Electric Car New York

At a media preview the night before the 2011 New York Auto Show, Porsche executives drove their re-created 1900 Semper Vivus series hybrid across the room to their latest hybrid, the 2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid. The Semper Vivus (“always live”) is widely acknowledged to be the world’s first hybrid, built in 1900 by Ferdinand Porsche when he worked for the Austrian automaker Lohner. Now housed in the Porsche Museum, the Semper Vivus took three years to re-create from just a handful of photos and drawings. Its twin DeDion Bouton 1.7-liter single-cylinder engines power generators that flow electric current to the car’s electric front wheel motors. Visit some of our sites today: Industry leading car reviews and shopping tools www.thecarconnection.com luxury and performance cars: www.motorauthority.com green and electric cars: www.greencarreports.com www.allcarselectric.com Family cars: www.familycarguide.com Cars and social media: www.socialcarnews.com

Read more: www.motorauthority.com Take a look at the new 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, and you might not need that testosterone injection. In addition to the stronger stance and racy details, it makes 465 horsepower from 6.4 liters and can get from zero to 60 in just 4.8 seconds, according to Jeep. Visit High Gear Media sites today: Industry leading car reviews and shopping tools www.thecarconnection.com Luxury and performance cars: www.motorauthority.com Green and electric cars: www.greencarreports.com www.allcarselectric.com Family cars: www.familycarguide.com Cars and social media: www.socialcarnews.com

Columbia Engineering School Hosts Panel Discussion on New York and the Electric Car Columbias Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science The panelists include Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs; Doherty Senior Scholar in the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Roger Anderson; Line Director for General Motorss Chevy Volt electric car Tony Posawatz; Director of Research and Development, Power Supply, at ConEdison, Arthur Kressner; and Earth Institute Director of Sustainable Mobility Lawrence Burns. Keynote speakers include John Gilbert, Executive Vice President of Rudin Management. The panel will be moderated by Kathleen Deveny of Newsweek magazine. GMs Chevy Volt, which will be available starting in the fall of 2010, will be on display at the engineering schools plaza near the entrance to the Mudd building.