A joint call for collaborative R&D projects under the Niche Vehicle R&D Programme, with £900,000 funding, has been announced by Cenex, the Technology Strategy Board and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV).

The new Mazda TAKERI and CX-5, both with SKYACTIV technologies, will be on display at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show.

The UK’s first open access hydrogen vehicle refuelling station has been officially opened at Honda’s manufacturing facility in Swindon.

As the next stage in making conventional engines more efficient, BMW is looking to recover and reuse heat energy lost through the exhaust and that absorbed by the engine cooling system.

Mazda may not have been a leader in the area of green cars over recent years, but all that is about to change with the company’s new SKYACTIV technology, which is set to appear on the new Mazda CX-5.

The McLaren V8 twin-turbo engine – the world’s greenest supercar engine – will be produced at Ricardo’s new High Performance Assembly Facility, which was formally declared open today.

Gordon Murray Design has announced that it is partnering with ACAL Energy to design an affordable fuel cell vehicle.

A new engine is coming from Ford, and at 1-litre it’s the company’s smallest ever engine, as well as the firm’s first ever three-cylinder unit.

Volvo will be testing flywheel technology on public roads this autumn with the aim of achieving a twenty per cent improvement in miles per gallon.

A total of £500,000 is now available for low volume automotive companies who wish to collaborate on low carbon projects.