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London Congestion Charge Exemptions now CO2 based. Wrong.

October 23, 2010 By Cars UK

Volvo are claiming victory in their campaign to get London Congestion Charge Exemptions changed. But it’s no victory at all. We had high hopes for Volvo’s campaign to change the exemptions for the London Congestion Charge. Volvo had moaned – quite rightly – that hybrid cars were being exempted even when they were great big […]

Filed Under: Volvo News Tagged With: Eco Cars, Green Car of the Year, Hybrid Cars

Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera: It’s just an ordinary hybrid

October 11, 2010 By Cars UK

GM has admitted that the Volt is not a pure range extender electric vehicle after all. It is in fact just a plain old hybrid. Yes, the headline is a bit dramatic and a bit disingenuous. But no more so than the barking mad claims made by GM for the Volt. How many hundreds of miles […]

Filed Under: Chevrolet News, Opel News, Vauxhall News Tagged With: Eco Cars, Hybrid Cars, Opel Hybrid, Vauxhall Hybrid

Nissan LEAF to come with stand-by ‘Real’ car

October 8, 2010 By Cars UK

It’s being reported that Nissan are planning on offering free petrol or diesel cars to all buyers of the electric Nissan LEAF to assuage ‘Range Anxiety’. Oh, dear. We did laugh. And not just at the irony, but more at the fact that we don’t think Nissan realise what they’re saying. It’s being reported that […]

Filed Under: Nissan LEAF, Nissan News Tagged With: Carlos Ghosn, Eco Cars, Electric Cars, Nissan Battery, Range Anxiety

Mercedes S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY: Paris Motor Show 2010

October 3, 2010 By Cars UK

The Mercedes S250 CDI BlueEfficiency Paris

Mercedes has launched the Mercedes S250 CDI BlueEfficiency at Paris, offering almost 50mpg and 0-60 mph in 8 seconds. It’s taken a while (or we’re just too good) for Mercedes to make reality our story that the world was going to get a four-pot S-Class – the Mercedes S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY. For buyers – […]

Filed Under: Mercedes News, Paris 2010 Tagged With: Eco Cars

Hyundai BlueOn (Hyundai i10 Electric) revealed

September 12, 2010 By Cars UK

The Hyundai BlueOn EV

Hyundai has revealed the production version of the electric i10 from Frankfurt in 2009 – the Hyundai BlueOn. Hyundai reveals the all electric Hyundai BlueOn in South Korea. With lots of fanfare about this being ‘South Korea’s first all electric car’ and intimating that Hyundai is fully committed to an electric future. Which of course is poppycock. […]

Filed Under: Hyundai News Tagged With: Eco Cars, Electric Cars

Peugeot iOn – or free holidays in the Seychelles?

September 10, 2010 By Cars UK

The Peugeot iOn will cost an eye-watering £498 a month to lease. Better to lease a Peugeot 107 and a free fortnight a year in the Seychelles I know, we moan on about the pointlessness of producing family-sized electric cars and pretending that they will suit a family’s needs in the real world. But we do say that producing small, city cars with electric bits under the bonnet does make […]

Filed Under: Peugeot News Tagged With: Eco Cars, Electric Cars, Hybrid Cars

Nissan LEAF EV – order book open in UK

September 6, 2010 By Cars UK

Nissan has now opened the order book in the UK for the electric Nissan LEAF. Buyers can sign up online by paying a £257 deposit. We happily admit that we don’t understand the desire to create a C-Segment electric car (certainly not a BEV). We also feel that the creation and marketing of such cars is potentially mis-leading, with […]

Filed Under: Nissan LEAF, Nissan News Tagged With: Carlos Ghosn, Eco Cars, Electric Cars, Nissan Battery

Electric Ford Focus to get liquid cooling

September 5, 2010 By Cars UK

Ford are going to manage battery temperature in the electric Focus to improve range and battery longevity. Just like everyone else, Ford is working on battery electric vehicles. And in particular – certainly in the UK – they’re working on an Electric Ford Focus. Which for us is a daft way to go. Electric cars […]

Filed Under: Ford Focus, Ford News Tagged With: Eco Cars, Electric Cars

Mitsubishi i-MiEV UK price drop – Battery Wars!

August 20, 2010 By Cars UK

Mitsubishi has slashed the price of their plug-in electric car – the Mitsubishi i-MiEV – in order to compete with the likes of Nissan’s LEAF. With Mitsubishi getting in to mainstream electric cars before any other big car maker with the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, they had a big advantage. They were the first to mass-produce an electric car; […]

Filed Under: Mitsubishi News Tagged With: Eco Cars, Electric Cars, Mitsubishi Electric Car, Plug-in EV

BMW i100 Coupe Active Hybrid in 2013

July 31, 2010 By Cars UK

The BMW i100 Active Hybrid Coupe

BMW are said to be planning a plug-in hybrid – based on last year’s Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Car – called the BMW i100 Active Hybrid Coupe and due in 2013. As we’ve said on umpteen occassions, the car world is an ants nest of rumour. We get emails every day with the latest hype doing […]

Filed Under: Car News Tagged With: BMW Electric, BMW Hybrid, BMW Vision, BMW Vision Concept, Eco Cars, Hybrid Cars

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