Toyota has provided a Prius Plug-in for a new transport initiative giving rail travellers access to a low emissions car club vehicle for the next leg of their journey. The scheme gives holders of train operator Southern’s new smartcard – the key – access to the Prius Plug-in at Lewes railway station in Sussex. The […]
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Allan McNish heads for the next round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Japan next month having crucially extended his points lead yesterday (SUN). Dumfries-born McNish plus co-drivers Tom Kristensen (Den) and Loïc Duval (F) brought their hybrid-diesel Audi R18 e-tron quattro home 23.617secs ahead of their nearest challengers in a Six Hour race
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With the close of the 2013 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show yesterday, 22nd September, we take a look at the highlights from an electric/hybrid perspective. From the outset, the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show looked destined to be focused on electric cars, with the likes of Renault already having a range of four electric cars and with
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In yet another telling display of the value of electric cars in the modern market, the Kelley Blue Book Report for ‘Hot Cars’, published weekly in America, shows the Nissan Leaf as the top ‘hot’ car of the week with the BMW i3 topping the activity growth for ‘weekly shopping’. “There is plenty of news
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The Silk Trail 2013 expedition has reached the half-way point from its starting point at the home of Land Rover in Solihull, UK, to its destination in Mumbai, India. Twenty days after setting-out, the three Range Rover Hybrid prototypes vehicles have reached the deserts of central Asia on the ancient Silk Roads that inspired the
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Sustainable MotoExpo, due to take place on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th September 2013 at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu has been postponed and provisionally rescheduled to Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th April 2014. A spokesman for Eco Motorsport, the event organisers, said, “Whilst the decision to postpone the weekend has been a difficult one – it is
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Lexus is strengthening the appeal of its GS range for company/business car users with the introduction of the new GS 300h. It will join the established GS 450h in the range early next year, promising class-leading benefit-in-kind tax rates of 13 per cent, thanks to segment leading CO2 emissions of 109g/km from its 2.5-litre full hybrid
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For many EV owners, getting plugged-in to an all-electric, no-petrol-required lifestyle will be a new experience. Here are a few tips to ease the transition (see images in slideshow below): Recharge daily – And do it quicker with the soon-to-be-available SAE combo charger for DC fast charging. It can recharge the 21-kWh lithium-ion battery pack
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The Nissan LEAF NISMO RC was one of many models on hand at the Nissan 360 motoring event in southern California, drawing media and car fans from around the globe over its month-long run. Among the many Nissan executives that visited 360 was Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga, who took the all-electric racing car for
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The City of London Corporation has completed a successful trial of the 100% electric Nissan e-NV200 van as part of efforts to meet the highest levels of environmental responsibility across all areas of its operations. After enjoying a similarly successful trial of the 100% electric Nissan LEAF earlier this year, Nissan offered the City of
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