hybrids
Hybrid cars and the power grid (3/13/08)
The Aptera Typ-1 hybrid plugin will cost 30K and will be produced starting in 2008; and gets 230MPG.
A practical hybrid (12/21/06: San Antonio Express-News)
GM Goes Beyond Hybrid: Chevy's Electric Car: From the Detroit auto show, General Motors has introduced a 100-mph, (640 mile range) all-electric hybrid (1/7/07: Popular Mechanics)
GM Works on Plug-In Saturn SUV Hybrid (11/29/06)
Automotive Engineers Team Up to Improve Energy-Saving Technology (10/1/06)
 Mayor Menino Announces First Hybrid Taxi in Boston (9/22/06)
 Military truck firm finishing up hybrid prototypes (5/4/06)		 Volvo Group premieres hybrid technology for heavy vehicles (03/10/06)
Video of the 2007 Lexus LS600HL from the 2006 New York Auto Show from Motor Trend. Toyota claims that this HYBRID is THE most technologically advanced sedan on Earth. What it will do, is really out of this world.
Plug-in hybrid car movement is growing (Star-Telegram: 8/14/05)
 Battery boost makes hybrids even thriftier (The Mercury News: 8/14/05)
 Engineers modify hybrid cars to get up to 250 mpg (SFGate.com: 8/13/05)

Other News
Can a race car that runs on recyclables go Formula One? (1/5/10)
10 Most Outrageous Cars of 2008 (6/1/08)
Carbon Motors: E7 - A Police Car Built From the Ground UP
 1 Gallon of Gas, 100 Miles — $10 Million: The Race to Build the Supergreen Car (12/20/07: Wired Magazine)
The Case for Diesel: Clean, Efficient, Fast Cars (Hybrids Beware!) (1/08: Popular Mechanics)
The Disappearing Car Door
Photos: Fun cars hit the road in Frankfurt (9/17/07)
10 Most Expensive Cars.pps
Future Car (The TV Show)
Future car technologies (wiki)
A motorcycle that's fast, silent and green (8/2/07)(images)(video)
Could Your Car Also Power Your House? (4/13/07) 		Bush Almost Blows Himself Up (4/10/07)
The Tweel (wiki) - combining the wheel with the tire
The Caparo-T1 - 0 - 60 in under 2.5 sec.; 0 - 100 < 5 sec.; top speed of 200 MPH
The Naro - leans like a motorcycle and is half as wide as most vehicles.
Loremo - gets 100KM on 1.5 L of petrol.
Motor City, AUS (5/15/07: Wired Magazine)
Power to Spare (4/24/07: Wired magazine)
 Rinspeed Splash 'Hydrofoil Car' power point slide show and video.
 Displacement On Demand
 ZAP to Unveil Electronic Cars at CES
Army takes carmakers' cue: Both use high tech to challenge traditions
 FORD'S MODEL U IS VORTECH SUPERCHARGED

Tesla
2010 Tesla Roadster Sport photos Batteries Included (Wired Magazine) - "The worlds first lithium-ion supercar is here. Zero emissions never looked so hot." And being able to go from 0-60 in 4 seconds, with zero emissions...what more could you need? This car will be built by Lotus and sold by Tesla Motors for about $80K.

Technology Components
- UltraBattery combines a supercapacitor and a lead acid battery (1/17/08)
- A Hybrid Technology That Can Pay for Itself: The first economically viable, commercially-available hybrid auto technology? (1/15/08)
- AFS Trinity has developed a 150 to 250 MPG plug-in hybrid technology that will add approximately $8,700.00 to the cost of a vehicle and allow it to run for the first 40 miles on electricity alone; and accelerate faster than a Porsche Cayenne. 		 IRV'S SHEET: Of Battery Packs and Product Introductions (8/10/07)
A123Systems to Market PHEV Conversion Packs in 2008 (5/1/07) - also A123Systems introduces next-generation battery for alternative cars

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