BMW makes hybrid car prediction
BMW has set its sights on significant success in the electric and hybrid car sector: after revealing its expectations for global sales of its I-brand. The all-electric BMW i3 (pictured) and the pl...
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All-electric car club goes to university with new scheme
The UK’s first fully electric car club has launched a new service at the University of Hertfordshire using Renault electric cars. Open to anyone and not just university staff and students, the new ...
Formula E electric race series establishes headquarters in UK
Formula E— the first fully electric car racing series is to be based in the UK—setting up its new headquarters in the grounds of Donington Park Racing Circuit. The new FIA global racing series wi...
New study: Electric cars won’t help US cut emissions
A new study from the North Carolina State University suggests that the use of electric passenger cars in the US would not significantly reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases including carbon dio...
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...
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...
Growing EV numbers and limited charging points causing tension
We knew it would be an issue sooner or later, but in the Silicon Valley where electric car uptake is far advanced, the thorny issue of charging etiquette is already rearing its ugly head. Accordin...
Breaking News: Renault to halt Fluence electric car production
It appears that it is the end of the road for one of Renault's flagship electric cars: as production of the Fluence ZE (pictured) is halted, according to foreign media sources. Reports suggest tha...
London to Edinburgh electric car trip in 10 hrs for Robert Llewellyn
The BBC's relationship with electric cars and its reporting on them have been under scrutiny before, but perhaps no more so than when journalist Brian Milligan took a Mini E electric car from Londo...
Mayor of London announces zero emission taxi deadline
Just yesterday we gave you details of a new range extended taxi cab for London (see 'New range extended taxi cab could save cabbies up to £40 a day'): and now the Mayor of London has issued a deadl...
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