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Sustainable St Albans Plug-in Vehicle Display 21.11.2015

Sustainable St Albans Week Plug-in Car Display FREE Event

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Sustainable St Albans Week is a celebration of all things renewable, environmental and efficient.

As a part of this week, which sees events hosted from 21st to 28th November, there will be a small display of electric and hybrid cars located outside the Alban Arena from 8am – 4pm Saturday 21st.

The display includes BMW’s i3 and i8, the world’s first disabled person friendly electric taxi, the just launched e-NV200 7-seater and more…

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Faraday Future

Mysterious Startup Faraday Future to Invest $1 Billion in Electric Cars

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Faraday Future (FF), a new electric vehicle and future mobility startup company, has announced the company will invest $1 billion in a U.S. manufacturing facility as a phase one investment. The company has been considering several locations including California, Georgia, Louisiana and Nevada, for its state-of-the-art facility. The exact site of FF’s first manufacturing facility will be announced in the coming weeks.

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POD Point Open Charge

POD Point Open Charge Ditches RFID, uses Crowdfunding and Bonds to Raise funds

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POD Point has announced the launch of a new crowdfunding round with a targeted goal of £1.75m. The charge point firm plans to use the funds for expansion and to finance the initial roll-out of its next generation public charging network, POD Point Open Charge.

In an innovative move the total will be raised from two distinct financial instruments with £1.5m of the target…

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Nov-Dec 2015 AutoVolt Available Now!

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The AutoVolt Nov-Dec 2015 issue is now available via all your favourite digital distributors; Magzter, Readly and Magcloud. This issue features a special first drive of the latest Nissan LEAF 30kWh version, that we tested in the South of France up the Col de Turini. We find out if the increased battery capacity and updated infotainment system improve the world’s favourite electric car. Plus, we conduct our first review of…

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Nissan Ecotricity Charge-Symbol

Nissan and Ecotricity Call for Official EV Charging Point Road Signage

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Nissan and Ecotricity are campaigning to the UK government to introduce official road signage to highlight the location of the many thousands of standard and rapid EV charging points across the UK.

There are more than 9,000 EV charging points across the nation yet no official signage to help motorists find these often obscurely positioned charge points. The locations of charge points has largely been a lottery in…

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Aston Martin RapidE

Aston Martin Unveils Electric RapidE Concept During China State Visit

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Aston Martin is today showcasing a fully electric concept of its Rapide S four-door sports saloon outside Lancaster House in London – the venue for a meeting between The Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and President of The People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping.

The new RapidE concept has been developed in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering…

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