Volkswagen is busy preparing for the impending release of it’s first all electric car, the Volkswagen e-up! VW claims the car to be near silent while able to carry up to four occupants. The e-up! was first displayed back in 2009 to a surprised world. The VW e-up! is being introduced at a time when […]
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Electric vehicle (EV) drivers using the UK’s motorway system can now access 13 more rapid chargers at Welcome Break service stations. Installed at Welcome Break sites across the country, the 13 rapid chargers represent the latest phase of work completed by Nissan and Ecotricity to expand the rapid charging network on the UK’s motorways. Taking
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Hospitals, stations and streets across the UK will see a wave of new chargepoints for electric cars, thanks to government funding. In February the government announced an extra £37 million to offset the cost of installing infrastructure for recharging electric vehicles. Business Minister Michael Fallon and Transport Minister Norman Baker announced the winning bids for the
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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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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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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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In the pleasant city of Saitama in Japan, the vision of the future is nearly upon us with micro sized vehicles whizzing about the streets in whisper silence. Honda’s Micro Commuter Prototype β will begin real-world testing this autumn in the city after the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) agreed the application
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