It’s obvious that Opel is busy this year as they came up with an updated Insignia OPC. However, clearly overshadowing the vehicle is the new Monza Concept, which is not just a collection of curves, but rather an art to behold. It was unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show.
Nissan revealed a range of vehicles at the 2013 Dubai Motor Show, with the most notable being the new facelifted Nissan Patrol, the Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid, and the Nissan Smart Hybrid Taxi.
Volkswagen have increased their range of the Up and the Golf as they are all set to unveil the electric versions of the two. The duo made their appearance at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show this week.
In a twist of events, Range Rover will be unveiling hybrid versions of two of their flagships — the Range Rover and the Sport models. The duo will be making its first appearance at the Frankfurt Motor Show in the coming weeks.
BMW have shed the details of their latest offering to the ‘green car’ industry, the X5 e-Drive. And yes, it is another plug-in concept model, only this time, it is based on the upcoming X5, and is expected to be unveiled in a few weeks at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show.
Having a vehicle with a separate CNG kit installed isn’t new. But apparently the good news is that Ford is setting heavy-duty engine components into select 3.7-litre V6s to allow them to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) in addition to petrol!
American University of Sharjah unveiled the Eco-Stallion, an environmentally-friendly vehicle manufactured by a group of students from the engineering department. It will be the university’s maiden entry at this year’s Shell Eco-marathon Asia, an annual event where student teams from around the world compete to show off their ultra-energy efficient vehicles.
Last month, Fisker Automotive’s executive chairman, Henrik Fisker, resigned from the company. Now the electric-car maker is preparing for a potential bankruptcy.
This week, the Atlantis hotel in Dubai goes green with Mercedes-Benz hybrids, Abu Dhabi is thinking of reducing the mimimum driving age, some 2014 Cadillac CTS surface, and Bridgestone promotes tyre safety in Doha.
BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation are pursuing their “strategic long-term cooperation” in the field of “sustainable mobility” by recently signing agreements to collaborate for the joint development of a fuel cell system, architecture, lightweight technologies, and more interestingly, components for a new sports car.