A 2,500 mile tour around the UK using an ordinary Renault ZOE electric car has gone without a hitch – proving the usability of both EVs and their supporting charging infrastructure. Organised by c...
Volvo has revealed that when the new XC90 comes out later this year it will offer up to 400hp and CO2 emissions of just 60g/km through an innovative ‘twin engine’ plug-in hybrid drivetrain. The ...
When even oil companies themselves start warning us that we may only have just over half a century left of oil reserves, it is time to start worrying. According to USA Today, the oil giant BP has...
Half way through the year, the electric car market is proving that it is still performing strongly, showing record growth of 143.9% up to the end of June. In the first six months of this year, 2,...
Despite the relatively rapid advances in electric car technology in the last few years – to the point where the are products ranging from the Nissan Leaf to the BMW i8 and Tesla S now on the market...
It’s very hard not to imagine someone sitting at a desk in the BBC news department tapping a chewed ball point pen on their desk as they mutter, ‘there must be another way we can spin an anti-elect...
As the Formula E championship held its global launch last night at London’s Roundhouse theatre; the GreenPower Trust revealed it was teaming up with the new fully electric racing series to deliver ...
Tuesday 1 July, 2014. The Green Piece Column. We might be TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk, but let it never be said that we are scared to discuss sustainable transport issues slightly outside of our usua...
There was a taxi drivers strike in Barcelona on the day I spent there recently. Sadly I didn't have time to find out why they were on strike, I did see a demonstration of taxi drivers in the cent...
If you’re worried about running out of charge in an all-electric car, a plug-in hybrid or range extended EV — where the power in the battery pack is supplemented by a petrol or diesel engine — migh...