Yokogawa unveils 'wireless anywhere' conceptYokogawa Electric Corporation, a Japanese electrical engineering company, has announced the launch of its new 'wireless anywhere' business concept. The concept is on the plant-wide use of ISA100.11a-compliant wireless comm More… |
Toyota to sell Prius hybrids for $41,000Toyota Motor Corp said its rechargeable Prius PHV plug-in hybrid would be priced from 3.2 million yen ($41,000) in Japan, higher than it flagged two years ago. Toyota's first plug-in model adds an external charging function and more More… |
BMW Group unveils electric concept carsThe BMW Group has unveiled its BMW i3 Concept and BMW i8 Concept studies, offering for the first time a glimpse of the electrically powered production cars from the automaker’s new BMW i sub-brand. The concept cars are due to be launched a More… |
Toyota lays out big green-car push with hybrids, EVsToyota on Thursday laid out big plans for launching greener vehicles, including 11 new conventional hybrids over the next two years and a Prius-based plug-in hybrid that may cost as little as 3 million yen ($36,050). One of the hybrids wil More… |
Nissan launches its first hybridNissan Motor on Tuesday launched its first gasoline-electric car developed in-house, saying the high-end Fuga hybrid gets listed mileage of 19.0 km/litre in Japan, comparable to a compact car. The car, Nissan's top-of-the-line sedan, start More… |
MINI to showcase Scooter E ConceptThe MINI Scooter E Concept, an innovative vehicle concept, will mark its world premiere at the 2010 Paris Motor Show which opens on October 2. The concept opens up fascinating prospects for urban mobility that reduce CO2 emissions without More… |
Nissan displays 100pc electric LeafNissan Motor has invited nearly 500 people to experience the world’s first mass-production, 100 per cent electric, zero-emission car – Nissan Leaf - at its Japan test track till June 19. Nissan Leaf, is a ‘new car’ in every sense of the wo More… |
Bosch-Samsung JV for hybrid car batteriesSB LiMotive, the Bosch and Samsung joint venture, has started construction of a 28,000 sqm plant in South Korea that will start commercial production of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid cars by 2011 and electric vehicles by 2012. SB L More… |
Mercedes-Benz plans electric SLS supercarMercedes-Benz has revealed that plans are underway to produce an electric version of the Mercedes-AMG SLS supercar. The zero-emission supercar draws heavily on the production version of the SLS which makes its world premiere in Frankfurt o More… |








