British racer Katherine Legge has become the first female driver and the 11th in total to be confirmed to race in the new all-electric FIA Formula E Championship after signing for the newly rebranded Amlin Aguri Formula E team. The 34-year-old former Champ Car racer becomes the first of the team’s two drivers to be […]
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Nick Heidfeld started karting at the age of 8 before jumping into single-seaters, dominating the German Formula Ford 1600 series. He won eight races out of a possible nine in his debut season. The following year he clinched the title in the German International Formula Ford 1800 Championship. After his success in junior categories Heidfeld
Stéphane Sarrazin is renowned as a driver with great versatility, competing across a wide range of motorsport categories throughout his career. The Frenchman picked up karting from his father who was a passionate motorsport enthusiast. During his early years he clinched two karting titles and progressed to single-seaters becoming the French Formula Renault champion in
Chargemaster has installed its 10,000th public and commercial unit, marking a significant milestone in the company’s five year history. The charging point has been installed on behalf of Leicester City Council as part of a group of new units at the Enderby and Meynells Gorse Park and Ride sites through the Plugged in Midlands electric
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Detroit Electric, one of the most prolific manufacturers of electric cars in the early 20th Century, is back with an all-new, pure electric sportscar, a new production facility and a highly-experienced new team that will develop a range of high-performance pure EVs. The brand’s first product, the lightweight, limited-edition SP:01 sportscar, will be the world’s
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Leading premium brand BMW will use the upcoming BVRLA Fleet Technology Congress to showcase its innovative i8 sports car. Come 1st July 2014, all eyes will be on the model, as it’s one of the first plug-in hybrid sports cars to go on sale in the UK. It uses a host of innovative technologies, including
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Nissan have released an image of their stunning Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo, a car that, up until now, has existed only in fantasy rather than reality. The car will be making it’s global debut at Goodwood’s Festival of Speed this weekend, with the covers coming off for the first time tomorrow at 13:00 on
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British artist Gavin Turk has transformed a Vauxhall Ampera into a unique piece of art, entitled ‘Mummy’ especially for the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair. The car will be touring the UK this summer as part of the Fair, having visited Liverpool on 5th June and will be arriving in Folkestone on 30th August. The
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According to inside sources within Audi who spoke with Reuters news, the company has already planned an onslaught of electric cars should the market pick up. Development costs are being kept to the design stage but with Volkswagen as part of the same group, it is highly probable that, for example, an electric Audi A3
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You’d be forgiven for thinking that the title of this article is an April fools. However, it is indeed now a reality that could resign range anxiety to the history books. Alcoa, the Canadian based Aluminium company) and Phinergy (an Israeli clean energy company) debuted a zero-emissions electric demo car powered by a revolutionary aluminum-air
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