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Tokyo 2009: Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV shows its more conventional face

Mitsubishi has put its plug-in hybrid Concept PX-MiEV crossover concept on a pedestal here at the Tokyo Motor Show, touting the CUV's "environmental and on-road performance," as well as its serial and parallel modes and wireless charging capabilities. The crossover's design language represents another refinement for Mitsubishi, and although it's markedly less provocative than the newly re-shnozzed 2010 Outlander, it presents a pleasing collection of shapes and could point the way for a future iteration of the softroader. Inside is ... Read more →

Tokyo Preview: Subaru releases more pics of Hybrid Tourer Concept Sam Abuelsamid

Subaru has just released a bunch of new images of its Hybrid Tourer concept that will debut next week at the Tokyo Motor Show. The gull-wing wagon/hatch/shooting brake thingy is Subaru's first ...

Tokyo Preview: Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV comes with a plug, extra cocochi Damon Lavrinc

Mitsubishi is previewing its next-generation CUV in the Land of the Rising Sun next month, and like nearly every other concept bound for the Tokyo Motor Show, the Mitsubishi PX-MiEV is packing a ...

Officially Official: Lexus reveals the LF-Ch concept, coming to LA show Sam Abuelsamid

Lexus has released a whole batch of exterior and interior photos of the LF-Ch concept that debuts next week in Frankfurt. The C-segment five-door hatchback seems a likely candidate for production ...

Surprise! Toyota will bring a battery-powered concept vehicle to NAIAS Sebastian Blanco

Turns out there will be at least one more surprise in store at Cobo Hall. Here's what we now know about the vehicles that Toyota is bringing to the Detroit Auto Show next month: the 2010 ...

Freight + people. A radical new bus project for London 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Click on image above for a complete gallery of the OnRoute and Freight*Bus concept Transport for London is looking for an iconic bus to become a heir of the Routemaster, as bendys (those accordian buses) are also common in other European cities and aren't catching on in London. One proposal ...

Paris Preview: more information about the Nissan Nuvu, no pics yet 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan is slowly giving up details about the Nuvu, an all-EV concept that will be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. According to the Japanese marque, it's a "new vision" about the type of cars we'll be driving during the mid 2010s. It's a small vehicle, only 3 meters (about 10ft) long and can seat ...

London 2008: Honda OSM, a low-emission roadster concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more high-res shots of the Honda OSM. Honda has unveiled a new roadster concept at the British International Motor Show. Named the OSM (for Open Study Model), it shares space with the Honda FCX Clarity and the CR-Z sports hybrid on the Honda stand. Although the press release (found ...

Moov toy concept allows kids to build the vehicle they want 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

BergToys has a great idea for a human-powered children's toy: Moov. The concept is your basic kid's big-wheel or push scooter but the parts of the toy are interchangeable and they allow a child to make several different kinds of vehicles. The creativity of the child is also opened up because they ...

More pictures and videos of Pininfarina Sintesi at 2008 the Geneva Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Easily the hottest green car at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show was the Sintesi, Pininfarina's hydrogen fuel cell concept. Below the fold is an amazing video of the unveiling of the car. Also below the fold is a quick look inside the car by AutoCar. Autoblog also took some amazing close up shots of the ...

Chicago Auto Show 2008 videos: GMC Denali XT concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The GMC Denali XT concept debuts at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show this week. The flex-fuel, two-mode hybrid pickup truck reminds me a lot of Toyota's A-BAT hybrid pickup concept. The Denali XT has a more coupe-ish look and feel than Toyota's A-BAT. As you can see in the video above, GMC uses the paint ...

Bob Lutz: First-gen Volt might cost $40,000 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Seems the test drive date is not the only thing changing about the Volt. Bob Lutz tells Wired News the Volt will sell for more than the originally estimate of $30,000. How much more? Costs might go down on the second-generation Volt but Bob leaves open a price close to $40,000 for the first-gen ...

Washington Auto Show video: GM hands over Project Driveway fuel cell test vehicle keys 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tom Albert of Alexandria, VA, and Nick Williams of Washington, DC. will test drive fuel cell Equinoxes for the next few months. GM North America Sales VP Mark LaNeve handed over the keys to Tom and Nick at the 2008 Washington Auto Show this week. In the video above, Tom and Nick talk about how they ...

Autoblog Green Podcast #18 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Episode 18 of the Autoblog Green Podcast sees us reminiscing about the North American International Auto Show, recently passed in Detroit. We start with the reconfigured Saturn Vue Hybrid from AFS - the "extreme hybrid" claiming a narrowly defined150 mpg. AFS's claims point up the need for a new way ...

Volvo: PML FlightLink is working "exclusively" with us (Zap-X delayed?) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In an interview, Ichiro Sugioka, project leader of Volvo's Recharge electric car concept, says PML FlightLink is "currently working exclusively for us." If that was not clear enough, Ichiro adds "all their efforts is going into our projects." The interviewer presses for more information, even ...

Cool videos of Mazda's Furai, the ethanol-fueled racing car concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The first video below the fold is Mazda's Director of Design, Franz von Holzhausen talking about the Furai concept at the Detroit Auto Show. The Furai is a racing concept that runs on E100 (100 percent ethanol) and the car's design is inspired by the wind. The video includes a look at a really cool ...

Detroit Auto Show videos: CNBC special at 9 PM EST, Toyota's A-Bat, Toyota President Jim Lentz 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If all of the AutoblogGreen coverage isn't enough for you, you can see all the new cars at the Detroit Auto Show, in a live, one-hour special tonight at 9 PM Est on CNBC. The video above is a close look at the interior and back of Toyota's concept hybrid truck, the A-Bat. WARNING: In the video ...

Cool videos: air propelled train, personal street car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Have you heard about Aeromovel, a train that is driven by compressed air? You can see the train (which has no on-board motor) as it uses a sail-like propulsion device on what looks like traditional train tracks in the video above. It's currently in use in Brazil and Indonesia. Below the fold is a ...

Detroit Auto Show 2008 video preview: LRX, Land Rover's 40 MPG, diesel-electric concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above shows us an early look at the Land Rover "baby" LRX concept before it debuts at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show this month. The video includes Land Rover's design director Gerry McGovern saying the LRX "clearly conveys messages that we take sustainability seriously." The LRX is the ...

Video interview with the winners of Robocar 2057 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is an interview with the winners of the LA Auto Show Design Challenge, Robocar 2057. The VW designers imagined cars that stand upright, which allows for higher traffic density. On the slipstream highways, things really get interesting as the car rotates to a flatter more aerodynamic ...

Exclusive video of DaimlerChrysler's hybrid engine 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Deutsche Welle English has a great video on YouTube called Made in Germany | Top Secret: Experimental Vehicles that includes a look at a DaimlerChrysler hybrid engine still in development. Fire your corporate spies top American automakers and just watch this video above that includes passing a key ...

Videos: Toyota's MR, Segway wheelchair 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After the violin-playing robot in the video above, we get a look at Toyota's Mobility Robot (or MR), which we told you about yesterday. MR reminds me a lot of Toyota's I-Real, which was on display at the Tokyo Auto Show and seemed very close to production. There are a handful of a good designs for ...

Videos: a very close look at the Opel Flextreme 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Opel Flextreme diesel electric concept got a visit from reporters in a studio setting instead of at a busy car show. The video above and the one below the fold are very quiet, thoughtful looks at European's E-flex concept without the usual busy car show in the background. The videos include a ...

Cool videos: mag-lev gears, human powered anti-gravity 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is a demonstration of a magnetic cog by Kundel Magnetics. Using magnetic fields instead of physical gears to transfer energy has many advantages like zero friction and no need for lubrication. Below the fold is a concept vehicle by the design group Oooms. The counter weight at one ...

2007 LA Auto Show videos: Porsche Cayenne hybrid, Volkswagen Space Up!, Chevy Silverado hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Feel like you're missing all the good stuff from LA? Perhaps some videos will ease the pain. The video above shows Porsche representatives at the 2007 LA Auto Show talking about hybrids. As we just reported, Porsche says their hybrids will go 75 MPH on battery power. Below the fold are two videos, ...

Honda CR-Z hybrid, Toyota Crown hybrid 2007 Tokyo Motor Show videos 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Move over Honda Civic hybrid and Toyota Camry hybrid! If these videos from the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show are any indicators, the new hybrids coming out in the near future are going to be amazing. The video above is loud without much information other than CR-Z stands for compact renaissance zero but, ...

Tesseract on film: the leaning, four-wheeled, hybrid bullet bike comes to video 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is of Yamaha's very unusual Tesseract concept bike. The Tesseract has four wheels but the appearance is much more like a bullet bike than a traditional four-wheeler. The Tesseract is powered by a liquid cooled, V-twin, 2-cylinder gasoline engine and an electric motor. The clip ...

Videos: Jay Leno's E85 Corvette, Suzuki's fuel cell bullet bike 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Below the fold are two videos that proves green can be cool. The first video is Jay Leno showing off his E85 Corvette at this year's SEMA. "Green goes with mean was the message at" SEMA, according to the video's description (and backed up by Jay saying the car has 600 horse power). The second video ...

Videos of concept "chair" cars, iSwing and I-Real, and more Pivo 2 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

My favorite concept car at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show is Toyota's I-Real, a chair concept car, so I dug around for some videos of the thing moving around. You can watch videos of the I-Real and iSwing, another concept chair vehicle by Toyota, in action below the fold. I also found another video of ...

Videos: Aptera launch, Nissan concepts, Smart hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Below the fold are three videos I think you'll find interesting. The first video is from the Aptera launch party. The Aptera video has lots of cool music and people enjoying the debut of this very cool car. The second video below the fold is filled with Nissan's concept cars. The Nissan concepts ...

What's next for the Ferrari Millechili eco-friendly concept? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Remember when we showed you Ferrari's last concept car, the Millechili? Although made of cardboard, the car did offer some very interesting features in an effort to boost Ferrari's green-street-cred. They already have plenty of normal street-cred, as they say, so they decided to go a different ...

Frankfurt 2007: Toyota's iQ minicar concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

No, it's not up! Say hello to iQ, Toyota's new minicar concept. Autoblog has pictures of the car at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Toyota won't say if it's gas or electric but it is small. Well, "small yet spacious" is what Toyota is going for here. To save space, they have a removable seat, lots of ...

AutoblogGreen video round up: x6, Mixim, up! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Welcome to the second edition of the video round up. Three more videos of concept cars fresh from the Frankfurt Auto Show floor. The video above is BMW's X6 ActiveHybrid concept. BMW thinks it will be more efficient to use two electric motors. Below the fold is video of the interior of the Nissan ...

Video: Nissan's electric prototype, the Mixim 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan's EV concept, the Mixim, has a YouTube page. There is one video but there is very little information in it, unless the news is that Nissan is developing technology to change your environment into a big video game. There is one interesting thing, though: it seems Nissan thinks you would ...

Citron to show hybrid C-Cactus at Frankfurt 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here is another preview from the upcoming Frankfurt Auto Show. Citroën will show off a cool little hybrid concept called the C-Cactus. Citroen thinks C-Cactus could compete with the Prius, going on sale very soon at about the same price. The C-Cactus is powered by a 70 Hp diesel and 30 Hp ...

Geneva Motor Show: Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ plastic concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ concept. Click here to see Autoblog's much larger gallery. We reported on Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ concept back in mid-February. Now that the Geneva Motor Show is under way, Hyundai have released full details of ...

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