Kia confirms plans for Soul electric car
It has been rumoured for months and now it has been confirmed: Kia will officially develop a Soul EV model which will be put on sale during 2014. The vehicle will be the first all-electric car it ...
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Honda reveals teaser of new hydrogen-powered car
Honda will reveal a next generation fuel cell vehicle at Los Angeles Auto Show, the long-awaited next move from the firm which brought us the FCX Clarity; the world’s first series production hydrog...
Renault-Nissan admits it will miss electric vehicle sales target
Sales of electric cars around the world are four years behind expectations, the CEO of Renault-Nissan, Carlos Ghosn admitted for the first time, in an interview with the Financial Times. Revealing...
Government offers £75 million fund for ultra-low carbon technology R&D
New technology projects which aim to help develop the next generation of ultra-low carbon vehicles will have the chance to compete for a share of £75 million, as part of the UK government’s new Adv...
Winter is coming: Are you and your electric vehicle ready?
Weekly column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. The nights are getting visibly shorter, you’ve dug out your thick jumpers, and somewhere you’ve probably got a list started for your Christmas shopping....
Japanese PM takes autonomous LEAF for a test drive
Nissan has put autonomous driving through its paces: with a very important guest on board. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was a passenger as the autonomous drive Nissan LEAF was tested on publi...
Fuel economy improvements to save $2trillion
As much as $2trillion could be saved between now and 2025: thanks to a series of improvements to internal combustion engine cars. That's the verdict of a new working paper from the Global Fuel Eco...
Meet Nissan’s latest EV concept: BladeGlider
Described by Nissan as shifting the engineering paradigm, here then is the BladeGlider, an EV unlike pretty much anything we’ve seen before and winging its way to the Tokyo Motor Show at the end of...
Ford adds PowerShift transmission to 1.0-litre EcoBoost Fiesta
Ford has combined its multi award-winning 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine with its advanced, six-speed dual-clutch PowerShift automatic transmission for the first time. Available to order on the Fiesta, ...
Emissions cut for new Nissan Qashqai
The all new Nissan Qashqai will launch with a wider choice of fuel efficient engines when the model goes on sale in January 2014. Nissan is particularly proud of its new powertrain range, which is...
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