Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced that the company will be ready with multiple, commercially-viable Autonomous Drive vehicles by 2020. Nissan announced that the company’s engineers have been carrying out intensive research on the technology for years, alongside teams from the world’s top universities, including MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Tokyo. Work […]
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In a double world premiere, Volkswagen will be presenting two new and extremely efficient electric cars at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt (10th to 22nd September): the e-up! and e-Golf. This means that Europe’s most successful carmaker is transitioning two high-volume production models to the age of electric mobility. Both zero-emission* cars offer
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Staff at a small ski station in the French Jura have been testing the Renault Twizy this summer – with a view to offering it to visitors in the winter. Following a partnership with electric mobility company Keymoov, the ski station of Montagne des Rousses in the Jura mountains has been testing three Renault Twizys
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Nissan’s inaugural “gamer-to-racer” Lucas Ordóñez has been appointed as the official test and development driver of the Nissan ZEOD RC programme – the unique electric race car that will debut at next year’s Le Mans 24 Hours in the famed garage 56 where a car which doesn’t fit into any of the defined categories is
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Bragging rights for the manufacturer with the largest and brightest display at this year’s 2013 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show are bound to be claimed by a German manufacturer seeing as they’re on home turf. Volkswagen have taken things to new levels with an enormous 53 car display. At the centre of their display will be
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Gil de Ferran, a two-time IndyCar National Champion and Indianapolis 500 race winner, has today joined the FIA Formula E Championship as an Official Ambassador. Debuting in September 2014, Formula E is the world’s first fully-electric racing Championship competing in city-centre circuits worldwide. The 45-year-old Brazilian, who boasts more than two decades of top-level motorsport
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At the end of the BMW i3 launch on the 29th July, press and media congratulated BMW on their achievement of producing their first electric car utilising some pretty exotic materials. Coupling BMW’s signature levels of performance, build quality and stylish interiors, the BMW i3 is – on paper – an excellent vehicle for those
FOX Sports, one of the largest global sports networks, has yesterday (August, 9th 2013) signed a multi-year, international multi-media deal with the FIA Formula E Championship, the world’s first fully-electric car racing series beginning in September 2014. Formula E is a new FIA Championship featuring open-wheel cars powered exclusively by electricity and racing in the
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BMW i continues to forge ahead with the introduction of customer-friendly electromobility services in the UK, forming a partnership with Schneider Electric. The partnership sees Schneider Electric become, not only the manufacturer of the BMW i Wallbox, but also the recommended installer. This collaboration will allow Schneider Electric to work closely with the BMW i
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Nissan’s LEAF has become the first 100% electric vehicle to be available on the Motability Scheme, allowing the scheme’s 620,000 users the opportunity to explore zero emission motoring.* The new UK-built LEAF is now available from just £999 Advance Payment (AP). For £1,299 AP customers can upgrade to the Acenta model featuring Nissan’s CARWINGS telematics
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