Interview with Volvo’s Selwyn Cooper
Volvo might be a small firm, but the Swedish brand has consistently taken a bold and innovative stance in the development of alternative fuel vehicles and new, more efficient vehicle technologies i...
Contract Hire and Leasing News - Hybrid cars
Paul Daniels blames Prius for speeding incident
One of the country’s best loved magicians, Paul Daniels has been prosecuted for speeding and has blamed his hybrid car for the incident. According to the Henley Standard, the 75 year old was caug...
Launch of Mitsubishi plug-in hybrid faces delay
So-called "bottlenecks" in battery production have hit Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi hard: with the company announcing it will be forced to delay the US launch of its Outlander plug-in hybrid (pictu...
Honda puts new hybrid car on sale
After achieving international success with hybrid cars such as the Civic, Accord and Insight, Honda has now introduced a new hybrid vehicle in its home market of Japan. The company has started to ...
GMB union selects British-built Auris Hybrid
Toyota has secured a deal for 250 of its Auris Hybrid hatchback and Touring Sports with one of the UK’s largest trade unions; GMB. GMB will replace its current fleet of Prius cars with the new Aur...
Could hybrid buses have higher emission levels?
Hybrid buses are meant to be a step in the right environmental direction with lower fuel consumption and significant reductions in CO2 emissions: however, a new report is suggesting that the improv...
Should we subside £80,000 luxury cars just because they’re ‘green’?
Last week, Porsche’s new Panamera SE-Hybrid became the most expensive car so far to qualify for the Office for Low Emission Vehicle’s (OLEV) consumer Plug-in Car Grants (PiCG) worth up to £5,000. A...
Porsche Panamera plug-in hybrid qualifies for electric car grant
The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has approved its most expensive car yet to qualify for its Plug-in Car Grants. Starting from £88,967, the model will cost from £83,967 once the full £5,0...
Euro NCAP tests BMW i3 and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV safety
Tests of two of the latest electrified cars have yielded strong results; with the new Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV car achieving five stars while BMW’s new fully electric i3 scored a four stars. Whi...
Honda Jazz Hybrid wins Japan Car of the Year
The new 2014 Honda Fit Hybrid (known as the Jazz Hybrid over here) has been crowned Japan Car of the Year. Benefitting from better kit as standard and increased interior space, the third-generati...
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