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Number 59 Rider Ho Chi Fung on the Zongshen AC, Winner at Oschersleben 17th August 2013

Shane Turpin & Ho Chi Fung Celebrate Weekend eRoadRacing Wins

Congratulations are in order to Shane Turpin who won the eight-lap Indianapolis FIM eRoadRacing World Cup race, yesterday afternoon Sunday 18th August, by 13.733 seconds over Icon Brammo team mate Eric Bostrom. Kenyon Kluge finished in third position. Meanwhile, back in Europe at Oschersleben in Germany, congratulations are also in order for number 59 rider Ho Chi […]

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Gil de Ferran

Two Time IndyCar Champion Joins Formula E

Gil de Ferran, a two-time IndyCar National Champion and Indianapolis 500 race winner, has today joined the FIA Formula E Championship as an Official Ambassador. Debuting in September 2014, Formula E is the world’s first fully-electric racing Championship competing in city-centre circuits worldwide. The 45-year-old Brazilian, who boasts more than two decades of top-level motorsport

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BMW i3 (07/2013)

BMW i3 Launch Review

On Monday 29 July 2013, the ceremonial unveiling of the BMW i3 occurred in London, New York and Beijing.  BMW claim it is, “the first premium car to be purpose-designed as an all-electric vehicle”.  This is quite a wild claim considering offerings from the likes of Tesla and their Model S but we’ll ignore that

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Land Rover Electric Defender at the Eden Project in Cornwall

Land Rover EV at Eden Project

Whitley, UK, 31st July 2013: The first Electric Defender has started work at the Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall in an inaugural real world trial of its capabilities. Unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, the Land Rover Electric Defender is a pioneering research project into the electrification of an all-terrain vehicle. The project

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Dr. Ian Robertson (HonDSc), Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Sales and Marketing BMW, Sales Channels BMW Group and Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport, at the launch of the BMW i3.

BMW i3 Welcomed by UK Government

Despite the badly timed British weather, the all-new electric BMW i3 was revealed in London yesterday to over 250 representatives from a wide range of European bodies and organisations responsible for shaping the future of sustainable urban mobility and creating the framework for the up-take of electric vehicles. Guest of honour, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin

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