The two prototypes that Audi takes the Geneva Motor Show, but there are models in electric or hybrid versions: the Audi A1 and-tron and the Audi A8 hybrid. All brands have reached the present stage of hybrid or electric prototypes, although not as fast when do they reach the dealers. For Audi, have confirmed that the hybrid Q5 will arrive later this year to production.

The Audi A1 e-tron, which shares its name with the Audi e-tron, is a 50 km electric A1 autonomy. It has a gasoline engine only type 254cc Wankel, which serves only to recharge the battery, which is achieved autonomy extend to 200 km. Making the average stay in only 1.9 liters per 100 km.

For his part, Audi A8 hybrid is a hybrid in the classic sense of the concept. Its engine is a 2.0 TFSI petrol, combined with the electric motor add up to 245 hp, latent power of representation to a saloon.

The average consumption is 6.2 liters per 100 km, good but not brilliant for a hybrid. It can work only with the electric motor to a speed of 65 km / h and a maximum of two km ideal for jams.

In addition to its characteristics, which in a room only imagine but not tested, both models were quite “real.” In particular the interior of the Audi A8 hybrid showed a combination of white and brown very elegant, with some specific details of the prototype as the upholstery of the seats, the hybrid emblem on the center console or tires.

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Superficially it calls attention to the doors opening in the form of scissors, a great symbol of the show car, the best is in your hood. Instead of a Peugeot engine block is either taken from Honda VTEC H23A. It is a 2.3-liter four-cylinder highly sought, with the aid of turbocharging, it can take 300 hp of power.

All this potential becomes a single wheel axle through a gearbox taken from a Prelude, a new nod and not just the last to Honda. Making accounts with the 206 kilos and leaves us a fairly maja in terms of weight / power but above all we should think about how nervous he must be the car.

But beyond the huge engine, this 206 is ready to run track after he has had the chassis by changing the train suspensions coilover for each type, and of course also the brakes, which are signed by Stoptech and include discs 32.8 cm.

The full list of modifications is long and gives more than to read a good time. With respect to the visible, has special bumpers, alloy wheels Ultralite 18 “, carbon fiber hood and spoiler or new lights.

Inside, Honda has more details as the proper instrument panel of the Honda Civic from 92, more carbon loading, Sparco seats and steering wheel, harness and roll cage and two bottles of nitrous oxide for when you need an extra push.

After so much figure list and ears should be open to hear the sound of the 206 VTEC Turbo. In the following video are part of the preparation and how well he passes the test when he treads heavily on the accelerator. The second video shows us what it takes “extra” the wheel 206 and how a more relaxed way.

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EBay Auctions

The Ghostbusters’ car, the sports? The yoyas?, A replica of KITT, the car of Alice Cooper … On eBay you can find almost anything and you’re good, you find amazing offers: a few months ago, a woman put up for sale his Ferrari Enzo on this platform in Germany and was offered herself as an accessory.

Every day, hundreds of Internet stations in the network acquire Most of them do not seek a particular vehicle. What you pay is the curriculum of the car: who is the owner? What movie has appeared? How many units are there?

Bids are staggering. Americans will pay a $ 350,000 original Batmobile used in the movie: Batman Forever?.

The house of the aristocracy

There are also reputable auction firms where lovers meet and billionaires of the engine. The most famous is Christie? S, which has a record unsurpassed by now: In 1987, a Bugatti Type 41 Royale Sports Coupe sold for 1931 EUR 8,170,500.

Forbes magazine conducted a few years ago a list of the most expensive auctioned car. Thirdly, included a Mercedes Benz 38/250 SSK, which was paid $ 7.4 million. Note also the sale in 2004 of a Bentley Speed Six for $ 5.1 million (he had won no fewer than four Le Mans).

There are auction company specializing in specific vehicles. For example, MRI has met on his last batch very cinematic vehicles. In its latest bid, included the Aston Martin DB5 James Bond and the Cadillac Town Sedan, 1928 by Al Capone. 007 car used by Sean Connery in? Goldfinger? and? Thunderball?, it was said that incorporating the superspy gadgets, such as driver’s seat ejection, a supplier of oil to create spots on the asphalt, front machine guns. For his part, Al Capone’s Cadillac boasted of his armor tested in the tough streets of Chicago in the ’20s.

Flea market by scrapping

All vehicles belonging to the Field of State Park (PME) go to auction cyclically: well, the Government renews its fleet officials. These cars are in perfect condition. In fact, one of the functions of PME (an agency of the Treasury) is to maintain and repair them in their garages.

The auction begins with the appraised price of the car, but normally you get to pay double the money. The usual stress that these quotes the case of vehicles with low mileage. In theory (there is even a Royal Decree that regulates so), people with official car can only use it? To your work?. Furthermore, these models have had a professional driver and have always been kept in garage, no more than 13 years old and vehicles are usually medium and high.

A municipal deposits each day comes a multitude of cars, the majority are coming from accidents or abandoned vehicles. These models are broken into lots. But cars also come by court order or because their owners have unpaid fines to the Treasury. The latter tend to be in perfect condition.

In warehouses can not buy cars, or even visit them. However, these models are put on sale (usually the municipality carries out the auction). In the event that no one bids on the vehicles, and after a specified period, is scrapping.

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Tandem discovered, sculpted carbon fiber, aluminum and magnesium. On the scale, 1,490 kilos. Hide a hybrid drive mode in series / parallel electrical units comprising the front and rear and a V8 petrol engine. Those add up 160 KW, or what is the same, pushing 218 hp, the combustion engine, meanwhile, is a new development on the 3.4-liter fast cycle: 9200 rpm and reaches more than 500 HP announces . For the shifter is used to known PDK dual-clutch seven relations.

Porsche does not mention global power, but a fact of performance that speaks volumes about its potential: 3.2 seconds in accelerating from 0 to 100 km / h. Its top speed of 320 km / h, and on the basis of time cited by the mark obtained at the Nurburgring, not only the mechanical part is special about the 918 Spyder, but also the chassis.

Behind the two seats is the form of lithium ion batteries, offset the weight distribution. They can store energy from the home network or recharged with the same electrical modules, converted into generators or retention phases of braking, so you always have power. Has four possible power management modes selectable at will by the driver from the steering wheel. The E-Drive allows 25 miles of electric range. The Hybrid Mode prioritizes energy efficiency without neglecting to provide pure, while the Hybrid Sport invest both, gaining the rear axle on a greater role in providing torque to the asphalt. Finally, the Hybrid Race is so focused on themselves to do his best and includes a timely supplement power when the batteries are fully loaded, a sort of “Turbo Power” or “Push to Pash”

The driving position is based on the race cars: there are three main areas as lighting, along with the rest of the cockpit controls, changes from green to red depending on the mode of propulsion used. The browser has a feature that details the radio range in terms of the autonomy of the car and the style / mode of driving. While in the center console features a touch command to control most vehicle functions. Its stunning aesthetic takes on a more curvaceous yet his wing when deployed active participant in both the aerodynamics of the car, the cooling of the engine. Fact or fiction. Time will tell, but it seems clear that Porsche already boasts ecology in the world of supercars.

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“This crisis is of unprecedented magnitude in 100 years. We need a new generation to carry out bold reforms,” he justified the change of board chairman Fujio Cho told a news conference.

Toyota, like many other global car manufacturers is heavily affected by the crisis. The company also announced Tuesday that its worldwide sales fell by 4% in 2008, and remained at 8.97 million vehicles, because the global economic slowdown hit demand. Domestic sales fell 5% to 2.15 million units, while overseas were down 4% and remained at 6.82 million vehicles, said Japan’s first automobile manufacturer in a statement.

In late December, Toyota said it expects to suffer the first losses in its history in the year 2008-2009, which expires at the end of March.

According to Tuesday’s edition of Yomiuri Shimbun, the group plans to eliminate an additional 3,000 jobs in Japan, announcing in November that it would lay off 3,000 temporary employees by the end of March 2009. A Toyota spokesman declined to confirm the information.

All these contingencies squarely hit a company renowned for its effectiveness and which many considered invincible. Until recently, Toyota was intended to be the first builder in history to sell more than 10,000 million vehicles a year.

Upon announcement of the name of the future president, Akio Toyoda said he was “impressed by the great responsibility” during a news conference. “I will return to the principles which governed the foundation of our company and, without being imprisoned by the past, I will lead the strongest possible reforms,” he added.

Analysts said the appointment of Toyoda breaks with the policy of expansion at all costs conducted by the two former presidents, Watanabe and Hiroshi Okuda.

Experts also estimate that is the choice of Toyoda, a member of the founding family, is a highly symbolic measure, intended to change the mood of workers.

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For the second consecutive year, the number 1 ranking it has the Fiat Stilo, closely followed this year by the new Seat Leon. The third is for the Fiat Grande Punto (Fiat apparently he has the measure of these things …). And if we have to emphasize a car out of these posts, that would be the Renault Twingo, with a creditable 6th place, ahead of many larger cars than he.

Then I leave the list of the top 10 The Best Cars For Making Love :

• Fiat Stilo
• Seat Leon
• Fiat Grande Punto
• Volkswagen Golf
• Ford Focus
• Renault Twingo
• Honda Civic
• Volkswagen Fox
• Ford Fiesta
• Renault Clio

If you go to special Autocity, you can find everything from photos of how you have done the research to a video of the making off. But calm, and alert you to the unavailability of all the top models of the global world, have had to do tests with dolls. Alas, again will be …

And if you’re interested, you can read the individual scores of the 29 cars tested to investigate which could be your next choice.

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A green car rental

The rental car program will include the new electric model Nissan Leaf, a family compact with seating for five adults and autonomy of 100 miles per charge which will be shown for the first time in Europe at the Geneva Auto Show in March and will begin shipping Japan, U.S. and Europe in late 2010.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance global market will start large-scale electric vehicle in 2012, and to lay the groundwork for this expansion, the Alliance has already formed partnerships with more than 40 governments, cities and other organizations in Japan, USA and Europe, to advance the deployment of electric vehicles worldwide.

This process includes developing comprehensive recharging infrastructure through public and private investment, incentives and grants from local, regional and national public education on individual and social benefits of zero-emission mobility.

“This partnership with Nissan seals the commitment of Hertz car rental with ecological and firmly demonstrates our mission to promote zero-emission mobility on a global scale,” said Mark P. Frissora, Chairman of the Board of the car rental firm.

“With unique solutions as the Hertz Green Collection, which is now available for our customers, we believe in the value of providing innovative mobility solutions to keep the growing demand for green transportation,” he added.

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I used based on the new Sonata, the proportions decreased and tried to do according to the hidden image of the car, like the picture below was the only reference for the rest had to merge elements of several other models of the brand. The Elantra now is the photo above, which shares the platform with the Kia Cerato. Welcome to the new Elantra is the model that Hyundai plans to produce at its new plant in Brazil.

After the new Sonata, and assuming the Veloster not arrive before the next big launch will be the fifth generation Hyundai Elantra. The South Korean manufacturer’s compact sedan has already been spied on several occasions, but never uncovered enough to make us a complete idea of what their new body. Now, thanks to Eduardo Oliveira, have a nice montage that could well reflect the design of this model related to the i30. The inspiration of retouching Sonata is more than evident, but judging by its broad outlines, it seems that Oliveira bet for a restrained visual changes, no room for bold as the door waiting for us inside.

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Although both conventional and electric cars contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, while burning car fleet are a multitude of sources emitting CO2 also move so it is difficult to capture their emissions, in the second case has the advantage that the electricity consumed in the car is generated in large power plants so it is an issue focused and controlled than is possible to apply techniques for CO2 capture and storage.

Here we compare a conventional vehicle, an electric hybrid and other similar characteristics. The conclusions reached is that from the standpoint of emissions, especially in town, the hybrid electric car and are less polluting, and this difference was smaller in the road transport. The main drawback, at least today, is the high price of electric cars. In any event, if you really want to contribute to emissions reductions is best to use public transport, of which the cleaner by far is the Metro that emits an average of 39 g / km and passenger for an occupancy of 24% vs. to the 135 petrol car with an occupancy of 1.3 passengers per car.

In Denmark and Israel are promoting initiatives to create networks of electric cars, charging systems or replacement of batteries and the production of electricity from renewable energies, in the case of Spain, the Ministry of Industry presents a target one million electric cars in 2014, which would increase the electricity consumption of 0.8%, a reduction in emissions of six thousand tons per day of CO2 and fuel economy of 3000 tons per day.

Transportation accounts for 70% of global oil consumption, of which 80% is due to road transport (trucks and vehicles), with respect to carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector accounts for 28% of these emissions and in Spain in particular private cars emit 12% of such emissions, particularly 59.83 Mton of CO2 annually.

Against this background the electric vehicle is presented as the perfect alternative to conventional car, being the solution to oil dependence and reducing emissions, these cars are often advertised as car zero emission of pollutants.

But electricity is far less clear, in fact is responsible for another 32% of emissions of greenhouse gases such emissions depending on the source of fuel for their generation and electricity from hydropower or renewable (particularly wind and / or photovoltaic or solar thermal power) is really clean as that obtained from coal will be a high level of emissions.

A first step to compare the emissions of conventional and electric vehicle is to determine the emissions in each of the cases compared in equivalent units, in our case we use the electric kWh:

· A liter of petrol or diesel is equivalent to 10 kWh of electricity and its combustion emits an average of 0.232 and 0.26 kgCO2/kWh petrol and diesel respectively.

· Concerning the origin of electricity and emissions, focusing on Spain and according to the advance report on electricity generation 2008 Spanish Red Electrica, electricity generated in 2008 had its origin in 32% CCGT 11% wind, 16% coal, 7% hydro, 20% nuclear and 19% other (special).

The following figure shows the emissions of carbon dioxide to generate one kWh in power plants based on the primary source used, the mix of Spanish and combustion engines (petrol and diesel).

From these data show that in Spain, the kWh of electricity generated 18% more emissions than a gasoline engine, which would be the cleanest, and 6% more than diesel and also very partially solve the dependency external energy as much natural gas as much of the coal used in its generation is imported.

But what is really important is to compare emissions and fuel costs per km route of the electric car and the conventional, this is somewhat complicated because it depends largely on the strength of each and especially combustion cars that normally are oversized for the actual needs.

The comparison of the conventional electric vehicle and to be fair should refer to cars of similar performance (power, capacity, speed, etc.). And it is really complicated because while it’s easy to get technical specifications of conventional vehicles such as power consumption fuel, top speed etc. (The IDEA (Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving of Energy) on their website have a database of cars in the reporting of both consumption and emissions and the characteristics of the same in terms of its power) in the power is much more complicated since to begin prototype cars are often impossible. We try to be the most objective way possible, to that end we start with the following information about the behavior of vehicles:

Vehicle conventional primary energy is the fuel (petrol or diesel). The engine converts chemical energy of fuel into mechanical energy. In this transformation, 30-40% (gasoline-diesel) of primary energy is converted into motion and the rest are losses (28% is lost in the radiator, 10% in the brake block and 35% goes for EP). The performance of the transportation and refining processes are above 85%), therefore Tank to wheel efficiency is 25%.

Electric Vehicle: The primary energy depends on the energy mix (32% combined cycle, 11% wind, 16% coal, 7% hydro, 20% nuclear and 19% rest), the conversion efficiency depends on the source but on average is about 40%, then we must take into account a 20% loss for processing and transportation, conversion of electricity into chemical energy stored in the battery and then back to electricity (85% efficiency) and 85% return on engine. The total primary energy conversion to mechanical engine is 21%.

Hybrid vehicle: A vehicle with a conventional engine and an auxiliary battery that is loaded with untapped energy during braking or when the car is stationary with the engine running, this happens quite often in the city which is where these cars have consumption significantly lower than conventional ones.

In the comparison of vehicles use the ISD model Honda CIVIC 1.4 (petrol), the equivalent hybrid Hybrid HONDA CIVIC 1.3 DSI as the equivalent electrical HONDA EV Plus battery electric vehicle that Honda produced until 2003 and stopped doing it because mainly to low demand for its high price (60,000 € today).

Comparing the conventional and the hybrid engine, the consumption of the latter is significantly lower than in town and therefore in emissions (40% lower consumption and CO2 emissions), and electrical issues between 11-35% less CO2 but must take into account emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in any case these emissions to be centrally generated in power stations might be preventing capture and CO2 cleaning.

With regard to the cost of fuel or electricity to km electric electric car advocates say leaves much cheaper, (4.21 € / 100 km versus 8.76), however if we take into account the depreciation of the car will cost a life average of 10 years (10,000 km), the price of km traveled with the electric car is three times more expensive than conventional.

The figure below compares the carbon dioxide emissions from different means of transportation for an average occupancy (1.3 passengers per car and 23% for bus and subway), and a total employment (in the case of the automobile 100% occupancy). We note that the underground city transport would be the cleaner and sustainable emitting four times less than gasoline car or two with regard to electricity.

Conclusion: The electric car is really clean and reduce energy dependence on countries where the source of that power is completely renewable. This has been understood in Israel that arose in 2011 that all-electric vehicles with more than 50000 points and 500 recharge battery replacement (battery be changed by another filled empty) for the procurement of electricity will be constructed photovoltaic or solar thermal power plants. Denmark plans a similar network in which case the source of electricity would be wind.

Another interesting project is the plan in the city of Newark (USA), which use electric vehicles as electric storage batteries for nighttime electricity from wind (wind is higher at night and to be less consumption and electricity can not be stored, must be shut mills).

In Spain, the Ministry of Industry states that in 2014 has 1 million electric vehicles, assuming an average distance of 33 km per day per vehicle and based on these 22 kWh / 100km above the Honda Civic, would be a daily consumption of 7 GWh electricity that seem many but they really are the 0.8% of the 775 GWh of electricity every day in Spain or 5% of the 139 GWh wind power, which is equivalent to operating wind turbines were installed more than 24 minutes they do every day (5 hours).

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According to the Europa Press agency in the region in the first two weeks of this month 604 vehicles were registered, compared to 381 last year, representing an increase of 58.5 percent.

By Autonomous Community, is that of Madrid may be leading the growth, with 97.4%, no doubt driven by purchases made by hire car, which rose 582%. In this line are also Valencia, where enrollments grew 69.2%, followed by Extremadura (+58.5%) and Andalusia (+52.8%), where the channel of carriers, also shot ( +769.2%).

Other autonomous communities have been strong growth Castilla-La Mancha (+48.8%), Balearic Islands (+48.1%), Catalonia (+40%), Navarra (+35.4%) and Canary Islands, where the sales grew 32.3%.

Other regions also experienced positive data, such as Galicia (+28.4%), Murcia (+27.5%), Basque Country (+23.9%), Castilla y León (+17.5%), Cantabria (+16%), La Rioja (15.7%), Aragon (+12.8%) and Ceuta and Melilla (+8.5%).

Only Asturias is outside this list, because there the market drops to 5% so far this month.

Specifically, in the country in the first two weeks of this month, 38,216 vehicles were registered, compared with 24,756 a year ago, representing an increase “very significant” 54.4 per cent.

This “good” data FACONAUTO confirmed as “good expectations” that the industry was announcing to the start of this year. Again, in line followed since the launch the Plan 2000E, the private market, to directly serving automotive dealers, “pulls” of sales and up 38.5%, with 23,358 units registered the first two weeks of the month, up from 16,868 a year ago.

The most significant element, though, what channel PROVIDE rent a car, which enhances their recovery, according FACONAUTO who adds that so far this month, has sold 8364 vehicles in this channel, compared with 1782, 2009 , resulting in a dramatic increase of 369.4 percent.

Finally, the canal companies, which was depressed for many months, up 6.5%, with 6494 registrations in 6106 compared with a year ago. Only falls Asturias

FACONAUTO is a federation created in 1986 bringing together the official dealer associations present in Spain. Currently, she is part of 3188 touring car dealers and 311 vehicles, of which approximately 3588 companies rely on secondary distribution network, which totals over 7087 automotive SMEs in Spain. These companies generated 150,000 jobs directly and a turnover of 80,000 million euros annually.

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