Lexus chief engineer Chika Kako shares her insights into the development that went into the new CT 200h as the first UK customers get to discover for themselves what improvements have been made. Kako is Lexus International’s first female chief engineer and took up responsibility for the CT 200h in June last year. She brings […]
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Peugeot has unveiled their latest hybrid concept, the EXALT. Following on from the strangely copper clad 2012 Onyx Concept which focussed on design for a sports car, the EXALT is in a similar style but aimed at radical design changes to a saloon car. First seen on Onyx, the distinct line in the bodywork is
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The FIA Formula E Championship, the world’s first fully-electric race series, has today confirmed that all of its official pre-season tests will be held at Donington Park circuit in the UK with free admission to fans. Beginning on July 3, the 10 Formula E teams will be given five full test days with every one
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As a member of the Volkswagen family, Bentley are often privy to the latest in luxury technology but rarely has this extended into eco tech, until now. Bentley have announced their latest concept vehicle as being a hybrid, aptly named the, Bentley Hybrid Concept. Designed as a technology showcase that previews Bentley’s first plug-in hybrid
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Hyundai aims to deliver 75 units of its pioneering hydrogen-powered ix35 Fuel Cell as part of the largest ever pan-European fuel-cell passenger car project. The Hydrogen For Innovative Vehicles (HyFIVE) project, funded by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, will see deliveries made in Bolzano, Copenhagen, Innsbruck, London, Munich and Stuttgart. President of Hyundai
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Toyota have announced that half of their total UK Auris model sales are with hybrid technology. This news follows that of the sales successes of the Yaris Hybrid which you can read more about here. Though hybrids account for half of all Auris sales, the Auris model itself has proven extremely popular, with it being
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Figures released by the SMMT confirm the Toyota Yaris as one of the top 10 best-selling models in the UK car market. Toyota sold 7,438 Yaris in March alone, with one in four specified with a hybrid powertrain. This sales result represents growth of 15.6% on the numbers achieved in March 2013. Yaris Hybrid sales
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The UK’s first road of electric cars – ‘the street of the future’ – has been created in Marlow by the ground-breaking ‘My Electric Avenue’ project. Nine neighbours are now receiving delivery of their all-electric Nissan LEAFs to use over 18 months in order to test a new technology that will monitor and control the
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Nissan’s all electric car, the LEAF, has broken more or it’s own sales records in the last month, with an impressive 630 sales. This is 155% more sales than a year earlier, in March 2013 with 247 sold, and smashing the previous record sales month of September 2013 when 332 LEAFs were sold. The figures
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Visitors to the Gadget Show Live at the NEC in Birmingham next week will be the first in the UK to see the new Volkswagen Golf GTE plug-in hybrid, which mixes the dynamics of a GTI with the emissions and economy of an electric car. Also on display on the Volkswagen stand at the show
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