The city of San Francisco has not been shy to use its building codes to try to accelerate the deployment of sustainable energy. Last year, it required new buildings to have solar panels installed on the roof and this year, it will try to accommodate electric vehicles by using a similar approach. San Francisco already
BMW continues to make headway with its flagship ‘i’ range, with the BMW i3 94Ah having recently won the Best Electric Car in the £20,000 – £40,000 category at the What Car? Car of the Year 2017 awards. The annual awards are the UK motoring industry’s highest accolades, demonstrating just how far the BMW i
The second version of the 2017 Hyundai Ioniq I got to drive was the fully electric model (the plug-in hybrid wasn’t available to all drivers), and although my first thought was that the Ioniq electric only has a 124-mile range (which probably has more to say about our societal conditioning about “range anxiety” than about
On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme available since January 1 EV owners must ask their local authorities to apply for chargers on their behalf Scheme will favour areas where no off-street parking is available Councils can apply for multiple plug-ins to cover current and future EV demand The biggest issue strangling the nation’s switch from petrol and
Crazy electric Renault ZOE e-sport concept has 456bhp, four-wheel drive and extreme weight saving Renault has a history of using its Renaultsport department to create crazy concept cars, and at this year’s Geneva Motor Show the company has followed up the mad Espace F1 and Twizy F1 with a new ZOE concept using the firm’s
A MOVE to electric vehicles is set to save ambulance bosses millions of pounds. North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS) will be one of the first ambulance services in the country to introduce electric cars as part of its fleet and is expected to save £2.5 million in fuel costs over the four year
Although our last long trip went well, I was a little nervous yesterday driving from Northampton to London and back as it was to an area, Hammersmith, where I hadn’t charged before. We were headed to the Odeon for an Elbow concert. I did some pre-planning on Google Maps and Zap-map and spotted parking with
Drivers should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, the Transport Secretary has said. Chris Grayling suggested motorists should consider buying a low-emission vehicle rather than spending their money on a diesel. His intervention follows reports the Government is considering a scrappage scheme for diesel cars to improve air quality. The reported scheme
Review Six years after the mainstream launch of the Nissan Leaf, range anxiety is still a barrier for many when it comes to adopting electric vehicles. It’s a barrier Renault hopes to demolish with the updated ZE40 edition of the Zoe compact electric hatchback, which almost doubles the vehicle’s range on the NEDC cycle, from
New autonomous vehicle insurance and electric vehicle infrastructure
Self-driving car insurance and electric vehicle charge point measures introduced in Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill. New insurance rules for self-driving cars and measures to improve provision of electric vehicle charge points will be introduced today (22 February 2017), as part of the Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill. It is hoped these measures will help
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