Archive for January, 2010

Kia Rio and Rondo named 2010 Consumer Guide Automotive Recommended Vehicles

Award-Winning Kia Vehicles Honored by Leading Online Consumer-Focused Resource for New and Used Vehicles – Rio selected in the subcompact car category for fuel economy, user-friendly instruments and driver controls – Rondo chosen in the midsize category for build quality as well as passenger and cargo room Kia Motors America (KMA) announced its popular subcompact [...]

Nissan Leaf electric car wins 2010 Green Car Vision Award

Electric Hatchback a Significant Step for Automaker, Green Car Journal Says The Nissan Leaf battery electric car has been named Green Car Journal’s 2010 Green Car Vision Award(TM) winner at The Washington Auto Show. The innovative Leaf is scheduled to go on sale later this year. Along with the Leaf, this year’s Green Car Vision [...]

Zero to 80 percent in 15 minutes: New benchmark for EV Fast-Charging

THINK, AeroVironment to pursue projects to promote fast-charging infrastructure EnerDel to be exclusive battery supplier for THINK City in the U.S. Electric vehicle manufacturer THINK announced it will work with AeroVironment, Inc. (AV), a leading developer and supplier of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, to pursue demonstration and commercial projects using AV’s level III fast-charge system [...]

New 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo goes on sale this week

Porsche Icon Boasts 500 Horsepower, Delivers 25 mpg Porsche Cars North America announced today that the 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo will arrive at its U.S. dealers this week and go on sale on January 30. This is only three months after the debut of the highly acclaimed Panamera, Porsche’s first Gran Turismo and sports car [...]

Chevrolet at the Washington D.C. Auto Show

Washington D.C. joins California and Michigan as a Chevrolet Volt lead retail market Simultaneous rollout of Volt in lead retail markets Chevrolet partners with D.C.-area utilities Dominion and Pepco in development and demonstration program Chevrolet presents growing family of fuel-efficient small and compact cars with Spark, Aveo RS show car and Cruze Chevrolet announced that [...]