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In somewhat unusual news, it was revealed yesterday that Hyundai have created the Fuel Cell Farm – the world’s first aquaponics ecosystem powered by Hyundai Motor’s zero-emission ix35 Fuel Cell! Kit Malthouse, Deputy Mayor of London for Business and Enterprise and Chairman of the London Hydrogen Partnership, said: “It’s an absolute pleasure to welcome Hyundai’s […]
Here we have the Citroen DS Wild Rubis – the French at last potentially have an answer to the amazing Range Rover Evoque. It was unveiled at the Shanghai Motor Show 2013 and it looks a lot more solid than a number of other concept cars, so it’s an odds on bet that, depending on […]
The drive toward fuel economy and performance being perfectly matched continues apace and few cars demonstrate this better than the Audi A3 e-tron. Mooted for a good while, this astonishing car integrates a conventional petrol engine and an electric motor. The advanced plug-in hybrid offers impressive performance, exceptional efficiency and, equally crucially, complete freedom from […]
The Porsche 918 Spyder is a hybrid supercar with a 4.6 litre engine and two electric motors delivering even further power to this four wheel drive monster. In the video, Harry Metcalfe takes a passenger ride with Walter Rohrl and as you can imagine he has rather a good time. This is a stunning, stunning […]
This is the all new 2012 Toyota Yaris – and it has recently gone into production. Built at the Burnaston factory here in the UK, the opening event was attended by Vince Cable. Dr Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, welcomed Toyota’s continued investment in its UK operations, which will […]
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 […]
This is the new Citroen DS5. Not only does it have some wonderful bold styling on the outside, but the inside is Aviation inspired, with a cockpit styled roof and cabin seemingly shrink wrapped around the driver. Even better is the distinctly modern drivetrain offering four wheel drive – it is a bespoke Hybrid4 full-hybrid […]
The HYbrid4 combines the fuel efficient 2.0 litre HDi 163 bhp diesel engine and a 37 bhp electric motor – an ideal combination for a hybrid vehicle as it provides excellent out of town fuel consumption of 74.4 mpg, and CO2 emissions of 99g/km on the Combined Drive Cycle. Should you get one? Well, in […]
In this video, Motortrend previews the latest Porsche – the 918 RSR hybrid. It’s a racecar, it looks absolutely fantastic, but more importantly it’s a hybrid. The debate will continue to go on over whether hybrid cars are the way of the future, but cars like this one from Porsche it’s hard not to be […]
Lexus’s new full hybrid luxury compact model is priced from £23,485 on the road and has plenty of features that should please all sorts of driver! Ownership costs are kept low thanks to the high fuel efficiency and ultra-low emissions performance of the Lexus Hybrid Drive powertrain: producing 94g/km* of carbon dioxide, the CT 200h […]