As part of its commitment to creating a zero-emission, zero-fatality future for mobility, Nissan today showed to the media its real-world testing of next generation autonomous drive prototype vehicles taking place in the east of London. This is the first time that Nissan has demonstrated its latest autonomous drive technology on public roads in Europe. […]
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Motivated by a strong social conscience and keen to rent, stream and share goods and services, the Millennial generation’s revolutionary approach to spending is changing how companies – including carmakers – do business. And their fresh thinking is influencing the cars they want to drive in ways you might not expect. More than 4 in
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The French firm NAVYA has for the first time demonstrated their fully autonomous shuttle bus, named ARMA, in the UK, at Heathrow airport. The shuttle bus is capable of transporting 15 passengers and is fully automated, with no steering wheel, no driving seat and of course, no driver. The shuttle bus is NAVYA’s first autonomous
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The latest issue of Autovolt is packed with cars, tech and news. Our cover feature is all about the World Solar Challenge, a race across Australia in solar powered cars. We’ve columns by Robert Llewellyn and Mark Preston, covering the fascinating topics of future technologies including autonomous vehicles. In review we have the fabulous and
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The Volkswagen Group is joining the eRoaming platform Hubject GmbH as a shareholder. With the strategic investment in the Berlin-based company, Europe’s largest car maker will push ahead with the digital interconnection of charging stations for electric vehicles starting in early 2017, as well as the expansion and internationalisation of Hubject GmbH together with the
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Following Renault’s recent launch of the Zoe extended range with the Z.E.40 battery, the French firm has confirmed they will offer the very same battery technology in their popular electric Kangoo Van Z.E. Renault hasn’t released full details, spec or range predictions yet and these will follow on 13th January 2017. However, the Zoe Z.E.40
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While electric cars are still in their infancy, some car makers have famously gone it alone with regards to charging infrastructure, building a network of rapid chargers for their own kind. Other networks, like Ecotricity’s Electric Highway in the UK have been built with a more flexible and open approach, willing and able to accommodate
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The National Trust has offered its members free electric vehicle charge point access for the past couple of years, but they’ve been mostly confined to Wales, where sites benefitted from the ZeroNet scheme. The remainder of National Trust sites have largely been void of electric car friendliness, but things could be set to change. The
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Cenex – the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies – today announced it will lead the Smart Mobile Energy project, supported by the Climate KIC. The Smart Energy Project will investigate how cities can increase energy efficiency and decrease carbon emissions by integrating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology into the existing
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Today, at a launch event held at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in London, electric car company NextEV unveiled its newest brand, NIO. The electric car brand will apparently, “help users rediscover the ‘joyful lifestyle’ of car ownership by creating inspiring vehicles that deliver superior performance, a new benchmark for aesthetic design and unique user experiences.”
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