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 […]
Tesla Model S – new Photos
Hot on the heels of the release of new pictures of the Tesla Roadster Sport comes more goodies from Tesla – new images – actually moving, no less – of the controversial Tesla Model S Saloon car, which is due to make an appearance in 2010, or 2011, or 2012… Dogged by controversy over the […]
Tesla Roadster Sport – fresh photos
Tesla has had its fair share of negative headlines in the last year, from the Tesla spat with Top Gear through to the incredulity when Tesla announced the Tesla Model S was going to cost $50k. But there has been good news for Tesla as well. Mercedes bought a 10% stake in Tesla earlier this […]
Germany jumps on the Electric Car Bandwagon
Now it’s the turn of the Germans to jump on the Electric Car political PR bandwagon. They are in ‘Illustrious’ company. We had the Portuguese commit to Electric Cars a while back and Boris wants to make London the Electric Car Capital of Europe. And out own national Government wants to throw £5k at electric […]
Fisker Karma drives Laguna Seca
We’re becoming a bit blasé about the accomplishments of modern car technology. We blithely moan about the lack of the ‘Drive’ in cars like the Toyota Prius, and complain when cars ‘only’ do 50mpg. How times change. But unhappy as we are at Cars UK with the world’s obsession with all things green – and […]
Nissan LEAF EV does 367mpg!
Well I’m glad it’s not just us who saw GM’s claims for the economy on the Chevy Volt at 230 mpg as stretching credulity. It seems the guys that run the NissanEV Twitter account were equally sceptical. So they’ve announced that they’ve worked out that the Nissan LEAF EV will do 367mpg! As we said, […]
Chevy Volt will do 230mpg
Yes, you read that right. In a press conference today GM has claimed that the Chevy Volt – when it finally turns up in late 2010 or more likely mid-2011 – will achive mileage equivalent to 230mpg. Some claim. How they’ve worked it out we don’t really know. Perhaps they plucked a figure out of […]
Nissan LEAF EV – Electric Nissan revealed
There’s been a bit of a tease running up to the reveal of the Nissan Electric Car – The Nissan LEAF EV – and today Nissan has released details and images. Update 18/3/2010: Nissan has announced that the Nissan LEAF will be built at its plant in Sunderland UK, starting 2013. The Nissan LEAF is […]
Audi R8 ePerformance – Electric R8 again
Back in May we reported an industry rumour that Audi were planning to bring an electric R8 Concept to the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. We already know that the Audi R8 Spider will be showing up at the show, but to be honest we weren’t convinced by the tittla-tattle. But the rumours are back, […]
Nissan UK Battery plans confirmed
As was expected Nissan – the Renault Nissan Alliance – has confirmed its plans to build battery plants in the UK to produce lithium ion batteries for electric cars. It has also announced it will be building facilities for battery production in Portugal. And the UK plants will be known as ‘Nissan European Mother Site […]