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smart fourjoy Electric Concept Car for Four at IAA Frankfurt Motor Show

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Stuttgart/Frankfurt.  More than two seats are also fully in keeping with the smart brand experience: the smart fourjoy proves this. The study has all the typical smart attributes and embodies pure carefree enjoyment of urban life. The compact four-seater is the forerunner of a new smart generation and is celebrating its world premiere at the […]

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Nissan LEAFs lead world record bid

Nissan LEAFs lead world record bid

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A new world record has been set by the Electric Vehicle Union (EVU) and Norwegian EV Association in Norway as 260-and-a-half electric vehicles (EVs), thanks to Nissan’s Half LEAF, were united to drive in unison outside of Norway’s capital city, Oslo. Starting from Maridalen in outer Oslo, the world’s cleanest and quietest automotive gathering of all

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Ford Focus Electric

New Ford Focus Electric First Drive at CENEX LCV 2013

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Ford’s first zero-emission family car will be on show at the CENEX Low Carbon Vehicle Event (LCV) 2013 which opens tomorrow at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire. Visitors to LCV2013 – the UK’s premier low carbon vehicle technology event for vehicle manufacturers, automotive suppliers and research institutes – will be the first to drive in

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Renault Twin’Z Electric Car Concept

Renault Reveal all Electric Twin’Z Concept for London Design Festival

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Renault’s reputation for innovative design is world renowned, and now visitors to the London Design Festival will be able to familiarise themselves with the French marque’s ‘joie de vivre’ for themselves. The annual design event, which this year is running right across the capital from 14th to 22nd September 2013, will feature Renault for the very first

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Swiss Police Leaf

Nissan LEAF to the Rescue

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Law enforcement teams, firefighters and medics across Europe are adopting Nissan LEAF – the world’s most popular electric vehicle – as a key frontline emergency support vehicle. Emergency services in Portugal, France, UK and Switzerland have deployed LEAFs as community support vehicles, with a number of other countries considering making the switch to battery power

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Rolls-Royce 102EX Phantom experimental electric car - Axeon, now Johnson Matthey provided the battery system

Axeon Rebrands as Johnson Matthey Battery Systems

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Following its acquisition by Johnson Matthey in 2012, Axeon has now rebranded as Johnson Matthey Battery Systems. With many years’ experience of designing and producing high performance lithium-ion based systems, Johnson Matthey Battery Systems can provide a full design and assembly package. In the automotive/transport sector the business is focused on developing and producing battery

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Nissan Leaf autonomous drive

Nissan Announces Unprecedented Autonomous Drive

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Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced that the company will be ready with multiple, commercially-viable Autonomous Drive vehicles by 2020. Nissan announced that the company’s engineers have been carrying out intensive research on the technology for years, alongside teams from the world’s top universities, including MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Tokyo. Work

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Volkswagen e-up! (left) and e-Golf (right) electric cars (EVs)

100 Mile Range in Just 30 Minutes with All Electric Golf

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In a double world premiere, Volkswagen will be presenting two new and extremely efficient electric cars at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt (10th to 22nd September): the e-up! and e-Golf. This means that Europe’s most successful carmaker is transitioning two high-volume production models to the age of electric mobility. Both zero-emission* cars offer

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BMW i Logo

BMW i Genius Uses Artificial Intelligence to Answer Customer Queries

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In a world-first, BMW is employing artificial intelligence to promote its ground-breaking new electric cars through an automated information service for UK customers. ‘BMW i Genius’ uses specially developed software to interact with potential customers in a live question and answer format that works on a mobile platform. Users simply text in a question relating

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