Whitley, UK, 31st July 2013: The first Electric Defender has started work at the Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall in an inaugural real world trial of its capabilities. Unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, the Land Rover Electric Defender is a pioneering research project into the electrification of an all-terrain vehicle. The project […]
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Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Department for Transport’s (DfT) pledge of an additional £500 million to fund the provision of ultra-low emissions vehicles and supporting infrastructure up to 2020 but the freight sector must benefit from this funding. The funding is announced in DfT’s new Roads Command Paper – Action for Roads with
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Despite the badly timed British weather, the all-new electric BMW i3 was revealed in London yesterday to over 250 representatives from a wide range of European bodies and organisations responsible for shaping the future of sustainable urban mobility and creating the framework for the up-take of electric vehicles. Guest of honour, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin
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One of the largest and most varied sustainable and eco-friendly motoring events will take place at the internationally renowned National Motor Museum, Beaulieu this year on Sat 28th September to Sun 29th September, 2013. Organised by Eco-Motorsport Ltd, the two-day event will feature a 600m circuit with live electric vehicle (EV) demonstrations. There will be
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To mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of André Le Nôtre, the King’s gardener, the château de Versailles wished to restate its concern for the environment and its commitment to sustainable development. One solution came naturally to mind when looking for a mobility solution that could be used for the monitoring of the 43 km
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This year’s ALD Automotive / Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon will challenge competitors’ navigation skills as well as their driving ability, when the UK’s leading economy driving event sets off from its Yorkshire base later in the year. Event organiser Ross Durkin said: “Ever since we first introduced the event in 2000 we have used a
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The BMW Concept Active Tourer Outdoor took to the stage at the OutDoor Friedrichshafen fair on July 11-14, treating the premium compact segment to another view of how interior space can be cleverly utilised for sport and leisure purposes. The concept car presents a fresh take on combining sporting aesthetics and style with sustainable drive technology, compact dimensions
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Mercedes-Benz is rolling out their new nine speed gearbox in the Mercedes-Benz E 350 BlueTec. Although debuting in the E 350, Mercedes have confirmed the gearbox’s design is suitable for rear-wheel and all-wheel drives as well as hybrid and plug-in hybrid drive systems and will be used in almost all model series and engines in
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Launched in July 2013, the free Charge Your Car (CYC) app is a world-first in app technology using emerging state-of-the-art charge point management, mapping and mobile payment technologies to allow users to find charge points, plan a route, start and stop a session and, uniquely, pay for a charge at all app-ready charge points across
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As the UK looks to electric vehicles (EVs) as a way of reducing the emission of harmful gasses, the North East has led the way in developing an infrastructure to support the widespread uptake of the technology. Set up in 2010 as one of the first Plugged in Places programmes funded by the Office for
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