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An award-winning restaurant and hotel chain has opened the beauty of the Brecon Beacons to drivers of electric vehicles by installing the region’s first dedicated charging points. Taste Inn Wales has fitted charging stations at each of its three properties – Peterstone Court, The Nantyffin Cider Mill, The Castle and The Manor – allowing EV […]
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You hear a lot about future mobility, smart cities, and other innovations designed to make cities and urban transport more pleasant and manageable in years to come. Concrete examples, however, are still few and far between. When the back-to-school season begins after this summer, this dream will become a reality in Grenoble and the outlying
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Frome, Somerset, is to be the host of a new electric vehicle event this Friday the 4th July, at the Cheese & Grain from 6.30pm. The event is free and open to anyone interested, intrigued or bewildered by electric vehicles and will be joined by Malcolm Burgess of Tesla Motors and Kevin Sharpe of Zero
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Lexus is adding to it’s range of hybrids with the latest incarnation of the IS 300h. The new Executive Edition model features the same specification as the current Luxury model with the addition of leather upholstery and Lexus’ Navigation system. The new model’s price is from £29,995 OTR (on-the-road) and Lexus say it represents £3,390
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A standard, British-registered Mercedes-Benz E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID has driven from Africa to the UK non-stop on one tank of fuel. British journalist Andrew Frankel was behind the adventure. Averaging 73.6 mpg (3.1 l/100 km), the journey took him from Tangier in Northern Africa to the UK, visiting two continents, four countries and three time
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Volkswagen has announced pricing for its record-breaking XL1 model, the world’s most energy efficient production vehicle, which is now available to UK customers at £98,515 (RRP OTR). The question on our minds is which would you rather; the spaceship-esque XL1 or BMW’s hybrid i8 sports car, for a mere £1,000 more? A total production run
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GKN is making its debut in the hill climb at the world-renowned Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) with a record-breaking electric race car and a stand that offers an engaging introduction into the challenges of automotive engineering. The TMG EV P002 electric race car, a 2012 winner of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, features
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To an exited new eight owners, BMW have handed over the keys to their all new carbon-fibre hybrid sports car the i8. The significance of this car is that it redefines the possibilities of what a sports car can be, with a combination of both raw electric power combined with a small capacity 1.5 litre
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Detroit Electric is finalising dynamic testing of its SP:01 pure-electric sportscar at a facility in Europe ahead of its introduction to several markets across the globe. The lightweight, two-seat, rear-wheel-drive,open-top sportscar promises to thrill the EV market with its blistering performance and exhilarating dynamics. This latest version of the SP:01 has seen additional development work
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Renault is proud to be the Official Automotive Sponsor of Grand Designs Live 2014 for both London (which took place in May) and Birmingham (October) shows – with discounted tickets available to all its social media followers. Of interest to those in the market for making their home as environmentally conscious as possible, the Grand
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