Lamborghini Sesto Elemento, Only for Racing and Museum

Although it has been managed to attract attention at the Paris motor show some time ago, Lamborghini was not interested in selling cars Elemento Sesto concept and will only make it to racing matters only.

This car uses carbon fiber material for the entire material. Elemento Sesto own name seems to refer to the number of carbon atoms of the element which is the number 6. By using the carbon fiber body weight is a very light car that is only 999 kg.

With super-lightweight body and a boost engine Lamborghini Sesto Elemento typical malignant can be invited to run 0-100 km / h in just 2.5 seconds, with maximum speed reaches 354 km / hour.

It is estimated that if the car was mass produced the price will be very expensive. Could be more than the price of the Lamborghini Reventon sold for 1 million euros and be one of the most expensive car in the world.

Jakarta, The First City in Southeast Asia That Having Smart Electric Car

DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has just got a new toy that is a smart electric car electric drive (ed). And it turns out this is the first smart ed in the region of Southeast Asia.

President Director of PT Mercedes-Benz Indonesia, said Rudi Borgenheimer smart unit that lent to the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta is about 1 in 1,500 units of the smart ed is tested in Europe, the United States, Canada and Asia.

"This is the first time a city in the ASEAN manerima smart ed as a material unit testing project. This shows that Indonesia as a country of importance to Daimler AG in terms of future technology-friendly environment," he said at City Hall on Wednesday (24/11 / 2010).

Smart ed itself is a zero-emission electric cars produced by smart, a brand that dinauingi by Daimler AG. Using the Smart ForTwo base, this car harness the energy from the electric motor as the driving.

This car is reinforced lithium ion batteries made by Tesla Motors is capable of producing power to 27 hp to 40 hp with peak torque to 120 Nm.

With a battery of smart ed can explore 135 km of roads with a single energy charge and ran up to 100 km per hour.

Batteries that her arms that can be filled only within 3 hours only with injection systems that use made Siemens electric voltage 220 volts or 110 volts.

Volt The Green Car of The Year

Chevrolet Volt finally beat rival Japan in the race car environment friendly Green Car of the Year 2011. Year 2011 in the United States means refers to the automobile output in 2010. Volt beat rivals such as Nissan LEAF weight, Lincoln MKZ Hybrid, Ford Fiesta (the only conventional-engined cars) and the Hyundai Sonata hybrid. Announcement of the winner of Green Car of the Tear was held on the sidelines of the Los Angeles Auto Show.

"I am deeply honored to stand here with this car," said GM Vice President Joel Ewanick when receiving the award.

Ewanick immediately give praise for the engineers who have created eco-friendly Volt.

Volt electric car can drive up to 65 km once the contents of the batteries, but the Volt also has a gasoline engine for charging.

The gasoline engine produces power that is transmitted through the

drive unit and balanced by the generator and traction motor.

Even so the GM called the Volt is not a hybrid car but extended range electric car. Electric cars that can be used by not only among the urban commuter only.