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HKG and Pininfarina introduce two more microturbine range extended EVs; graphene-enhanced LTO batteries

Green Car Congress

At Auto Shanghai 2017, China-based Hybrid Kinetic Group (HK), with its partner Pininfarina, introduced two more microturbine range-extended electric vehicles: the five-seat K550 and 7-seat K750 SUVs. These join the luxury sedan H600, introduced earlier this year at the Geneva show ( earlier post ), making a family of three.

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News: 2023 Pebble Beach Concept EV Debuts

Clean Fleet Report

News: 2023 Pebble Beach Concept EV Debuts 6 Exotic EVs Announced at Monterey Car Week Another winged flyer-the Pininfarina Battista Edizione Nino Farina Electric cars to this point have pretty much been designed to replace the daily drivers we all use—everyday sedans, SUVs and pickup trucks. Both models have full-time all-wheel drive.

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Hybrid Kinetic H600 microturbine range-extended electric vehicle concept runs 0-100 km/h in 2.9 seconds

Green Car Congress

At the Geneva Auto Show, the China-based Hybrid Kinetic group unveiled the H600 microturbine range-extended electric vehicle sedan concept, produced together with its vehicle design and engineering partner, Pininfarina. Pininfarina and Cambiano project. Range is more than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles).

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Scrapyard Find: 2010 Citroën C4 Picasso VTR+

The Truth About Cars

The selling points are plenty of passenger and cargo capacity with a small footprint, plus good fuel economy; the downside is a goofy appearance that even Pininfarina wasn't able to fix. For 2010, the C4 Picasso was available with diesel or gasoline power. liter diesel straight-four, rated at 110 horsepower. This one has the 1.6-liter

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India’s Mahindra plans Australian electric vehicle assault with batteries from China’s BYD

EV Central

” The XUV brand is already present in Australia via the diesel XUV700 SUV, and EVs in this group will be shared developments with ICE models. At the opposite end of the scale, Mahindra also funds and owns the Pininfarina EV supercar company.

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Battista Electric Hyper GT Bespoke Program Announced

CleanTechnica EVs

Electric vehicles are better for the environment and they have no direct toxic emissions like gas-powered and diesel-powered vehicles do. This fact is readily observable by anyone who is paying attention to the rise of EVs. Additionally, as the world moves toward more and more clean, renewable […].

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

Designed by Pininfarina VinFast VF 8 gave the designers at the famed Pininfarina studio a blank sheet. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.