Electric Cars

Former Transport Secretary States “Buy Electric”

October 23, 2011

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 [...]

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Top Gear Latest Series Concluded

August 1, 2011

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. [...]

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Nissan Leaf Nismo RC

June 1, 2011

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 [...]

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Test Drive The New Citroen Electric Car!

May 4, 2011

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 [...]

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Mercedes SLS E-Cell Electric Car

December 18, 2010

Supercars have to move with the times too and many manufacturers are now looking at ways to make their supremely powerful performance models lighter and better for the environment. For some, the ultimate goal is electric (I don’t necessarily agree but let’s not get drawn into that now) and Merc have done what few others [...]

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Car Articles Electric Car Of The Year 2010

December 17, 2010

This year’s electric car title can only go to one model in particular from a single manufacturer. This year’s winner of the Electric Car of the Year 2010 award goes to the Citroen Survolt. Granted, it’s a racing car, so you aren’t going to have one sitting on your driving just waiting to blast near-silently [...]

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Citroen Survolt – Electric Dreams

November 18, 2010
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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 [...]

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Renault DeZir Concept Car

November 17, 2010

This is a far more interesting car than the Tesla that currently holds the title for the most sporty electric car. The DeZir might only be a concept at the moment, but it is a cracking looking thing. In particular, it has the swooping bodywork that features on a number of other recent Renault concepts. [...]

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Why I’ll Never Buy A Smart Car…

December 13, 2009
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I’ve decided that when I reach the hallowed 100,000 miles mark in my current car, it will be time to get a new motor (provided that, of course, I’m financially in a position to do so). I have a few choices circling in my mind, but I just couldn’t face letting my Astra go whilst [...]

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An Electric Car From Renault

March 17, 2009

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 [...]

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