By admin on June 3, 2010
Renault has revealed plans to put two small electric vehicles on sale from 2011 A new city car based on the Twizy Zero Emission (ZE) concept will be built in Spain from 2011, while an electric supermini will commence production in France during 2012 – these are expected to account for two-thirds of all Renault [...]
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By admin on June 3, 2010
Nissan’s new NV200 light commercial vehicle is about to go on sale in the UK, and the Japanese automaker has revealed a concept sketch of an electric van based on the same vehicle The newcomer is central to Nissan’s new electric vehicle policy and is designed as a lowcost, versatile commercial vehicle for use in [...]
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By admin on June 3, 2010
Citroën is the latest car maker to reveal a new zero emissions vehicle – the C-Zero, thanks to a joint venture with Mitsubishi Motors Based on the i-MIEV, the latest model is powered by a single electric motor capable of producing 63bhp and 133lb ft of torque, driven via a single gear. With a top [...]
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By admin on June 3, 2010
Fresh from the Frankfurt motor show in September, Peugeot’s revolutionary BB1 – a fusion of attributes from both the car and a scooter – went on show at London’s Covent Garden on the 7th and 8th of November Aimed to give the public a glimpse of the future, the BB1 is powered by two electric [...]
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By admin on June 3, 2010
Doom mongers might point to Volvo’s shaky future as owner Ford considers selling it. Yet such fundamentals aren’t preventing the firm’s engineers ploughing on, apparently unmoved. With a stubbornness borne from a belief that cutting edge cars will guarantee the Swedish firm’s safety, they have ambitious plans There’s one that says the number of people [...]
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By admin on May 24, 2010
AUDI’S E-TRON BOMB: Audi are planning an electric-only supercar for 2012, and we’ve driven the prototype. James Foxall reports A s you would expect of a giant German car maker, Audi has a strategy for attacking the issue of electric cars – and it’s a very logical one. While sister company Volkswagen gets its hands [...]
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By admin on March 25, 2010
Mitsubishi Motors has announced the on-sale price of the Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle – the i-MiEV
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By admin on March 18, 2010
Japanese giant Nissan today handed a further boost to its Sunderland plant with the confirmation that it’s zero emission all-electric Leaf will be built in the North East
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By admin on March 8, 2010
Following on from the Memorandum of Understanding on electric vehicles signed at the Frankfurt International Motor Show last September, Europcar and Renault have taken the next step, with Europcar pre-ordering 500 Renault electric vehicles for delivery in Europe’s largest cities from the third quarter of 2011
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