Nissan’s all electric car, the LEAF, has broken more or it’s own sales records in the last month, with an impressive 630 sales. This is 155% more sales than a year earlier, in March 2013 with 247 sold, and smashing the previous record sales month of September 2013 when 332 LEAFs were sold. The figures […]
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Bluebird is a name synonymous with racing and speed and now electric vehicles too. Early announcements were made last year connecting the famous British legend to Formula E and a special road going electric vehicle, but these quickly fell through for unknown reasons and all fell quiet. Bluebird has now reappeared with an all new
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![[From left to right]: Catherine Banchard, CEO of ONE DROP, Guy Laliberté, Founder of Cirque du Soleil, and Formula E representatives Chris Schroeder and Robert Lavia beside the Formula E car during the announcement of the new Formula E and ONE DROP partnership.](https://www.autovolt-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1.-The-Formula-E-car-on-display-during-the-ONE-DROP-event-800x532.jpg)
Organisers of the FIA Formula E Championship have announced a joint partnership with ONE DROP, showing their support for the non-profit organisation which strives to ensure that water is accessible to all, today and forever. Beginning this September in Beijing, Formula E is the FIA’s global motorsport championship featuring fully-electric open-wheel cars racing in 10
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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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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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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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