News Archive

Peugeot to offer electric iOn only on lease deal
10/9/10
Peugeot's iOn electric vehicle will only be available on a leasing deal, and will not be available to buy outright.

Lotus wins $2m Californian research grant
7/9/10
Despite being a British-based company, sports car maker Lotus has won a $2 million from the US state of California to study lightweight vehicles.

Nissan opens order book for electric Leaf
6/9/10
British buyers can now place orders for Nissan's electric Leaf hatchback.

Toyota adds artificial sound to Prius
25/8/10
Toyota has added a device that makes an artificial sound to the Priuses it sells in Japan.

Honda announces hybrid Jazz
25/8/10
Honda has announced a hybrid version of its popular Jazz supermini that will go on sale here early in 2011, after a debut at the Paris Motor Show next month.

Mitsubishi slashes iMiev prices
20/8/10
Mitsubishi has brought the cost of its electric car, the iMiev, into line with rivals by slashing nearly £10,000 off the originally quoted price.

Scientists use whisky leftovers to power cars
18/8/10
Scientists in Scotland claim they have created a bio-fuel from the leftovers of the whisky distilling process which is capable of powering a car.

Kia to take electric Pop to Paris
18/8/10
This startling machine is Kia's new electric concept city car, which will appear at next month's Paris motor show.

New 2WD Freelander set to be cleanest yet
4/8/10
Land Rover will begin selling its first ever two-wheel drive model when the facelifted version of the Freelander hits showrooms, and it will be the cleanest car the brand has ever produced.

Electric car subsidy saved but fewer will benefit
28/7/10
It has been confirmed that electric car buyers will get the promised £5,000 grant to help with their purchase, but fewer of them will benefit after the government slashed the total amount of cash in the pot.

Porsche to develop electric vehicles
26/7/10
Porsche will be developing a series of electric vehicles based on the Boxster for research purposes with a view to making a production version in the future.

Prince of Wales to host motor show
21/7/10
Prince Charles is set to host a car show in London that will focus on environmentally friendly vehicles and sustainable lifestyles.

Electric vehicles to form three percent of VW sales by 2018
20/7/10
Volkswagen is aiming to be market leader in electric vehicles, according to its boss Martin Winterkorn.

Honda updates Insight hybrid
20/7/10
Honda has introduced a whole range of improvements to its five-door Insight hybrid in response to media and customer criticism of the car.

North-east England to install 1300 electric charging bays
16/7/10
North-east England is to install 1300 electric vehicle charging bays by 2010 in a major new initiative.

Volvo wants buyers to think about more than CO2 emissions
15/7/10
Volvo is hoping to teach the UK's car buyers how to pick the car that produces the least poisonous gases and therefore does the least damage to air quality.

Intel inside information
12/7/10
Intel is developing a new generation of aircraft-style black boxes for cars which would use onboard cameras and GPS to offer crash

investigators real-time mapping of the road conditions prior to an accident.

Ford secures £450m loan for low carbon engine development
12/7/10
Ford has today been granted a £450 billion loan for the development of new low emission engines.

Fiat launches tiny two-cylinder engined 500
8/7/10
Fiat has given its smallest car, the 500, an even smaller engine with the launch of a two-cylinder version that will develop as little as 84bhp.

Electric vehicle subsidy is under threat
29/6/10
The £5,000 subsidy for the purchase of electric vehicles is under threat, according to the Coalition Government's Business Secretary, Vince Cable.