Monday, 1 February 2010

Elegant Nissan

The Leaf is an all-electric 5-passenger subcompact with a 100 mile range powered by a 107 horsepower electric motor feeding off a Nissan-designed lithium-ion battery pack. Charge time is 4 hours from a 220 volt home charger, and public quick-charge stations running at 480 volts will be able to juice the car up to 80% capacity in 26 minutes]. The Leaf EV will initially be sold to fleets and commercial entities, with retail sales starting in select regions as the public charging infrastructure becomes available.

Elegant Mercedes-Benz

The flagship S-Class sedan gets updated exterior styling and a host of new safety gizmos.

Lexus

Lexus will introduce an all-new version of their RX SUV for 2010. The gasoline version will continue on as the RX350 (now up to 275 hp), while the hybrid gets a bigger (3.5 liter) Atkinson-cycle V6 and a new name, RX 450h. Total power output for the RX 450h hybrid is 295 horsepower.