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Mini goes electric! Spy photos of battery-powered Mini

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Ben Whitworth, 18 September 2008 07:30

These are CAR's first spy pictures of the electric Mini – the miserly mini that will help BMW meet tough new American regulations requiring car makers selling vehicles in California also to offer zero-emission vehicles by 2012. Our scoop photographer snapped the Mini out testing on the roads around Munich. And it wasn’t difficult for our man to spot the ...

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Audi Electric Car Photos & Review | Audi Electric Car 2010 | Secret New Cars | Car Magazine Online

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Georg Kacher, 27 August 2008 11:41

Audi has unofficially said it will sell an electric version of the VW Up (pictured, right) as soon as it becomes available, with the earliest estimate being late 2010.  But so far, it is not even clear yet whether the group’s new low-cost economy car will be rear- or front-engined; the concept had the engine slung at the back, but ...

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Audi A2 Revived | Audi A2 1999-2005 Photos & Review | Secret New Cars | Car Magazine Online

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Georg Kacher, 27 August 2008 11:27

Could the Audi A2 badge be revived? Sources at Ingolstadt say that the electric package for the A1 could be reserved for a reborn A2; it is considering a lightweight aluminum spaceframe (ASF) city car made to measure for battery operation. Think a Duracell A2, wrapped up in contemporary Audi styling. Audi’s ASF costs too much to be shared with ...

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Mitsubishi i goes electric

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Guy Bird, 18 June 2007 09:53

Mitsubishi i: the electric era looms Mitsubishi’s first fully electric car slated for mid-2010 release in Japan will be the i city car – and UK bosses are secretly preparing to launch it here by early 2011. A research vehicle called the i MIEV (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) is already being tested and, according to UK managing director Jim Tyrrell ...

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Tesla Roadster scooped

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Jack Carfrae, 15 March 2007 01:02

The Tesla Roadster. We’ve seen this before, but what is it again? Tesla is Silicon Valley start-up company pioneering this radical electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster. It’s entirely battery-powered, and the motor delivers the equivalent of 248bhp – enough to whirr from zero to 60mph in just 4.0sec, and on to over 130mph. Very quietly. Not bad at all ...

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