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The street of the future – neighbours in Marlow test the impact of a cluster of 9 electric vehicles on the local electricity grid

My Electric Avenue Creates the UK’s First Electric Car ‘Street of the Future’

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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1. Jarno Trulli testing the new Formula E car

Jarno Trulli Impressed After Test Drive in All Electric Spark-Renault SRT_01E

Following a test drive at the La Ferté Gaucher circuit near Choisy-le-Roi, France, ex-Formula One driver Jarno Trulli has applauded the all electric FIA Formula E Spark-Renault SRT_01E race car. The 39-year-old Italian, who last week signed up to the Championship’s Drivers’ Club, spent a whole day at the wheel of the now fully-tested single-seater

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Rallye Monte-Carlo ZENN - Renault ZOE - Photo credit: GREG

Renault’s ZOE Storms to Victory in Monte-Carlo ZENN Rallye

And the winner is… Renault ZOE! The Rallye Monte-Carlo ZENN (Zero Emission, No Noise) has now concluded and saw victory in this category by the French electric car. Complete with poor visibility and typical mountain downpours, the rallye was full of surprises which the ZOE completed with zest to celebrate its international competition debut with

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Renault Twizy, Terry Gilliam Film

Renault Twizy Takes a Lead Role in New Terry Gilliam Film

Terry Gilliam’s latest film announces a slightly unusual cast: Christoph Waltz, Matt Damon, Mélanie Thierry and…the Renault Twizy. ‘The Zero Theorem’ is the story of an eccentric and lonely IT genius (played by a bald Waltz), who lives in a chapel, suffering from existential neurosis, and looking for the meaning of life… The story takes

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