Mercedes-Benz’s B-Class electric has been on sale in the United States for a few months now, complete with online configurator. Mercedes, or rather parent company Daimler, have teamed up with popular app PlugShare. Recargo is the company behind the popular PlugShare service which lists charging stations worldwide and boasts more than 120,000 active users. For […]
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Baroness Kramer has stated the Department for Transport’s (DfT) intention to keep the ultra low emission vehicle revolution turning at the Electric Vehicle Summit this week. During her speech at the event, the Minister of State for Transport outlined government plans to reach an ultra low emission vehicle (ULEV) majority by 2050. Baroness Kramer said,
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Renault’s new EOLAB concept is an environmental prototype with nearly 100 technological innovations, all designed to deliver ultra-low fuel consumption. How low? Just one litre per one hundred kilometres – or 282mpg and emits a mere 22g/km CO2 (NEDC)! Despite the achievement of ‘most frugal’, Renault have ensured the concept maintains established B-segment levels of
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The dust has now settled on the first ever Formula E race, we give a quick roundup of all the action in case you missed it. Fortunately, Formula E have put highlights available on YouTube, so be sure to watch them if you weren’t able to watch the race as it was a bit of
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The largest low carbon vehicle event, held at Millbrook Proving Ground, got off to a great start today with several announcements to whet the appetite of any person interested in electric, hybrid, fuel cell and other alternative technologies. Professor Gordon Murray teamed up with Innovate UK Chief Executive Iain Gray CBE to reveal Yamaha’s Formula
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The September 2014 issue of AutoVolt Magazine is now available! Featuring some inspirational features all about the latest electric and hybrid vehicles, this issue focuses on groundbreaking vehicles. Main feature articles in this issue are: Now available in right hand drive for the UK market, we give the Tesla Model S a drive. We followed
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Can you explain the inspiration behind setting up an all-electric championship? The world is changing and as the sporting flagship of motorsport we have a responsibility to keep up with those changes. The link between daily mobility and racing is very important. I thought it was important to have a vision for new technology for
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Building upon the success of the highly popular Outlander PHEV (plug-in hybrid), Mitsubishi have revealed a new sharper designed concept called the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Concept-S. Designed as a special version of the standard Outlander PHEV, the Concept-S sports a dramatically restyled exterior and, according to Mitsubishi, a refined interior too. Sadly, the only photos
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They say lightening never strikes the same place twice, but Venturi are likely to disagree with that statement after the second year of terrible weather hindered their world electric land speed record attempt this year. Just as in September 2013 which saw the entire Bonneville salt lake flooded, just as Venturi arrived to make a
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Toyota has reached an important production staging post in its programme to launch its first fuel cell vehicle, gaining government-approved status to build and inspect high-pressure hydrogen tanks. This is a significant milestone for any fuel cell vehicle as legislation is not currently in favour of fabricating hydrogen storage tanks due to the gas’ volatile
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