News from the world of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Taxi Electric has become the first taxi company to adopt usage of Nissan’s new all electric van, the e-NV200. Since 2011, Taxi Electric has been providing taxi services using Nissan’s all electric LEAF. Taxi Electric will introduce the new Nissan e-NV200 taxi this summer to complement their zero emission fleet. Based in Amsterdam, Taxi Electric […]
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Although the actual FIA Formula E race event may be relatively short at around an hour’s time for most races, the event doesn’t stop there. Organisers of the FIA Formula E Championship have appointed an experienced event company to handle live entertainment to the race events around the world. CDC Entertainment has been announced as
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The question as to where lead markets will develop for both electric and fuel cell vehicles (EV and FCV respectively) has been researched by the European Joint Research Centre (JRC) and their findings have been detailed in the report below. Several JRC studies concluded that privileged access to dedicated lanes, such as EV drivers in
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Speculation has been rife amongst the press about what direction Apple might take next and it seems the answer has been revealed. Volvo and Apple have joined forces to bring the next generation of Volvo vehicles Apple’s wildly popular media services via a new interface based on Apple’s operating system. Although many have speculated the
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Nissan unveils their much anticipated all electric van, the e-NV200 which has already seen action in the form of electric taxis in Barcelona and as a solution for Taxis for London. The new van is based on the same technology as can be found in the award winning LEAF. The internal combustion engine version of
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Generally speaking, government are very supportive of sporting events, the Olympics in 2012 being an obvious example where sport is used to gain attention for the nation as a whole. Motoring events on the other hand, are often lauded as noisy and irritating to residents who live near race tracks, with the result being that
Government Launches Public Consultation on Closed Road Motor Sport Read More »
Formula E’s fully-electric Spark-Renault SRT_01E car has now completed 1,000km of testing without a single glitch – the equivalent of an entire season’s worth of racing. Built by Spark Racing Technology together with a consortium of some of the leading names in motorsport, the 200kw (270bhp) single-seater has undergone an arduous testing programme since its
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Bound to appeal to the wealthier purchasers of BMW’s hybrid i8 sports car, world famous luggage experts Louis Vuitton have created a tailor-made set of luggage solutions for the discerning owner. Interestingly, the material they’ve used to make the luggage is no stranger to the i8’s construction itself; carbon fibre. This particularly lightweight yet extremely
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This year’s inaugural UK Car of the Year (COTY) Awards winner is the BMW i3. What greater sign of the times could there be, than when an electric car wins outright over internal combustion powered vehicles in a competition that is decided by many journalists from motoring magazines which have tended to side with the
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Wouldn’t you like to see which is quickest between the Nissan LEAF NISMO RC, Nissan’s V8 Altmia Supercar and the extreme GT-R? Visitors to Adelaide this weekend will be lucky enough to find out! This weekend’s Clipsal 500 race will feature the “Nissan Time Attack” where all three of the above mentioned cars will go
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