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Facebook & Formula E Provide Exclusive Live Driver Streams

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Formula E’s position as the leading digital motorsport channel will be further enhanced by a new collaboration with Facebook to enjoy unprecedented levels of exclusive content and opportunities to engage with drivers, teams and events taking place throughout the course of each race.

The season-opener will be the first-ever motor race to be streamed live via the social media…

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Nissan LEAF 30kWh MY2016

Nissan Brings LEAF Up to Date with 30kWh Battery and New Tech

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Nissan have brought their much loved world best selling electric car, the LEAF, bang up-to-date with a new larger battery and improved user technology.

The New LEAF includes a larger capacity battery, that only weighs little more than 20 kilos heavier than the 24kWh model. The new car does not replace the older version, however, and instead will be sold alongside it.

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Hong Kong water front

Formula E Adds Another Glamorous Location to its Calendar: Hong Kong

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Hong Kong is set to feature on the calendar for season three (S3) of the FIA Formula E Championship.

The Hong Kong ePrix will take place on 9 October 2016, subject to FIA track homologation. The 2km circuit will run between Lung Wo Road and the Star Ferry, with cars expected to reach speeds of up to 225kph (140mph).

Exactly one year from now the cars will hit the track for the Hong Kong ePrix with DHL…

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Mitsubishi Unveils Electric Crossover with 250 Mile Range

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Following the widely publicised official reveal of the Tesla Model X, Mitsubishi are perhaps a surprising manufacturer to have come up with a near competitor, albeit a smaller crossover vehicle than a full blown SUV like the Model X.

With the current diesel crisis spear headed by VAG (Volkswagen Audi Group), electric and hybrid cars powered by petrol are likely to be the solution car makers look towards to regain customer confidence.

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Toyota FCV Plus

Latest Toyota Concept Offers New Direction for Fuel Cell Vehicles

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Toyota’s Mirai has only just gone on sale, but already Toyota engineers and designers are hard at work producing future concepts to showcase the technology and added possibilities it brings with it.

Introducing the latest concept, the FCV Plus. Designed to explore how a hydrogen fuel cell car can also be used to power other sources, for general use. As well as having its own hydrogen fuel tank, the FCV…

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Plug in adventurers complete John O’Groats to Land’s End road trip

John O’Groats to Lands End and Back Again in 24Hours for FREE

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Two electric vehicle (EV) enthusiasts have completed the epic journey from John O’Groats to Land’s End and back again – for free – in an all-electric Nissan LEAF.

Taking just over two days to finish the 1,652-mile journey, Chris Ramsey and Jonathan Porterfield, both from Scotland, used only publicly available EV charging points, taking advantage of the UK’s growing charging network, comprising more than 7,000 charging stations.

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Tesla Model X driving

Tesla Unveils Model X

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Tesla have finally taken the wraps off their highly anticipated electric SUV, the Model X. Taking to the stage, CEO Elon Musk stated his pride in the Tesla team that have worked so hard to make Model X a reality since it was first unveiled as a concept in 2013.

Styling is predictably and pleasantly unchanged from that of the concepts, with the most notable change being to the front where Tesla have ditched the Model S’

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Freevolt / CleanSpace - Drayson Technologies

Drayson Introduces Freevolt; an End to Battery Charging?

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Today Lord Drayson, CEO and Chairman of Drayson Technologies introduced Freevolt™ : a revolutionary energy harvesting technology that turns ambient radio frequency waves (RF) into usable electricity to charge low power electronic devices.

The patent pending technology was developed by an international team from Drayson Technologies and Imperial College London. Drayson Technologies is the first to market with this technology, which as of today, is commercially available for license to the international developer and business communities.

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Tesla Now Made in Europe, for Europe

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Tesla has opened its new factory dedicated to supply European customers with Model S. The factory, located in Tilburg, streamlines the production process for European deliveries bringing more customers their Model S, faster.

The Tilburg Factory builds Model S from the very same USA manufactured components as used in Tesla’s US factory in Fremont, California. In Tilburg, assembly includes installation of the battery pack, powertrain and rear axle, and the cars first firmware upload.

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