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Electric Vehicles

News, reviews and information about electric vehicles, including cars, bikes and vans.

Toyota i-ROAD in Grenoble

Toyota i-ROAD EV to be put to the Test in Grenoble Trial

You hear a lot about future mobility, smart cities, and other innovations designed to make cities and urban transport more pleasant and manageable in years to come. Concrete examples, however, are still few and far between. When the back-to-school season begins after this summer, this dream will become a reality in Grenoble and the outlying […]

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GKN Festival of Speed

Pikes Peak EV 2012 Winner on Show at Goodwood Festival of Speed

GKN is making its debut in the hill climb at the world-renowned Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) with a record-breaking electric race car and a stand that offers an engaging introduction into the challenges of automotive engineering. The TMG EV P002 electric race car, a 2012 winner of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, features

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Detroit Electric

Detroit Electric Prepares for Fastest Production EV Launch

Detroit Electric is finalising dynamic testing of its SP:01 pure-electric sportscar at a facility in Europe ahead of its introduction to several markets across the globe. The lightweight, two-seat, rear-wheel-drive,open-top sportscar promises to thrill the EV market with its blistering performance and exhilarating dynamics. This latest version of the SP:01 has seen additional development work

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Nissan e-NV200 electric van prices announced

Nissan e-NV200 Prices Announced

Nissan have announced pricing for their all electric van. Starting at a mere £13,393 (with government grant, battery lease option and excluding VAT) the new van appears to be remarkably good value and is available both as an ordinary empty-box van and as a five seat spacious and practical family car/van. Nissan is hoping the

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Bultaco reborn electric

Bultaco Reborn Electric

Reinvigorating past classic names is nothing new, you only have to look as far as the small car driven unfathomably hard on nearly every major motorway around the country, the BMW MINI to see what a revitalised name can bring to what is essentially nothing to do with the past that the same name conjures

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2014 Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive

Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive

The all-new 2014 B-Class Electric Drive features dynamic design, a premium interior and a powerful electric motor for emission-free mobility. This allows for lively, effortless driving pleasure over a real-world range of 85 miles (EPA)*. In addition, the B-Class Electric Drive is digitally networked. Thanks to its connectivity, it can be conveniently checked and configured

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MG Dynamo EV

MG Celebrate 90 Years with new Electric Vehicle Concept

MG celebrates the marque’s 90th anniversary year and looks forward to the next 90 years, with a display of current and future technology in central London today, including the global debut of MG’s concept electric vehicle. The display, to be shown at SMMT headquarters in Westminster, London, features current UK production models; MG6 and MG3,

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Toyota i-Road

Toyota’s i-Road Concept Begins Japanese Consumer Trials

Toyota have announced the start of consumer trials of the “i-Road” personal mobility vehicle in the Greater Tokyo area. The limited trials, which aim to gauge the effectiveness of the electric vehicle in everyday situations in urban areas, will run from today, 24th March, through until early June. The i-Road offers a novel riding experience,

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