News from the world of electric and hybrid vehicles.
The RX is the best-selling model in Lexus’s 26-year history. With more than 2.1 million reaching the road, it represents three out of every 10 vehicles the company has sold. The new fourth generation model looks to build on that achievement, with a completely redesigned, luxurious interior, wrapped in a chiselled new body with a […]
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Round seven of the electric racing series, Formula E, will be free to enter for fans on 9th May 2015. The track layout has also been revealed, showing a slight deviation from the more usual course used by Formula One. The track still incorporates the world famous start/finish line and pit complex, but rather than
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China Racing will run a powertrain built by Chinese EV technology firm NEXTEV in season two of the FIA Formula E Championship. NEXTEV are one of the eight manufacturers selected to build components for season two, when the regulations regarding the powertrain are opened up to allow competition. China Racing has already released some technical
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At the same time as Transport Minister Baroness Kramer announced the new plug-in motorbike grant (PIMG) – or plug-in bike grant PIBG – the minister advanced plans for 7 new hydrogen projects, which have been given the green light today. This £6.6 million investment will see an initial network of 12 hydrogen refuelling stations established,
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At long last! The wait is finally over as the government announce motorcycles will join cars, vans, trucks and buses in the government’s drive for greener vehicles, Business Minister Matthew Hancock announced today (27 March 2015). Electric bike fans have been crying out for this equal treatment for years now with the likes of the
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At the Paul Ricard Circuit in France, Porsche presented the second generation of its Le Mans Prototype 919 Hybrid race car as a technical evolution in a three-colour concept. Porsche also confirmed it will switch to the highest of the four energy categories in the LMP1 class. The performance of the energy recovery system was
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Mercedes-Benz has thoroughly revised its best-seller in the SUV segment. The highlights of the new GLE include a more appealing front and rear and extensive measures which make new benchmarks with regard to emissions and the drive system possible. Across the available engine range, fuel consumption and CO2emissions are reduced by 17 per cent on
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Amongst the daffodils of Watford, there is a new tall white monolith that has seemingly landed from space. It’s not quite the scene from 2001 A Space Odyssey, but not far off. Electric Blue, the new electric taxi company with a difference, has installed their first electric charge point in Watford, near the bus stop
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Toyota Racing are ready to launch the defence of their two world titles in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship. Last year Toyota became the first Japanese company to claim the WEC manufacturer’s championship in a very successful season that also saw its drivers Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi share the drivers’ title. In an
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Hot on the heels of the announcement for £3.9 Million Boost for Greener, More Accessible Transport, the government have today announced that the ultra-low emission plug-in van grant (PIVG) will be extended. Transport Minister Baroness Kramer confirmed that the grant, which launched in 2012 and provides purchasers with a 20% discount off the upfront cost
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