The Volkswagen XL1, the world’s most fuel-efficient hybrid car, has been named the winner of the Transport category in the annual Designs of the Year Awards. The car is one of 76 designs in seven categories which are on display at the Design Museum in London until 25 August. The innovative XL1 will now go […]
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The international “Science Award for Electrochemistry” from BASF and Volkswagen is set to be awarded for the third time. Outstanding scientists from all over the world are now able to submit applications online at www.science-award.com. The website also explains the conditions of entry and the selection process. The closing date for entries is 4 July
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Volvo will reveal the Volvo S60L PPHEV (Petrol Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) Concept Car at the 2014 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. The ingenious petrol plug-in hybrid – an electric car, hybrid car and high-performance car all rolled into one – offers the driver an outstanding combination of dynamic driving pleasure and superb fuel economy. The
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Children’s car seats are historically bulky, hard to move and tedious to mount. This is why Volvo Cars has designed a lightweight and inflatable rearward-faced child seat concept using ground breaking technology. The seat is safe, easy to pack and carry and will enable parents to use it in many situations not practical with the
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Organisers of the FIA Formula E Championship have today announced a new partnership with leading carbon capture company Global Thermostat to significantly reduce the CO2 emissions generated by the series and to jointly promote sustainable technologies. Beginning this September in Beijing, Formula E is the FIA’s global motorsport championship featuring fully- electric open-wheel cars racing
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Peugeot has unveiled their latest hybrid concept, the EXALT. Following on from the strangely copper clad 2012 Onyx Concept which focussed on design for a sports car, the EXALT is in a similar style but aimed at radical design changes to a saloon car. First seen on Onyx, the distinct line in the bodywork is
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No, not an April fools, instead Land Rover really have created new technology that makes the front end of their vehicles almost invisible to the driver by using a heads up display. Sorry to disappoint all sci-fi fans and lovers of invisible machinery. Pioneering technology is being developed to give Land Rover drivers a digital
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Chargemaster is launching a new smartphone app to change the way drivers charge their electric vehicles. The POLAR Instant app, which is available now on the Apple iPhone and will be coming to Android smartphones from early May, provides EV drivers with instant access to the UK’s largest publicly available network of charging points, without the need
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Following a test drive at the La Ferté Gaucher circuit near Choisy-le-Roi, France, ex-Formula One driver Jarno Trulli has applauded the all electric FIA Formula E Spark-Renault SRT_01E race car. The 39-year-old Italian, who last week signed up to the Championship’s Drivers’ Club, spent a whole day at the wheel of the now fully-tested single-seater
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With the completion of development work and final preparation for production at the BMW Group plant in Leipzig, the launch of the BMW i8 approaches its peak. Delivery of the first customer cars will start in June 2014, beginning with the main European markets. Beforehand, special public events will be held in various regions all
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