Ford are looking for testers for their Electric Focus (BEV) based in the Hillingdon area of London. Back at Frankfurt last month, Ford revealed the Focus BEV, a plug-in electric Focus which they told us they were intending trialing in the New Year. Well, things are moving on and Ford are now looking for 20 […]
Nissan Land Glider revealed +video.
Nissan has revealed a two-seat electric city car – the Nissan Land Glider – which leans on corners. It will show at Tokyo later this month. It’s starting to look as if car makers are waking up to the reality that electric cars are only really suited to city environments. In those surroundings they can […]
Infiniti M35 Hybrid revealed
Infiniti are adding a hybrid version to their range of M Saloons – the Infiniti M35 Hybrid. Due to launch in 2011. Infiniti – busy launching their range of cars in Europe this year – has announced that they are to produce their first hybrid – the Infiniti M35 Hybrid. The M35 Hybrid is based […]
Toyota condemns the Electric Car
Toyota believes that the electric car will never be a mass-market phenomenon, and that the future lies with petrol hybrids. I suppose we shouldn’t be too surprised that the company that has put all its might behind the hybrid car says that electric cars – plug-ins – are not a viable proposition, nor likely to be in the […]
Audi introduces stop-start for auto ‘boxes
Audi has announced they are to introduce stop-start on the A3 equipped with an auto box from November. With every car maker looking for ways to reduce emissions and improve economy, stop-start has become an increasingly useful tool in their arsenal, particularly where cars are use in city traffic. When we reviewed the Fiesta ECOnetic […]
France invests in an Electric Car Future
France is to invest 1.5 billion Euros to install recharging points for electric cars and promote EV development and purchase. We’ve had various declarations of intent from politicians with regards to an Electric Car future this last year, including Portugal committing to the Electric Car, Germany looking to see a million electric cars on their […]
Volvo Plug-in Hybrid by 2012 – confirmed
Volvo has confirmed they will bring a plug-in Hybrid to the market by 2012, offering 150 mpg and 50g/km CO2. Back in June we reported that Volvo were working on a plug-in hybrid that they wanted to bring to market by 2012. To be honest, we were a little disparaging about their plans as we […]
Range Rover LRX announced
Land Rover has confirmed they will be making the baby Range Rover – the Range Rover LRX. The LRX will debut in 2010 and go on sale in 2011. It’s been in the melting pot for some time, the Range Rover LRX. But we didn’t know until today – when Land Rover officially acknowledged that […]
Fisker gets funding for Karma & NINA
Fisker has acquired funding from the DOE to complete the Karma and move forward with project NINA – a low-cost plug-in Hybrid to be made in the US. Henrik Fisker has been planning the Fisker Karma for what seems a very long time. It looks a very good stab at a luxury, plug-in electric car […]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept – Frankfurt catchup
BMW has revealed the Vision EffecientDynamics Concept at Frankfurt, featuring a 1.5 litre turbo-diesel and 2 electric motors. There is little to beat the sound of a burbling V8. Or the wail of a V10 reaching the upper limits of its rev range. Or even the bark of a V12 – especially a Ferrari V12 […]