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Electric Cars
A one-stop shop for everything you need to know about pure electric cars, extended-range electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, including reviews of all plug-in cars.
- May 7, 2013
- Featured, Features, Technology
Electric Car Guide video
The Electric Car Guide video is an engaging, user-friendly introduction to pure Electric, Plug-in Hybrid and Extended-Range Electric Vehicles (E-REVs).
- January 13, 2013
- Electric Cars UK, Featured, Features
Electric Vehicles eligible for the Plug-in Car and Plug-in Van Grant
To provide more information as a follow-up to our introductory Electric Car Guide video, these are the electric vehicles that are eligible for the government’s Plug-in Car Grant and Plug-in Van Grant.
- January 13, 2013
- Electric Cars UK, Featured, Features
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Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid production increased
Production of the Volvo V60 Plug-in Diesel Hybrid is being increased by 90 per cent to cope with strong demand for the cars across Europe.
- May 16, 2013
- Green Car News, Hybrid Cars
Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid: 211mph and 85mpg
The 887hp Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid features a mid-mounted 4.6-litre V8 engine and two electric motors which combine to deliver 0-62mph in 2.8 secs, a 211mph top speed, 85mpg and 79 g/km CO2.
- May 15, 2013
- Green Car News, Hybrid Cars
Renault to supply cars for FIA Formula E Championship
Renault SAS has signed on as official Technical Partner of Spark Racing Technology to supply Formula E cars to be entered in the FIA Formula E Championship.
- May 14, 2013
- Electric Vehicles, Green Car News, Motorsport
LowCVP Annual Conference 2013 - Beyond the Tailpipe
The first speakers for the LowCVP's 2013 annual conference - to be held on Thursday 11 July in Central London - have been announced and include leading representatives of the European Commission, Department for Transport and the Commitee on Climate Change.
- May 3, 2013
- Green Car News, Green Motoring Awards & Events
New 88.3mpg Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion
The new Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion offers fuel economy of 88.3mpg on the combined cycle and emissions of just 85g/km CO2.
- May 2, 2013
- Green Car News, New Low Emission Cars
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Ford Fiesta 1.0-litre EcoBoost green car review
The Ford Fiesta 1.0-litre EcoBoost is a perfect match between car and engine, resulting in a vehicle that’s light, agile, fun, responsive, refined and efficient.
- May 13, 2013
- Car Reviews and Road Tests
Ford B-MAX green car review
The Ford B-MAX is a compact MPV which comes close to offering the agile driving experience of a Fiesta, but with more space, and it still returns an official 55.4mpg from its petrol engine.
- May 10, 2013
- Car Reviews and Road Tests
Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC green car review
The Honda Civic now has a new 1.6-litre diesel engine and it’s proven to be the most economical car in real life use that we’ve tested to date, as well as being an accomplished motorway cruiser.
- April 28, 2013
- Car Reviews and Road Tests
Fiat Panda 4x4 1.3 MultiJet green car review
The Fiat Panda 4x4 is a city car, but if you imagine that this is a typical ‘pretend’ small crossover with no off-road capability you would be very wrong, as our test up a snowy mountain demonstrated…
- April 21, 2013
- Car Reviews and Road Tests
Vauxhall Mokka 1.7 CDTI 4x4 green car review
The Vauxhall Mokka is looking to capitalise on the increasing demand for small ‘urban’ SUVs. The 1.7 CDTI has good official economy which also translates to good economy in real life, but it's let down by a noisy engine.
- April 19, 2013
- Car Reviews and Road Tests
Features
Volvo’s flywheel KERS puts a new spin on hybrid cars
Volvo has been working for the past year to develop a Formula 1 style kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) suitable for use in future road cars. We visited the company’s headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, to try out the development prototype on a test track.
- May 17, 2013
- Features, Technology
Has the efficiency of cars improved fast enough?
The many ways in which cars have improved over the last 40 years was highlighted at the recent Northern Group of Motoring Writers (NGMW) 40th Anniversary event, when various cars spanning this time period were available to drive.
- May 14, 2013
- Automotive Events, Features
Are electric vehicles practical as fleet cars?
Are electric vehicles taking off as company fleet cars? If so, why? If not, why not? Here’s a summary of the Electric Vehicles Conference that took place in London on 30 April 2013.
- May 3, 2013
- Automotive Events, Features
The BMW i3 – the world’s most sustainable car?
BMW is launching a new ‘mid-engined’, rear-wheel drive, lightweight car, with zero g/km CO2 tailpipe emissions, and the company claims that it will be the most sustainable car on sale.
- April 17, 2013
- Features
Niche Vehicle Network Symposium 2013
Car dashboards being replaced by iPads and a new UK Advanced Propulsion Centre were two of the ideas highlighted at the 2013 Niche Vehicle Network Symposium which took place on 19 March at the Heritage Centre at Gaydon.
- March 25, 2013
- Automotive Events, Features, Green Automotive Industry, Trends
