News from the world of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors, Inc. have signed an agreement that lays out their cooperation on the construction of a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in the United States, known as the Gigafactory. The agreement builds upon a previous letter of intent by both companies to produce batteries in a single factory. Tesla will look after […]
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Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced 2 new measures today (30 July 2014) that give the green light for driverless cars to take to UK roads from January 2015. UK cities can now bid for a share of a £10 million competition to host a driverless cars trial. The government is calling on cities to
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Jaguar are pushing their forthcoming release of the much anticipated Jaguar XE – a compact executive set to take the fight to the dominating BMW 3-Series in the same sector. While the German option offers an exceptionally well-built car and premium features encased in a steel body, the Jaguar is aiming to buck the trend
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BMW have unveiled their latest BMW i3 fast DC chargers, made by Bosch, available to American users. However, the fast chargers are not exactly great news if you have any other electric vehicle. At present, there is a bit of a standards battle going on in the fast DC charger arena. Generally speaking, AC is
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McLaren will use its presence at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to showcase its ultimate track-focused model, the McLaren P1™GTR, in design concept form. Conceived in response to requests from buyers of the road legal McLaren P1™ for a track focused edition of their car, and available for purchase only to this group as
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The 2014 World Car of the Year adds the potential for zero emissions motoring to its repertoire from next month as the new A3 Sportback e-tron becomes the first plug-in hybrid to join the Audi range. Priced from £34,950 OTR (excluding any government incentives), the spacious five-door compact hatchback combines a conventional 1.4-litre TFSI petrol
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Yesterday, Tesla opened their all new sales and service centre to the west of London at West-Drayton, aiming to serve customers of the current Model S electric car and future Model X and 3. Easily accessible to customers coming both from London and the west as well as anywhere around the M25 circle, the new
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Dragon Racing, the Los Angeles based professional motorsports team owned by media and publishing entrepreneur Jay Penske, has today announced the signing of Jérôme d’Ambrosio to compete in the new all-electric FIA Formula E Championship. The 28-year-old Belgian began go-karting aged eight before quickly rising through the single-seater ranks on his way to his Formula
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The UK Government have announced their intention to update their current fleets to vehicles with either electric or hybrid drive, in a bid to lower their emissions and help promote & support companies producing electric vehicles. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, announced that government-owned car and van fleets alike will be updated with
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The circuit layout and location for the 2015 Buenos Aires ePrix, host for round four of the new all-electric FIA Formula E Championship, has been revealed today. Taking place on January 10 2015, the 2.44km anti-clockwise track lies in the popular and modern Puerto Madero district to the east of the Argentine capital of Buenos
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