News from the world of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Northumberland County Council has taken a step towards reducing its staff transportation costs by adding two 100% electric Nissan LEAFs to its vehicle fleet. The matching models, which cost as little as two pence per mile to run, are available as pool cars for use by more than 1,000 of the local authority’s employees. It […]
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Following a test drive at the La Ferté Gaucher circuit near Choisy-le-Roi, France, ex-Formula One driver Jarno Trulli has applauded the all electric FIA Formula E Spark-Renault SRT_01E race car. The 39-year-old Italian, who last week signed up to the Championship’s Drivers’ Club, spent a whole day at the wheel of the now fully-tested single-seater
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And the winner is… Renault ZOE! The Rallye Monte-Carlo ZENN (Zero Emission, No Noise) has now concluded and saw victory in this category by the French electric car. Complete with poor visibility and typical mountain downpours, the rallye was full of surprises which the ZOE completed with zest to celebrate its international competition debut with
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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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Councils across England yesterday learnt how much they will receive from the £183.5 million the government has made available to help repair local roads damaged by severe weather. This is an emergency payment from the government to help with road repairs following the wettest winter on record, and will pay for the repair of a
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The ZENN Rally (ZENN being short for Zero Emission, No Noise) starts today and ends on the 23rd March, 2014 in Monaco. The ZENN category is the “greenest” segment of the 15th Monte-Carlo New Energies Rally, and is only open to electric vehicles with a 250 km maximum autonomy. The segment sees the likes of
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In the past, the Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) has been a pilgrimage for petrol heads. Mostly consisting of cars which were made to guzzle fuel at incredible rates in a bid to claim the title of world’s fastest, Goodwood has not exactly been the ideal haven for the more environmentally conscious minded person, and
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This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) is hotting up already with Honda having already stated their intent to show off the new hybrid NSX and now today’s news sees BMW’s i8 hybrid sports car make an appearance at the famous event too. The event takes place over the 26-29 June 2014. Touted as being
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Leading drivers Sam Bird, Jarno Trulli, Nick Heidfeld and Jérôme d’Ambrosio have today added their names to the burgeoning Formula E Drivers’ Club and in doing so showing their support for the new global electric racing series. Launched in January, the new scheme features a pool of top, international names that all officially endorse the
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The ground-breaking NSX supercar, powered by an innovative three-motor Sport Hybrid Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system, and set for launch in 2015, will take centre stage at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (27-29 June) when it takes on the world’s most famous hillclimb in front of a capacity crowd. The Festival will provide
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