Toyota teams with WiTricity for wireless charging
Toyota is to explore wireless charging for future plug-in vehicles, agreeing an intellectual property licence with WiTricity to use the firm’s resonance charging systems. A spin-off company from ...
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Honda CR-V smashes fuel economy figure
Honda has smashed its own official fuel economy figure of its CR-V 1.6 i-DTEC model by almost a quarter, in independent, real-world driving tests. The tests were carried out by the team behind th...
Hyundai plans UK launch of new Genesis
Hyundai is planning to introduce a large saloon model in Europe for the first time. The carmaker plans to reveal a second-generation version of its Genesis saloon at the Detroit Motor Show in Janua...
Renault and Orange get connected
A partnership has been formed between French carmaker Renault and mobile phone network Orange: meant to advance the connectivity options available for vehicles taking advantage of high-speed techno...
China’s bizarre backing for air pollution
The fight to make our environment greener and our air cleaner to breathe seems like a cause we can all get behind even if there are disagreements about how this should be achieved. However, now two...
Honda CR-V proves real-world fuel economy
The new Earth Dreams 1.6-litre engine, now available in the Honda CR-V, has once again proven its strong economy credentials in an MPG Marathon style test. An independent test carried out on UK roa...
Mercedes becomes most efficient premium brand
Mercedes-Benz claims it is making leaps and bounds in improving the efficiency of its cars and cutting its emissions, with its new S-Class plug-in hybrid, one of the jewels in its crown for fuel ec...
What went wrong for Chevrolet?
Just under ten years ago General Motors announced that they were bringing Chevrolet to Europe and the car geek inside me got quite excited. Chevrolet was an iconic American brand. Even people who k...
World traffic volumes could be 2 to 4 times higher by 2050
Global transport could double or even quadruple by 2050 according to a new study from the International Transport Forum (ITF), an intergovernmental organisation with 54 member states associated wit...
Hyundai unveils new hydrogen-fuelled Intrado concept
Hyundai will show off the new Intrado concept at the Geneva Motor Show next March; it’s next generation hydrogen fuel cell car. One of the first carmakers to produce fuel cell models, after it bega...
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