Daimler blows cold on hydrogen fuel cell cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently claimed that carmakers were being cynical in their development of fuel cell cars, using it as an excuse not to make more immediate changes to their drivetrain technolog...
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Honda expands renewable energy use with new wind turbines
Honda is to become the first major automotive firm to ensure its US manufacturing facilities have a substantial wind power capabilities. The company this week activated two newly installed wind t...
BT Fleet wins Post Office sole supplier fleet agreement
BT Fleet has secured a five year sole supplier agreement with the Post Office to manage its 470-strong fleet of cash delivery vehicles and mobile post offices. The vehicles operate in remote part...
Chevrolet Volts joins Enterprise rental fleet
Enterprise Rent-a-Car is to become one of the first UK rental companies to offer the range-extended electric Chevrolet Volt on its rental fleet. While we're preparing for the withdrawal of the Che...
Technology on trial: why Toyota and Tesla are at loggerheads
January 21, 2014. The Green Piece Column. Is today a golden age of innovation or an age of trial and error, tests and tribulation for the car industry? That is the question we pause to ask ourselve...
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV collects 12,000 orders in first 3 months
Mitsubishi’s Outlander plug-in hybrid has already collected over 12,000 orders in Europe, despite only as yet being available only in a limited number of countries and being on sale for just over t...
Carmakers told plan for the ‘car-less cities’ of the future
Carmakers need to prepare for a future where more and more cities around the world ban cars from their streets, according to smart mobility experts at consultancy firm Magma Innovations. Finding...
Skoda Octavia GreenLine cuts CO2 emissions to new low
Skoda has added a new low CO2 model of its Octavia hatch model called the Octavia GreenLine, with an official CO2 figure of just 85g/km. Powered by a 1.6 litre TDI CR 110PS engine, the new model ...
Fiat’s commercial sales soar 70%
Fiat’s commercial vehicles made their biggest market share gain in 2013 in the UK, growing twice the rate of its nearest rival. The Italian brand’s growth outpaced that of the rest of the market, s...
Nissan hits 100,000 electric LEAF sales
Global sales of Nissan’s all-electric LEAF have reached 100,000; with the milestone car produced in the UK and heading to a British buyer. Launched in 2010, this C-segment hatchback was one of th...
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