Flex Fuel

Kia's Soul Flex uses ethanol, which is 40% cheaper than gas in Brazil, gets a 44 percent improvement in fuel efficiency, with power and torque figures also a slight improvement compared with the existing petrol model.

GM has announced that its Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle is expected to achieve city fuel economy of at least 230 miles per gallon. The figure is based on a new EPA methodology especially developed for plug-in electric vehicles.

March 11, 2009 Brazilian Honda subsidiary Moto Honda da Amazonia Ltda.(HDA) has begun sales of the CG150 TITAN MIX, the first motorcycle in the world to be e

Automotive technology specialist Ricardo has revealed the development of technology that optimizes ethanol-fuelled engines to a level of performance that exceeds gasoline engine efficiency and approaches levels previously reached only by diesel engines.

Just over a quarter century ago, Saab showed the first four-seater convertible to the world, creating a new class of luxury automobile. Now it’s set to do it all over again with the 9-X Air concept car and a visually-distinctive newly-designed Canopy Top designed to aerodynamically cocoon the passen

World-renowned Lotus Engineering, has entered into a collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast and Jaguar Cars to develop an engine which maximises fuel efficiency when running on renewable fuels. The OMNIVORE concept will employ novel engine architecture to achieve a high thermal efficiency whe

Mazda has committed to cutting the fuel consumption of its vehicles by an average of 30% by 2015 by exploring a combination of fuel-cutting initiatives, including the development of lighter-weight technologies, carbon neutral bioplastics

July 30, 2007 With rising oil prices threatening to put sports aviation out of reach of the average enthusiast, innovators are looking at how the sport might be

June 26, 2007 Mitsubishi is to launch the first full-feature four-wheel drive flex-fuel vehicle (FFV), onto the Brazilian market. The Pajero TR4 Flex will be l

April 21, 2007 The number of significant announcements coming out of the Shanghai Motor Show underlines the growing importance of the Chinese Auto market on the

April 16, 2007 Malaysia’s National auto manufacturer Proton has unveiled its first Hybrid prototype, designed in collaboration with Lotus Engineering. It is ju

February 17, 2007 Venture Vehicles has formally announced in Los Angeles, the development of a revolutionary (not to mention very cool), 3-wheel, tilting, plu