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It has installed 165 chargers nationwide

Estonia is the first country in the world to have a national electric car charging network. The country financed the installation 165 fast charging stations by selling 10 million CO2 emission permits to Mitsubishi in 2011. As part of that deal, Mi...

Aiming for profitability in first quarter of 2013

Tesla fourth quarter 2012 financial results show the first chances of profitability for the company soon, but it still lost money for the quarter. Tesla’s revenue was up over seven times to $306.3 million for the fourth quarter, compared...

She sold £13m of Veyrons in 2012

Anita Krizsan might be the best car salesperson in the world. She sold 11 Bugatti Veyrons last year worth about £13 million ($19.8 million or €15 million). Volkswagen has not released its full annual sales for Bugatti yet, but last ...

The world's most aerodynamic car

Volkswagen has achieved today a project that it has been working on for over a decade. It showed its first concept for the 1.0-liter car at a VW stockholders meeting in April 2002. Now, just less than 11 years later, Volkswagen will show a product...

Car comes from designer Pawel Czyzewski

Self-taught, Polish designer Pawel Czyzewski has created a concept he calls the Bugatti Gangloff concept to imagine what a modern version of the Type 57 Atalante would look like.  The name for the concept comes from Swiss coachbuilde...

The plugin hybrid A3 combines high power and high efficiency

Audi will reveal its concept for a plug-in hybrid future at the Geneva Motor Show in the Audi A3 e-tron. The car combines a 1.4 TFSI engine with an electric motor to create a powertrain that gives 201hp of power and claimed fuel economy of 1.5l/10...

Body and interior inspired from GTI

Volkswagen has revealed that the seventh-generation Golf GTD will debut at the Geneva Motor Show on March 5. The latest generation packs a 2.0 TDI with182hp and 221lb-ft of torque (300Nm), which makes it the most powered GTD in the model&rsquo...

Audi will double SUV lineup to compete against BMW

Audi is working on three new SUVs with hope to cut BMW's sales lead. The new crossovers will use the same platforms as the current Audi Q models but with sportier styling.  The cars will be called the Q2, Q4 and Q6. The Q2 will be bas...

Will be staffed by members of both companies

Volvo and its owner Geely will open a new research and development center in Volvo’s historic home of Gothenburg, Sweden. The center will employ 200 total people from both companies who will focus on new, shared technology. The specific ...

European premiere in March

Mercedes donated a classic 280 SE and new A-Class to the new film Night Train to Lisbon that will begin premiering in Europe on February 20 but will get a wider release on March 7.  The film is based on the novel of the same name and is d...