Boris Johnson promised a ‘Hydrogen Highway’ for London in time for the 2012 Olympics, and we hear the first 15 hydrogen fuel cell London Black Cabs have hit the roads. Over two years ago London Mayor, Boris Johnson, promised we would have a ‘Hydrogen Highway’ in London in time for the 2012 Olympics, with a small […]
Boris slashes electric car charging point plans
London Mayor Boris Johnson has cut funding to build electric car charging points in London by 65% Back in the Summer of 2009 Captain Boris announced to the Climate Change Conference in Seoul (how many carbon dioxides did it cost all the delegates to get there, I wonder) that he intended making London the electric car Capital […]
Hydrogen powered Black Cab hits London streets
London Taxis International have previewed a hydrogen powered Black Cab in London, the first of what they hope will be a fleet in time for London 2012. A hybrid fuel cell electric London cab has been revealed, but unlike recent developments with the traditional Black cab – where Mercedes are busy taking over – this experimental hydrogen-powered Cab is based on the familiar […]
Hydrogen Car Highway for London
Boris Johnson has announced plans to create a ‘Hydrogen Highway’ in London, similar in concept to the Hydrogen push in California pioneered by the Governator – Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now this we approve of. It’s a much more forward-thinking plan than Boris’s aim to make London the Electric Car Capital of Europe’. The plan is fairly […]
Smart ForTwo Electric Drive Starts
Mercedes has announced that the Smart ForTwo Electric Drive will begin rolling of the production line in Hambach, France in November. But the Smart won’t be going on sale as such, instead being rolled out on a lease scheme throughout Europe and the US, before going on sale properly in 2010. This is a bit […]
Volvo gunning for Boris over London Congestion Charge
To be entirely accurate, Volvo aren’t actually out to get Boris Johnson, just the ridiculous exemptions policy that exists for London Congestion charging. At present, a wide range of Hybrid cars are exempt from congestion charging. Which does seem odd. On what basis? Because they’re flavour of the month, or because Ken – when he […]
Electric Smart (EV) to go in to production
Smart has been trialing its Smart EV for the last couple of years in the UK, with customers paying £375 per month for the joy of being a guinea pig for the little city car in electric form. Which actually seems like a huge amount of money to me, especially considering the benefits for Mercedes […]
UK Electric Car Capital of Europe
I’m not really sure that we can currently claim to be the Electric Car Capital of Europe, but if London Mayor Boris Johnson has anything to do with it, we will be. Boris, who had a test drive recently in the Tesla Roadster, is planning a £60 million re-charging infrastructure in London Speaking at the […]
Boris drives a Tesla Roadster
You’ve got to hand it to Tesla, or at least their P.R. people. They are certainly in the news in 2009. We brought you the news from Detroit that Tesla is to introduce a new version of its Tesla Roadster, the Tesla Roadster S, followed by the news that they are seeking finance for a […]
Boris lets motorbikes in bus lanes
It wasn’t too difficult to make the choice between Ken and Boris in the last London Mayor elections. Ken had done much that got under the skin of the average Londoner, and it was time for a change. But, however affable Boris is, it always seemed likely he could easily cock everything up. But he […]