Eight carmaker, 15 utility companies and the US-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) will unite to work together in the development a new standardised smart grid system which should make ...
Over 11,000 subsidies have now been claimed in the UK for the purchase of electric cars, in what is expected to be the best month yet for EV sales. By the end of June, the Office of Low Emission ...
Sales of electric cars across Europe have doubled every year since 2010, according to a new report from environmental NGO, T&E. Last year alone, around 50,000 plug-in vehicles were sold in Europe...
It’s that time of year when many of us will turn our attention to going on weekend breaks away, a week-long holiday with the kids, or perhaps just a nice evening drive. With the weather fine, the e...
A fully electric car with a 500 mile range might sound like a pipedream, but according to Tesla CEO, Elon Musk it would be possible for the near future. Tesla already has the highest density batt...
A Nottingham taxi firm is the latest to make the switch to electric power, with a new fleet of six Nissan LEAF cars. DG Cars showed off its new fleet yesterday, to local journalists as the compan...
I don’t know about you, but this weather is just too hot. While I’m happy at a balmy twenty two degrees Celsius — and will even tolerate warmer temperatures on holiday or for a few days — the oppre...
At last the Government is to practice what it preaches, after Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer announced a new £5 million fund to buy plug in vehicles for Whitehall departments. The money will...
BMW has agreed a new expanded supply agreement with its battery partner, Samsung, as it prepares for rising consumer demand for its new i3 electric supermini and soon-to-launch i8 plug-in hybrid. ...
Nissan’s fully electric LEAF supermini is to go wild with a new deployment to Knowsley Safari park near Liverpool. A model of the zero emission hatchback is to join the fleet at Knowsley as part ...