Following the previous week’s petrol journeys I was keen this week to improve on fuel consumption. While in most non-plug-in cars (including other non-plug-in hybrids) this would necessitate driving like James May; throttling back at every opportunity and crawling along the road 50% slower than the speed limit, in the Optima PHEV this isn’t the […]
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One of the many advantages of driving under electric power is enhanced sound. What I mean by this is that as a driver, I’m better able to hear my surroundings. While many still believe electric cars to be silent, the reality is their quieter drive mechanicals make it possible to hear tyres squealing, brakes squeezing
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When talking economy, a car’s weight is important. The lighter the car, the less energy required to move it. Simple. And so, engineers take great efforts to reduce weight where they can. Of course, it’s always a battle with the accountants who will want to use cheaper and potentially heavier materials for a job than
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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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I’ve always loved Transformers. Ever since I was a kid, there was an allure to anything that could perform more than one function. Swiss Army knives, the spork, collander helmets and the like were all satisfying ways to use an item for something else – even better if the designers had never conceived of this
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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
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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.
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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
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