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Drayson Racing All Electric Lola B12 69/EV at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013

Drayson 3rd at Goodwood FoS

Drayson Racing secured a podium spot at the Goodwood Festival of Speed weekend, with a third place finish for the all-electric B12 69/EV. It was the electric hypercar’s first high-profile run since it broke the FIA World Electric Land Speed Record for sub-1000kg cars (subject to FIA approval) three weeks ago with Lord Drayson at

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FIM eRoadRacing - Valencia: Race Results

eRoadRacing Results, Valencia

The first race weekend of the FIM eRoadRacing World Cup saw Zongshen dominate the grid and podium but a surpirse exit from their the weekend’s favourite Hoi Chi Fung in the second race meant Spaniard Oscar Pena now leads the European series. The first race weekend of the FIM eRoadRacing World Cup saw Zongshen dominate

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Nissan and DHL Japan to Test e-NV200

DHL to Test e-NV200 Electric Van

Nissan and DHL Japan to Test e-NV200 100% Electric Compact Van in Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Nissan and DHL Japan have begun testing of the 100% electric e-NV200 commercial vehicle in Tokyo Trial results and feedback will shape the development of the all-electric urban delivery compact van The needs of Nissan and DHL Japan coincided in

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Renault

Renault Electric Car Sales

Renault has posted results of it’s electric car sales figures with initial strong positive demand shown for the new Renault ZOE, released less than a month ago.  In recent news, the Renault-Nissan group posted worldwide sales of nearly 100,000 electric vehicles, firmly putting the joint-companies at the top spot for worldwide electric car sales. In

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Berlin announced as tenth host city for FIA Formula E Championship.

Berlin 10th Formula E City

Berlin is announced as the tenth Formula E city race, completing the set which will play host to the first season of the FIA Formula E Championship starting in 2014.  Berlin Tempelhof is revealed as the location for the German Formula E race. BERLIN (July 11, 2013) – Cornelia Yzer, Senator for Economics, Technology &

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BMW i3 Electric Car News

The BMW i3 is set to be unleashed upon a highly expectant audience – mostly on YouTube that is – on the 29th July 2013. BMW are hotting up the much anticipated car by releasing information regarding their coveted smart-phone app which can, “With ConnectedDrive on your smartphone you control your BMW i3 from wherever

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WAVE 2013 winners and participants

WAVE Trophy Winners

The annual WAVE electric car trophy is now complete, after participants drove for 10 Days,  about 1900 km with 40 electric car teams having set off from near Vienna and finally finishing in Zurich, finishing on the 7th July. Highlights from the final day of their epic journey across Europe included visiting The Umweltarena in

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Renault Twizy F1 Renaultsport

Renault at Goodwood

Renault are set to display a superb lineup at this years Goodwood FoS event next weekend (11 – 14 July 2013).  Alongside some of the truly great racing cars, such as the 1978 Alpine A442B Le Mans car, from Renaultsports prestigious heritage will be a couple of electric cars which are of as much interest, though

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