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BMW i3 Cross section layout - rear view

BMW in a New Era of Mobility

The BMW Group is set to play a leading and groundbreaking role in shaping personal mobility at the premium level well into the future. The research and development work carried out since 2007 as part of project i has laid the foundations for sustainable mobility solutions influenced by environmental, economic and social change around the […]

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Vauxhall Ampera leads the field at the ITU World Triathlon series

Vauxhall Ampera Leads Triathlon

Vauxhall sponsors one of the world’s largest triathlon series Athletes and crowd favourite with over 22,000 participants and 800,000 spectators Luton – The Vauxhall Ampera will be the official lead car at the Grand Final of the ITU World Triathlon Series 2013 in London (September 11th – 15th). Vauxhall is the official auto supplier and

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Renault

Renault Electric Car Sales

Renault has posted results of it’s electric car sales figures with initial strong positive demand shown for the new Renault ZOE, released less than a month ago.  In recent news, the Renault-Nissan group posted worldwide sales of nearly 100,000 electric vehicles, firmly putting the joint-companies at the top spot for worldwide electric car sales. In

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Berlin announced as tenth host city for FIA Formula E Championship.

Berlin 10th Formula E City

Berlin is announced as the tenth Formula E city race, completing the set which will play host to the first season of the FIA Formula E Championship starting in 2014.  Berlin Tempelhof is revealed as the location for the German Formula E race. BERLIN (July 11, 2013) – Cornelia Yzer, Senator for Economics, Technology &

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A little clue ahead of today's announcement... FIA Formula E Tweet

Goodwood & Formula E

Today, July 11th 2013, marks the start of the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013 (which happens to be the 20th anniversary of the event).  Things are already getting underway with crowds already gathered to see the many stands that cumulate at Goodwood, put on by manufacturers with grand displays. Goodwood plays host to several car

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New Formula E car - 3D rendering - Front Quarter

SPARK Announces Formula E Consortium

Spark Racing Technology (SPARK) today officially announced the creation of a consortium dedicated to their project as car supplier to FIA Formula E Championship, which will be launched in 2014. Further to the decision of the world council (28th June 2013),the FIA had approved SPARK’s application for homologation as the supplier of all the electrical single-seaters to the

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BMW i3 Electric Car News

The BMW i3 is set to be unleashed upon a highly expectant audience – mostly on YouTube that is – on the 29th July 2013. BMW are hotting up the much anticipated car by releasing information regarding their coveted smart-phone app which can, “With ConnectedDrive on your smartphone you control your BMW i3 from wherever

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Tesla Motors Share Index - NASDAQ 100 - (screen taken 09/07/2013 on Google Finance)

Tesla Joins NASDAQ-100

Tesla Motors (TSLA) has been added to the NASDAQ-100 Index, as well as the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index – commencing at the start of trading on 15th July 2013.  Incredibly, Tesla Motors replaces the huge corporation Oracle (ORCL), which is in turn joining the New York Stock Exchange. For a company only ten years old,

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WAVE 2013 winners and participants

WAVE Trophy Winners

The annual WAVE electric car trophy is now complete, after participants drove for 10 Days,  about 1900 km with 40 electric car teams having set off from near Vienna and finally finishing in Zurich, finishing on the 7th July. Highlights from the final day of their epic journey across Europe included visiting The Umweltarena in

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Wave Trophy Rally 2013 gets under way in Eichgraben, near Vienna June 28th 2013

WAVE Electric Car Rally

The annual WAVE electric car rally is currently underway with the event taking place from Eichgraben, near Vienna to Zürich via; Hungary, southern Austria, Slovenia, the Grossglockner pass, Innsbruck, the Swiss Engadin valley, Arosa and St.Galle.  The full route can be seen on the WAVE Trophy website here. With around 40 teams participating, the WAVE rally is

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