News from the world of electric and hybrid vehicles.
The popular weekly magazine and must-read magazine for any car nut, Auto Express, has just announced the results of their 2015 Driver Power survey. Coming in at the top of the electric vehicle segment is the Renault ZOE supermini, which has been highly commended by owners, finishing first amongst EVs and fifth overall out of […]
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Feast your eyes on the ultimate 308. PEUGEOT has unveiled a stunning new version of the award-winning compact family hatchback – with a combined 500bhp and four-wheel drive. The press release below goes some way to show off what the PEUGEOT engineers have been able to achieve and the headline figures are 500+ bhp with
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The Audi prologue allroad has made its world premiere at Auto Shanghai. The five-door show car with its raised body and tough stance provides a new emphasis in the conceptual Audi prologue family. Its operating concept enables digital interaction between driver and passengers; the plug-in hybrid drive impresses with 724 bhp, offering 0-62mph in 3.5
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New Go Ultra Low research indicates a massive £2.6 billion of potential fuel savings are being missed by commercial vehicle fleet operators who choose not to go with an ultra-low emission vehicle. When compared to the cost of running a diesel-powered van, 1.8 million of the 3.7 million vans on UK roads could tap-in to
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Sales figures from the first three months of the year show a quarter of all Toyota’s sold were hybrid, which keeps up the worldwide percentage of Toyota sales of the same ratio. The total of 30,210 new Toyotas reaching Britain’s roads already in 2015 marks a 9% increase on the brand’s performance in the same
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Tesla Motors have introduced a new model to their line-up, the all-wheel drive Model S 70D. The newest Model S aims to offer great value, starting at £54,500 including the current £5,000 UK Government Plug In Car Grant (PICG). The new Model S 70D includes the performance and grip inducing dual motor all-wheel drive technology,
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Thirty five years on, the Brazilian national anthem was played again at Long Beach to celebrate a Piquet victory. On Saturday, 4th April, Nelson Piquet Jr. took his first Formula E win at the same location where his father scored his maiden Formula 1 victory. Also confirming that sometimes history likes to repeat itself, another
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Mitsubishi Motors (UK) has reached a significant milestone by selling 10,000 Outlander PHEVs in the UK in its first year. The 10,000th car handover took place at the Humphries & Parks Mitsubishi dealership in West Malling, Kent, with Paul Aspin, of Sittingbourne, being handed the keys by Lance Bradley, Managing Director of Mitsubishi Motors (UK).
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Toyota wrought a decisive change in the motoring landscape 20 years ago with the launch of the original RAV4, a new kind of recreational vehicle that pioneered today’s valuable and highly popular compact SUV market. Today it has opened a new chapter in RAV4’s enduring success story with the unveiling of the first RAV4 Hybrid
Toyota Rav4 Hybrid Coming to the UK in 2016 Read More »
Renault has now sold 15,000 Twizy in 40 countries since it released the car in 2012. This milestone testifies to the success of this ultra-compact all-electric vehicle with its avant-garde styling. The municipality of Florence, Italy, is taking delivery of the 15,000th Twizy along with 69 other Renault electric vehicles, a fine illustration of the
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