Nissan LEAF sets to work with rising fleet sales
Nissan’s fully electric Nissan LEAF isn’t just loved by its private owners, apparently the family hatch is also becoming increasingly a darling of the fleet sector. Sales of the LEAF have leapt 1...
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Fuel duty cuts benefit the economy but at a cost to air quality?
A freeze in fuel duty benefits the economy more than it costs according to a new report from the Treasury. The saving in fuel costs benefits transport firms and retailers almost immediately and ena...
Bubble car is back as a range-extended EV
The bubble car of the 1950s has been reborn and reinvented as a 21st century range-extended electric car. Featuring front-entry access like the old BMW Isetta, for ease of access, the model went on...
How losing cylinders is helping us gain in fuel economy
Tuesday 15 April, 2014. The Green Piece Column. Cylinder deactivation technology – or variable displacement as it is also known – is not new; forms of it have been in use since the late 19th cent...
Mazda hits one million Skyactiv cars
Mazda’s more efficient technology range has hit a significant milestone; a million Skyactiv equipped models have now been produced. This includes the carmaker’s three model ranges which benefit fro...
Solar biofuel farms could double fuel source
Creating greener electricity to power our homes and cars is something we’re all looking for. Now a new novel way to produce both solar energy and biofuel has been revealed by scientists at Stanford...
Cutting car pollution simpler than first thought, says UN
Reducing emissions from cars has been cheaper and easier than expected according to a new draft UN report. However, without further action, the improvements could swallowed up by rising demand fo...
Electric scooter battery swapping system to come to the UK?
Battery swapping for electric cars may be proving problematic to get off the ground, but could the idea work better for electric scooters? It appears it already is in Taiwan, where a battery exch...
New kit-car style EV due to launch next year
The British spirit for kit-car building is inspiring a new generation of small electric vehicles which are expected to go on sale in the Far East and Europe in less than a year’s time. Japanese f...
Petrol guilt: learning to accept when you can’t make an all-electric trip
My Nissan Leaf has more than 52,500 miles on its odometer, and in the past six years, I'm guessing I must have easily covered twice that at the wheel of a plug-in car. But tomorrow, I'll be makin...
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