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Citroen DS3 Interior revealed

The interior of the new Citroen DS3 (DS Inside Concept) due in Spring 2010 Last week we had an online configurator for the new Citroen DS3 (DS Inside Concept) which – as we told you at the time – was a way to make some great, and not so great, colour combos on the car. But the configurator was just the exterior, so we had no real idea what the inside of the Inside would look like. And nor did we when we saw the original Citroen DS Inside Concept at Geneva, as the doors were firmly shut and the windows blacked out.

Better Place Electric Car visitor centre opens

Better Place have opened a visitor centre in Israel to demonstrate their battery swap technology for electric cars Last October we wrote about a start-up company in Israel – Better Place – that had a new way forward for electric cars by taking the purchase of battery packs out of the equation, and was developing a system for ‘Battery Swap’ stations where electric car owners could drive in and swap their battery pack for a fully-charged one in a few minutes. That story first brought to our attention our favourite quote of last year – by Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn – who said “A hybrid is like a mermaid: if you want a fish, you get a woman; if you want a woman, you get a fish.” Which probably explained why Nissan – and its partner Renault – got involved with Better Place. Better Place aims to address the main concerns of electric car drivers by making the battery packs in electric cars ‘swappable’.

Ford SYNC and Spotify get cosy

Ford SYNC getting Spotify? For the technophobes amongst you the headline may sound like a bunch of geek-speak. Spotify?