Tesla White Seats: Durable or Destroyed? 20,000 Miles later!
A long term test of Tesla’s vegan seats:
Paris tries something different in the fight against smog
Under a new French scheme cars are labelled according to the pollution that they emit. This allows the worst offenders to be banned when necessary. Last week Paris suffered its fourth smog of the winter and tried a new idea to protect its residents from the worst effects. Like many European cities, the Paris region
Petrol and diesel cars could be banned in Scottish cities within eight years
Drivers could be forced to give up their vehicles and switch to electric cars in some urban areas. Radical new plans have been drawn up which could see petrol and diesel vehicles banned in some parts of Scotland within eight years. The Scottish Government have pledged to cut emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
How to make the move to electric cars
No longer a futuristic novelty, electric cars are becoming an increasingly common sight on Britain’s streets. Most of the major car manufacturers are now either selling or developing electric and hybrid models, even the supercar makers at Ferrari are planning on fitting every new car with a hybrid powertrain by 2019. There will be roughly
Ireland passes law to become world’s first country to fully divest from fossil fuels
Bill will drop coal, oil and gas investments from Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Ireland has voted to be the world’s first country to fully divest public money from fossil fuels. The Irish Parliament passed the historic legislation in a 90 to 53 vote in favour of dropping coal, oil and gas investments from the €8bn
BMW I3 Review – Concept To Reality
[Originally published in 2013 but recently updated with a nod to us – thanks CarWitter!] BMW first showed off the i3 concept back in 2011 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, it was at an advanced stage but looked nothing like any BMW had done before. Low and behold it’s now available to order and sitting
Government ‘tried to bury’ its own alarming report on climate change
Exclusive: The five-yearly assessment of what will happen to the UK as the world warms says one of an array of potential threats is the ‘significant risk’ to supplies of food The Government has been accused of trying to bury a major report about the potential dangers of global warming to Britain – including the
2017 set to be landmark year for electric cars
The future is bright for electric cars in 2017, as new figures released recently indicate that more than 100,000 plug-in cars could be on UK roads by the middle of this year. This prediction is fuelled by record numbers of electric car registrations in 2016, with volumes rising 29% on the previous 12 months. In
Electric vehicles feature in ‘post-Brexit’ strategy
The government has placed electric vehicles at the heart of a green paper outlining its ‘post-Brexit’ Industrial Strategy for the UK today (23 January). Launched by Prime Minister Theresa May, the Strategy focuses on designing a smart grid and the roll out of public charging points for the vehicles to bring about ‘affordable energy and
Tesla Model S P100D: Face Bending Acceleration
The additional driving range is welcome, but the range-topping Model S’s increase in performance is overkill, even if it is very entertaining What is it? The Tesla Model S P100D gets its moniker thanks to the addition of a 100kWh battery. It’s a hardware upgrade for Elon Musk’s company, which can usually be relied upon