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Is this the most important vehicle release of 2014? The McLaren P1 is a technological marvel. It is a hypercar. It has a price tag of just under £1 million. It is already sold out. Add up all these things and it becomes clear that the P1 is a very special vehicle indeed. Watch the […]
No this isn’t a Yorkshireman’s favourite car, it is a genuine contender for one of the best electric cars available at the moment. The e-up! is now on sale at 24 VW dealerships across the UK. To boost the green credentials of their cars, all customers are also entitled at point of sale to opt […]
We’ve all heard of hybrid cars and maybe even seen public transport sporting a proud banner saying ‘Hybrid-Electric’, but do you really know what it means when a vehicle is hybrid and just how important is it in car manufacturing? Legislation in the EU and North America is enforcing strict regulations on the production of […]
This is the BMW X5 eDRIVE Concept car, and it represents one of the most fuel efficient SUV vehicles on the planet. It still features the excellent xDrive intelligent all-wheel-drive system but is capable of 120 km/h (75 mph), a maximum range of 30 kilometres (19 miles) on electric power alone and average fuel consumption […]
Yet another British supercar is rearing it’s head – and it is from a name most of you will recognise. The new car is the Bluebird DC50 and you can see it in the image above. It is to be launched alongside the Bluebird GTL Formula E at the Sustainable MotoExpo on Saturday 28 September […]
This is the all new Renault Twizy Cargo. The question is though, is a genuine, viable commercial vehicle? It is a single seat electric vehicle priced at £6,241.67 excluding VAT (£7,795 VAT included – as a car-derived van, it can simply be reclaimed). The model swaps the rear seat (standard on the normal car) for […]
Formula E is due to run in 2014 and will feature some top flight racing with, unsurprisingly, electric vehicles at the forefront. Hopefully they’ll fit synthetic noise production units or part of the atmosphere of a racing event will be missing – though that’s by the by. At a recent Formula E press conference, Lord […]
The UK’s first learner driver to complete the practical driving test in an electric vehicle has passed first time, driving a Vauxhall Ampera. Navdeep Singh, 18, from Hull, successfully drove the cutting edge extended-range electric vehicle and passed the test with flying colours. He learned to drive the award-winning Ampera with RED Driving School, where […]
Some cars will undoubtedly be shouted from the rooftops for many years to come and if rumour is to be believed, the XL1 from Volkswagen will be just that. The reason? A possible 300 miles per gallon. Yes, 300. Not the 30 to 50 that your fairly modern decent car gives… But ten times that […]
A gallon of petrol is set to hit £6.16 across the UK, so perhaps now is a good time to switch over to electric. The Vauxhall Ampera makes quite an exciting proposition, given that it has a a 16kWh lithium-ion battery pack feeding a 150PS electric drive unit. The Ampera delivers between 25-50 miles of […]