The Aptera 2e, that all-electric car that has made consumers’ minds roll on what is really the score with the whole design will be delayed. This was learned after Aptera announced that the Aptera 2e will start production in 2010. Originally, this vehicle was to start production this year but apparently some money considerations has stalled the vehicle from breaking ground. The forefathers are contending that they can shell out the cash to kick off things but want to avail of the financing program before making any hasty decisions.

This means that the 4,000 people who have placed pre-orders will have to wait some more before the Aptera 2e really goes into production. Hopefully though the long wait will be worth every penny that they had deposited for the said vehicle.

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Jay Leno has had this timed trial race with an electric car since his new show began, and I suppose that he is the perfect spokesperson for the electric Tango. This car is designed to only take up half a lane, and is totally electric.

Jay didn’t crack any obvious jokes about the car’s small size, but remarked that it didn’t feel so small once he was behind the wheel. The Tango is only capable of 40 miles at highway speeds now, but future efforts are hoping to bring it up to 200 miles.

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It would appear that the 2011 Buick Regal isn’t the only car being unveiled in LA of late. The Bugatti Galibier debuted last week with this W16 super saloon concept. Man, I have never seen car this shiny, ever. It’s like a mirror. I’m sure it is pretty expensive, so I would be willing to believe its made of silver.

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I can’t believe this particular video here. I watched it to see the Ford Shelby, Camaro, Jeep, and other cars, and quickly discovered that it was not real. All of it is done through 3D rendering, and it is pretty darn amazing, isn’t it? If you love cars, special effects, and music from epic movies, then you will love this.

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If you look closely, you can see two Michael J. Fox films combined. The first is Back to the Future, but instead of using a Dolorean and a huge remote control to operate a car, they are using an Oldsmobile Delta and an iPhone app. Not only that, but they are “motorsurfing”, something that Michael J. Fox and friends did in Teen Wolf. Enjoy the video for more action.

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What you see there is not some land model of the Cloud City spaceships from The Empire Strikes Back, but an entry in a special concept car contest. This contest is the 6th Annual Design Challenge, in an attempt to figure out what the youths of 2030 will be driving. Design studios at Audi, GM, Honda, Mazda, and Toyota are all designing their “Youthmobiles”, and the winner will be announced on December 3rd at the LA Auto Show.

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Peugeot has unveiled a new emission-free electric car in the market coined the BB1. This new concept electric car can seat up to 4 adults and can go as far as 75 miles. It is easy to park and is fitted with two electric motors mounted at the rear wheel. It runs on two lithium-ion batteries and the passenger compartment ventilation keeps operating in daylight thanks to solar panels on the roof of the vehicle.

No word on whether this will become official nor numbers to support it. But maybe when everything is ironed out, we can get more specifics about this latest electric car from Peugeot.

Image Credits: Channel 4

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Here’s a little SEMA surprise: the Toyota Tundra Midnight Rider Tailgater. Inspired by Brooks and Dunn, it is the ultimate tailgate party vehicle.

It includes an infrared barbecue, Grill N Chill cooking space, slide-out cargo box, and a 42-inch flat-panel TV with complete sound system. It also has something that no pickup truck has: Belt Buckle door handles.

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A graphic designer named Kevin Morgan put a Trans Am rebody on a new Camaro at last year’s SEMA 2008. Autoblog has another version this year with the “Phoenix” 2.0.

This year’s model has a quad-healight front fascia, and hearkens back to the age of the Firebird. If you want to get in on this action, there is plans for a kit to be made available sometime in early 2010.

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We’ll be covering the SEMA car show in Las Vegas a lot this week, and here is one of the craziest. This is the Toyota Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer, aka the Taco ATG (as printed on the license plate).

The Taco ATG has huge gull-wing doors that are essentially the front and back doors welded together. It also has a six-foot bed, along with four X-box 360 elites hooked up to four foldable 24-inch Samsung LCDs.
Did I mention an energy drink dispenser? It has it.

Just riding this is enough to make the geekiest gamer cool.

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Take a look at what many are referring to as the Corvette Centennial. Of course, I believe a centennial is actually a period of one hundred years. Chevrolet has recently unveiled the 50th anniversary of the Corvette Stingray with this concept model.

Already, it is a star, having appeared as Sideswipe in the hit (yet awful) movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It also made an appearance at the Chicago Auto Show.

So what else does it have? See after the jump:

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As if the Audi TT-S driving up Pike’s Peak by itself wasn’t exciting enough, Volkswagen and Stanford University to create a robotic Passat.

They are investing $5.75 million dollars for this endeavor, and so far, this Passat finished second in the 2007 DARPA urban challenge, where robot cars can automatically avoid obstacles and drive through busy intersections. By the way, the Passat can also automatically parallel park.

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What you see above is the Hennessey Hyundai Genesis Carbon Coupe, a vehicle created by John Hennessey and students of his recently launched Tuner School.

This vehicle features 500hp and 465 pounds-per-feet of torque thanks to a turbocharger, new high flow fuel injectors and a plehtora of other upgrades. The creators say the vehicle can reach 60 mph in just 3.9 seconds and complete a 1/4 mile in just 12.5 seconds.

Want it? Too bad as it’ll probably never see public production.

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I have heard that there are cars that can help parallel park for you, with the aid of computers and rear mounted cameras. This particular experimental model uses a different method, but it cuts down the time of a parallel parking in half!

Check it out on the video. Please note the use of the fifth wheel, the one that isn’t in the way!

I have got to get me one of these!

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Considering there is now enough vacant land in Detroit to cover the city of Boston completely, the place is definitely hurting for some good news.

Remember what I said about car shows going downhill?  Well, a reader alerted me, and I just saw the news today myself so I’ll pass it directly on to you.  The 2010 International Auto Show in Detroit is BOOKED SOLID.

There will be seven hundred different car models on display there, and what’s more, fifty of them will be never before seen models.

I can’t understand for the life of me, however, why Detroit is putting this show on in JANUARY.  January poses one of the biggest chances for inclement weather in the entire year, possibly only matched by February or maybe December.  The key thing is, about the closer you get to mid-January, the more likely you are to get serious snow mixed with ice mixed with a slow frozen death.

There’s an old joke in Michigan, and it’s got two endings.  The joke:

People say Michigan is a four-season state.  Not true; it only has two.  The two seasons in Michigan are winter and road construction (some substitute “road construction” with “winter’s coming”).

And this is why it’s probably a terrible idea for Detroit to have this show in the Russian roulette of horrible weather that is January.

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