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All electric smart fourjoy Concept

smart fourjoy Electric Concept Car for Four at IAA Frankfurt Motor Show

Stuttgart/Frankfurt.  More than two seats are also fully in keeping with the smart brand experience: the smart fourjoy proves this. The study has all the typical smart attributes and embodies pure carefree enjoyment of urban life. The compact four-seater is the forerunner of a new smart generation and is celebrating its world premiere at the […]

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Citroen Cactus Hybrid Concept

Citroën Cactus Hybrid Concept Offers 94+ MPG

Citroën has revealed Cactus, a new concept car and a vision for future C-line models. Shedding the superfluous, Citroën Cactus is a desirable, user-friendly car that creates a unique harmony between the distinctive and the practical, offering comfort for all occupants with easy-to-use technology. Pure and functional styling: Strong styling focused on efficiency (light weight

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Range Rover Evoque_e

Jaguar Land Rover invest £16.3m in Hybrid and EV Technology

Jaguar Land Rover has announced its leadership of an advanced powertrain research and development programme for state-of-the-art, next-generation hybrid and battery-electric powertrain technologies based on the Range Rover Evoque platform. ‘Evoque_e’ is a two-year £16.3m UK government Technology Strategy Board project. Jaguar Land Rover will contribute £4m to the project and will lead a consortium

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Nick Pascoe and Allan Cooper receiving Low Carbon Champions Award

Carbon Enhanced Lead-Acid Batteries to Power Advanced Diesel Electric

Carbon enhanced capacitive lead-acid batteries will be incorporated into the Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain project known as ‘Adept’ was announced by Ricardo. The project, which will take more than two years to complete and is supported by the UK’s innovation agency the Technology Strategy Board, aims to apply the low voltage concept of ‘intelligent electrification’

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Nissan LEAFs lead world record bid

Nissan LEAFs lead world record bid

A new world record has been set by the Electric Vehicle Union (EVU) and Norwegian EV Association in Norway as 260-and-a-half electric vehicles (EVs), thanks to Nissan’s Half LEAF, were united to drive in unison outside of Norway’s capital city, Oslo. Starting from Maridalen in outer Oslo, the world’s cleanest and quietest automotive gathering of all

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