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Here’s the latest from POD Point on opportunities for free charging points for your electric vehicle: The POD Point charge point is the Solo 2, the latest ‘smart’ communicating charge point, with in-built GPRS technology that allows two way communications between the charge point an online account, enabling electric and plug-in vehicle drivers to monitor […]
Some cars are genuinely outside the norm – the Renault Twizy fits this description. If you spot on driving down the street, you won’t forget it in a hurry. But what makes it so special? Well, just look at the thing. Two seats in tandem, an electric motor and a charge costing only £1 thanks […]
This is the all-electric Audi R8 e-tron – and to demonstrate true electric power performance it has set the lap record for electrically powered production vehicles at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. The racing driver Markus Winkelhock set the record at 8:09.099 minutes for the 12.92-mile track. “The R8 e-tron has given a magnificent demonstration of its […]
Auto Express has covered the comments made by Philip Hammond regarding the increasing fuel prices. His educated (cough) suggestion was “People should look to new technologies. Electric cars are very cheap to run and allow motorists to drive guilt free.” Now, as everyone who is a regular reader of this blog will know, I’m not […]
The final episode of the latest series of Top Gear has played out – as per Jeremy Clarkson’s reference in order to allow us all to watch ‘The X Factor’ drivel without interruption. If you saw it, I’d like to just put out there the question of what you made of the electric vehicle feature. […]
Not everything from Nissan is ran on petrol or diesel – and not everything is built purely for the road! This is the Nissan LEAF Nismo RC, the racing version of the award winning electric car from the Japanese giant. “There’s a perception among some people that electric vehicles fall on the dull side of […]
This is the Peugeot EX1 electric car and it recently set a new track record at Germany’s Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit. Stéphane Caillet, driver and tuner-technician from the Company’s Research & Development Centre, was at the wheel of the EX1 Concept Car, which covered the circuit’s 20.832 kilometres (12.944 miles), convincingly beating the electric speed record for […]
As headline sponsor of this year’s Brighton Festival Fringe, Citroën is offering visitors the opportunity to book a test drive in the Citroën C-ZERO – the brand’s new 100% electric city car – during the festival period. The Citroën C-ZERO has been designed to facilitate environmentally considerate day-to-day journeys, with a rapid charge to make […]
This is Survolt – Citroën’s latest concept car. This one not only looks a little bit special but is an all electric race car. Blimey, anyone would think that this electrickery lark is the way of the future! Well, if it is, we’ll all miss throaty V8 engines, but we will be glad that cars […]
The future, according to Renault, is the electric car. The French firm are pinning their hopes on an electric vehicle along with a host of new models that will drag them out of the economic quagmire by 2011. Senior official Stephen Norman has made clear that whilst other projects may be on hold, the electric […]