Four-time Formula One World Champion Alain Prost has today joined forces with Jean-Paul Driot, founder of leading GP2 and Formula Renault 3.5 team Dams, to enter the FIA Formula E Championship – competing as new team e.dams. The new team launch, held at the L’Atelier Renault on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, was attended by racing […]
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The BMW i3 has collected its first accolade in the UK even before it goes on sale in November, having topped the Electric and Hybrid Car category in The Sunday Times Top 100 Car list. Lauded for its holistic approach to electric car ownership and genuine appeal, not just to those looking for an electric
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Volvo Car Group has been a partner in an advanced research project that has studied the possibilities of inductive charging for electric vehicles – and the results show that this technology for transferring energy via an electromagnetic field has a promising future. Lennart Stegland, Vice President, Electric Propulsion System at Volvo Car Group, says, “Inductive
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Plug-in pioneers Renault will be powering the UK’s first 100 per cent electric city car club. E-Car Club, which launched in East London today before a nationwide roll-out, will allow businesses to reduce the cost and footprint of their fleets, make electric vehicles available to local communities, and tackle the growing problem of urban air
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Renault Kangoo Van Z.E. proved its firepower at the home of the Gunners by retaining its GreenFleet Awards ‘Electric Vehicle of the Year’ title. Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium was a fitting location for the French brand and last year’s International Van of the Year to land another trophy, which was presented by Fifth Gear presenter Jonny
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The Tesla march has reached the UK properly at long last. While they have long had a service centre for roadster owners in particular, and headquarters based in Maidenhead, Tesla Motors conducted their first UK ‘Get Amped’ test drive tour to an invited audience at a beautifully leafy setting in Surrey, at Savill Court. Aside
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To be fair, we’ve not put that to the test, but Cadillac claims it’s new ELR interior is so quiet, especially when running on just battery power, that the coupé’s development team took great care to keep it that way when the on-board petrol powered generator turns on for extended range. How did they do
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Volvo Car Group has developed a revolutionary concept for lightweight structural energy storage components that could improve the energy usage of future electrified vehicles. The material, consisting of carbon fibres, nano structured batteries and super capacitors, offers lighter energy storage that requires less space in the car, cost effective structure options and is eco-friendly. As
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We previously wrote about Nissan’s exciting electric Le Mans racer, the ZEOD RC back in June. For the last long eight months, Nissan’s team have been working furiously on the development, design and construction of the electric racecar and today unveiled it at the headquarters of Nissan’s performance arm, Nismo, in Yokohama. In a mere
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Every November since 1896 there has been a road trip from London to Brighton. The distance of 50 miles by today’s standards is laughable with every car on the road being able to exceed this by huge measures. However, over 100 years ago, at the dawn of motoring 50 miles was like driving for an
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