In celebration of the start of the three-year title partnership of the Hyundai Mercury Prize, Hyundai UK has today launched the giveaway of the UK’s first IONIQ Hybrid through a social media campaign. The competition will be hosted on Hyundai UK’s social media channels, including @Hyundai_UK on Twitter, as well as Hyundai UK on Facebook […]
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Sixty-five UK organisations have been awarded ‘Go Ultra Low Company’ status since the initiative launched in May 2016, with Transport for London, University of Cambridge, Britvic and POD Point among those signing up to the new ‘green standard’ for business motoring. The Go Ultra Low Companies initiative has been endorsed by government and the automotive
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The new issue of AutoVolt is now available. Contents include our prestigious annual Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Awards 2016, a new column by Robert Llewellyn ( of Formula E, Fully Charged show, Scrap Heap Challenge and Kryten from Red Dwarf fame), a triple plug-in hybrid SUV test of the Volvo XC90 T8 versus BMW X5 xDrive40e and Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid. Plus there’s an article about the Morgan EV3 by Lem Bingley, a look at Tesla’s Autopilot autonomous driving system and an insightful look at Ecotricity’s charge-for-charge,
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For immediate release 18 July 2016 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid Awarded The Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid won the Small Hybrid category. Hyundai’s Ioniq might be late to the hybrid party, but it has a lot going for it. The approach made by the company is an intelligent one as it uses more energy dense lithium-ion batteries, while
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For immediate release 18 July 2016 Koenigsegg Regera Awarded The Koenigsegg Regera won the Super EV & Hybrid category. The Regera is the epitome of intelligent design and engineering. It’s true testament to the boffins at Koenigsegg who somehow manage to keep making cars that show up the likes of Porsche and Ferrari at their
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Toyota and Lexus will conduct a recall involving certain Toyota Prius, Auris and Lexus CT200h models which affects 72,885 vehicles in the UK. The subject vehicles are equipped with an evaporative fuel emissions control unit (canister) mounted in the fuel tank. There is a possibility that cracks could develop in the coating of the emissions channel due to improper shaping of portions of the channel. As a result of this condition, the cracks could expand over time and, eventually, fuel may leak from these cracks when the vehicle has a full tank of petrol.
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All orders placed for Nissan’s 100% electric new LEAF during June and registered by 30th June will be eligible for an additional £500 deposit contribution.
As the ‘sunset period’ for the Greener Vehicle Discount comes to an end on 24th June Nissan is offering owners of older hybrid vehicles, which are no longer eligible for free entry into the London Congestion Charge zone, yet another reason to go all-electric with an additional £500 deposit contribution when taken with 3.99% APR Representative PCP…
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We’re big fans of Volvo here at AutoVolt and with good reason. The Swedish company has always produced innovative products that offer a slightly unconventional approach to the norm and lately their design has come along leaps and bounds. They’re a company that brought us the – admitedly thirsty – V60 Plug-in Hybrid diesel and they’ve since released the exceptional XC90 T8 Twin-Engine and are soon to launch their big flagship cars too, the S90 and V90 – both with T8 Twin-Engine plug-in hybrid…
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Alternative fuel vehicles’ average used car values continue to gain in the first quarter of 2016. Alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), which includes hybrid and pure electric cars, have increased in value by an average of £1,502 year-on-year, a seven percent increase over the same quarter in 2015.
What’s more, the gap over conventionally powered wheels continues to grow, especially over diesel, where values for average used…
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Lexus today marked the sale of its one millionth hybrid vehicle, just 11 years on from the launch of its pioneering RX 400h luxury SUV.
The landmark vehicle, an NX 300h, was handed over to Aldo Pirranello a first-time Lexus customer – in Milan, Italy, by Alain Uyttenhoven, Head of Lexus Europe…
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