The greenest cars at the EcoVelocity Green Motor Show included the range-extended Fisker Karma and the electric Lightning GT, Delta E4 Coupe and Tesla Roadster.

The official strapline of the LowCVP Conference 2012 that took place on 10 May was ‘Low Carbon Road Transport: Moving to Maturity’; in real terms the content was all about how we make the transition from low to ultra-low carbon vehicles. 

Cenex LCV2012, the UK’s most important low carbon vehicle event, is returning to Millbrook Proving Ground, 5-6 September 2012, and all the latest news about the event will be here on Green-Car-Guide.com.

Green-Car-Guide.com was involved in an Electric Vehicle test drive event in London on 30 March 2012, organised by the London Borough of Camden – watch the video here and see people’s views about electric cars.

Drayson Racing Technologies and Lola Group today unveiled the 850 hp electric-powered Le Mans prototype racing car, the Lola-Drayson B12/69EV, at the 2012 MIA Low Carbon Racing Conference at the NEC.

What will provide the best traction up an icy hill? We test a four-wheel drive car with standard tyres versus a two-wheel drive car with winter tyres?

The ‘greenness’ of a car is currently based on its ‘tailpipe’ CO₂ emissions; however this doesn’t allow for the CO₂ in its manufacture; so is a rating based on the entire CO₂ produced over a vehicle’s lifetime, including manufacture, a better idea?

A number of common questions about green cars, that originated from the public and the RAC Foundation, were fired at a panel on stage in the Regent Street Motor Show following the RAC Future Car Challenge; here are our answers.

The RAC Future Car Challenge event took place on 5 November 2011; the aim of the event was to drive from Brighton to London using the least energy possible, and a variety of the latest low carbon vehicles took part.

Paul Clarke, Founder and Editor of Green-Car-Guide.com, drove the BMW ActiveE in the RAC Future Car Challenge event; could we achieve a result that showed that this was one of the most efficient electric cars?