Volvo’s amazing mean green hybrid truck is once again setting records, this time beating a Porsche sports car in an acceleration test on the famous Nürburgring race track in Germany. As part of th...
Europe is launching a research project worth £8.4million that is aiming to boost the life and energy density of lithium-ion batteries. Known as the Batteries 2020 project, it comes with three para...
The Chevrolet Spark EV (pictured) has been hyped for around 12 months: but now a production version has finally been unveiled to the media ahead of its official release. Featuring a 105kW electric...
England Women’s football team may have crashed out of the Women's Euro 2013 last night, but that doesn’t mean that the team are losers. England captain, Casey Stoney has joined an elite crew includ...
Low emissions and high fuel economy; Toyota’s hybrid cars already have plenty to ensure that running costs are kept to a minimum but now the carmaker is launching summer PCP deals to make owning on...
Weekly Column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Imagine this: It’s 30 degrees Celsius, you’ve been driving (on and off) for the best part of five hours, and your car only has 12 miles of range left. You...
Chrysler has become the latest carmaker to cast its eyes over vehicle-to-grid technology - by forming a partnership with energy technology leader NextEnergy. Together, they are looking at four all...
While Japanese carmakers got there first, US carmaker, Ford has been making up for lost time, with its growing range of hybrid vehicles achieving record sales in its native country. Ford promis...
Scientists have developed a new type of phone charger that will recharge a battery using pee-power. Developed by the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), the new microbial fuel cell charger simply ne...
Nissan has temporarily put on hold the development of a luxury electric car, set to launch under its Infiniti brand, according to the Wall Street Journal today. Plans for a luxury saloon electric...