News from the world of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Following in Volvo’s announcement on the 5th July, when the company stated it will only produce cars with an electric motor launched in or after 2019, BMW is the latest manufacturer to reveal electrification plans. The strategy, called NUMBER ONE > NEXT, will begin with a MINI 3-door hatchback and the electrification of BMW’s entire […]
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In this, our third anniversary issue, we go a little off piste and introduce you to the exciting world of drone racing. Ever wanted to participate in Formula E but couldn’t because you’re not a pro racing driver? This is the next best thing. It’s fast, furious exciting and – with technology – first person
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Speculation is rife in this industry and while everyone clamours for some iota of information over another media brand, we’re not in that business and instead simply state the cold hard known and ratified facts. With this in mind, don’t get your hopes up to be told what battery capacity is in the new Nissan
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A new electric car club, Bluecity, has launched today in Hammersmith & Fulham, London. Bluecity is a new arm in the global-reaching Bolloré empire and hopes to take London by storm. Following Bolloré’s winning tender for Source London in 2014, the company has been busy working hard with the various boroughs of London to accommodate
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When Ecotricity first launched the Electric Highway – a series of rapid charge points across England, Scotland and Wales – the service was free to use. This helped attract many new owners of electric vehicles who were otherwise put off at the prospect of running out of juice along the roadside, with nowhere in-between towns
Fairer pricing for Ecotricity’s Electric Highway Read More »
Nissan has taken to Twitter to reveal a tiny detail of the forthcoming and much anticipated Nissan Leaf replacement. Unfortunately, the company wasn’t giving any additional information away, other than it will be revealed later this year. Amazing things are worth waiting for. The new #Nissan #LEAF, coming soon. #ElectrifyTheWorld pic.twitter.com/W0lnqo5iku — Nissan Electric UK
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The days of plugging in may be over sooner than expected, after successful trials of a new 20kW wireless charging road in France have been undertaken by Renault, Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom. The demonstrated took place today, 18 May 2017, and showed-off Dynamic wireless Electric Vehicle Vharging (DEVC), which allows vehicles to charge while driving.
A future without plugging in? Possible, Renault demonstrates Read More »
From today, electric vehicle (EV) drivers can visit Chargie (www.chargie.net) to book a charge at domestic chargepoints across the UK. That means at someones house or driveway, not usually public points. Chargie is the world’s first dedicated and bookable peer-to-peer electric vehicle charging service, which will enable EV drivers to access the domestic, wall-mounted chargepoints
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The NIO EP9 has set a new lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, achieving a staggeringly quick lap time of 6m 45.900s (six minutes, 45.900 seconds). The previous lap record was set by a Radical SR8 sports car in 2009 at 6m 49s. In terms of production vehicles and to put Nio’s achievement into perspective, even the
Nio sets fastest Nurburgring laptime. Ever. Read More »
Sebastien Buemi withstood enormous pressure from Lucas di Grassi to claim his fourth FIA Formula E Championship win of the season in Monaco, and extend his points lead to 15. From his first Julius Baer pole position of the season, Buemi made a perfect start and soon established a comfortable lead over his title rival,
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