Will electric cars make it to rental companies? The answer is a little more complex than you might at first think. The answer, put simply, is; yes. However, widespread adoption is not likely just yet. That said, companies such as Hertz who’s reputation and empire has been built upon the internal combustion engine are not […]
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Toyota has announced the introduction of the i-Road personal mobility concept to the “Ha:mo” urban transport system trials in Japan. The concept (which made its world debut at 2012 Geneva motor show) will be used alongside existing Toyota COMS personal mobility vehicles from early 2014. “Ha:mo” is an urban transport system designed to combine all
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Formula E have just announced updates to their inaugural season calendar to start next year, September 2014. The new calendar gives the total ten city courses that were initially aimed for plus an order for events to take place. It should be stressed that this is a preliminary calendar and so is subject to change,
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FIAT of San Francisco, the first FIAT studio to locate in ‘The City by the Bay’, is open for business in the Van Ness Avenue corridor. Although this isn’t particularly exciting news for us over in the UK, it is for our American cousins as the new establishment has opened it’s doors at a very timely moment.
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Nissan Executive Vice President Trevor Mann CBE has been granted the Freedom of the City of Sunderland in recognition of his “enormous contribution” to the city’s economy. Council members yesterday voted to confer Honorary Freedom to Mann, who joined the company in 1985 as a team leader in the workforce which launched car manufacturing in
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Leading IndyCar outfit Dragon Racing has today signed an agreement with series promoters Formula E Holdings to become the fourth team to enter the FIA Formula E Championship – the new fully-electric race series beginning in September 2014. Dragon Racing is owned by media and publishing entrepreneur Jay Penske, with its headquarters based in Los
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This year’s Regent Street Motor Show (Saturday 2 November 2013) will be the biggest yet with the display area in London’s busy West End extended from Piccadilly Circus right up to Oxford Circus for the very first time, making the motor show the already well established free motor show even larger. The Regent Street Motor
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The Renault and Bolloré groups have signed a letter of intent to study the joint development of car-sharing solutions and the implementation of industrial and commercial cooperation agreements in the field of electric vehicles. 1. Joint marketing of complete car-sharing solutions concerning the use of electric vehicles in the city. Following the success of Autolib’
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Ho Chi Fung now leads the European Championship after taking first place in Le Mans today, while Sam West and Rhalf Lo Turco took second and third respectively. Chi Fung didn’t have the greatest start and lost his position to West at the first corner but it wasn’t long before his AC-motored machine put him
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With the close of the 2013 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show yesterday, 22nd September, we take a look at the highlights from an electric/hybrid perspective. From the outset, the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show looked destined to be focused on electric cars, with the likes of Renault already having a range of four electric cars and with
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