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0018 Autovolt May-Jun 2017

Autovolt magazine May-June 2017

Plug-in Adventurer Chris Ramsey stars on our front cover this issue, and we got to drive his modified Nissan Leaf 30kWh ‘AT-EV’ (All Terrain Electric Vehicle) while getting the lo-down on his forthcoming adventure to Mongolia. There are loads of reviews in this issue, including first drives in the Toyota Yaris Hybrid by Tim Barnes-Clay […]

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A row of Rolec EV Charging Points

Rolec’s EV Charge Online Network Continues Expansion

Next, the retail giant, is the latest company to embrace Rolec’s ‘EV Charge Online’ service, with the provision and management of their electric vehicle charging network. Rolec EV recently confirmed that Next had commissioned a second phase of charge point installations featuring Rolec’s EV Charge Online system, which provides all EV drivers with access to

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Aston Martin RapidE at Williams Advanced Engineering, Grove

UK’s Second Battery Build Facility Gets a Green Light

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) has led a consortium of organisations, including Unipart Group, Coventry University, WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), Productiv, MCT ReMan and The National Composites Centre, in a successful bid for an APC (Advanced Propulsion Centre) Competition to build a high performance, low volume, flexible battery manufacturing facility – the second such facility in

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Kreisel reinvents iconic Porsche 910 as an electric supercar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrW9myyROvk&feature=youtu.be At Autovolt we’re big fans of electrified classic cars. Following our story about the Volkswagen Beetle in issue 15, Nov-Dec 2016, we were offered a glimpse at what can be achieved when electrifying something iconic. The Beetle and classic Campervan may be obvious examples, but the list doesn’t stop there. Kreisel Electric has completely

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NAVYA ARMA at London Heathrow demonstration | © Jonathan Musk

Autonomous shuttle leader NAVYA expand operations in the USA

A new milestone in modern transportation was reached this week as NAVYA, a global leader in the development, conception and deployment of 100% autonomous and fully electric shuttles (see Autovolt issue 17, Mar-Apr 2017), announced that it will open its first operations office in the United States in down-town Chicago. This marks the first NAVYA

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Factory line

Ansty plant to be UK’s first dedicated electric vehicle manufacturing facility

The London Taxi Company (LTC) today announced the official opening of the UK’s first car plant dedicated solely to the production of range -extended electric vehicles. This new, state-of-the-art, vehicle plant in Ansty, Coventry, is where the world’s first purpose-built, mass-market electric taxi will be built. LTC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Geely, has invested more

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ŠKODA VISION E

Skoda electrifies with Vision E design study, 5 EVs by 2025

Škoda’s appearance at the Shanghai Motor Show 2017 (19 – 28 April) is characterized by electric change: With the Vision E study, the company provides its first brand-specific outlook on the future of individual mobility. The emotionally designed five-door SUV coupé can travel up to 500 kilometres on purely electric power and meets the level

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