Clean Green Cars Archive

Ford Focus Econetic Long Term Test - First Report
19/8/10
Ford's Start-Stop equipped Focus Econetic promises impressive fuel economy - but does this old favourite deliver?

Fuel Cell Black Cab prototype First Drive
13/8/10
Black cabs account for a vast proportion of London's air pollution.

Nissan Leaf First Drive
27/7/10
Nissan's Leaf will be the first full-electric car from the Japanese manufacturer - we get to try it out on the UK roads

Vauxhall Ampera
24/6/10
A first drive in Vauxhall's radical Ampera extended-range hybrid - it shows real promise

Renault Fluence First Drive
15/6/10
The first of Renault's new wave of electric cars shows real promise - up to a point

Ford Fiesta Econetic Long Term test - Final Report
10/6/10
Ford's Fiesta Econetic is one of the lowest emission models on sale.

Vehicle emissions - the whole story
25/5/10
Clean Green Cars launches a unique table of overall emissions for all manufacturers

Toyota Auris Hybrid
24/5/10
The Toyota Auris gets the engine behind the Prius that leaves it economical, if uninspiring to drive

EU CO2 Fines - The smaller the car, the bigger the fine
18/5/10
A major investigation by Clean Green Cars shows that the EU system of targets and fines will penalise small cars - and let off big ones.

A Smart trip to the Arctic
10/5/10
An eco-friendly Smart Fortwo is not the obvious choice of Arctic wheels, but Jeremy Hart gamely whirs north anyway, along the wild Dempster Highway

Honda CR-Z
12/4/10
Honda serves up the sexiest hybrid yet with its CR-Z 2+2 coupe

Voltswagons, 100 Years Apart
8/4/10
American talk-show host and car nut Jay Leno compares an experimental electric Ford Focus with his 1909 Baker Electric

Saving money is the biggest incentive to drive electric
7/4/10
Low fuel costs were reckoned by 32 percent to be the biggest attraction

Ferrari 599 Hybrid
19/3/10
Ferrari's 599 Hybrid points the way to a future in which supercar pace and green credentials can co-exist

Geneva Motor Show 2010
2/3/10
We take a look at the greenest concepts and production models being unveilled at Geneva this year

Ford Fiesta Econetic Long Term Test - Second Report
17/2/10
Ford's Fiesta Econetic is one of the lowest emission models you can buy.

Porsche Cayenne Hybrid
4/2/10
Clean Green Cars is one of the first to sample Porsche's greener, all-new hybrid Cayenne

Chevrolet Volt First Drive
28/1/10
We drive Chevrolet's radical Volt - does it redefine the green car'

Ford Focus Econetic Stop-Start
28/1/10
Stop-Start technology lowers Econetic's CO2 emissions to just 99g/km

Mercedes B-Class F-Cell
22/12/09
This is Mercedes' production ready, zero emission hydrogen fuel cell B-Class.