Technology company Intel has released a study into the creation of a new ‘passenger economy’ when autonomous vehicles become commonplace on roads around the world. The company believes that this new opportunity will be more than twice the size of the ‘sharing economy’, and will develop to support the idle time when drivers become passengers
Heathrow airport has added 17 Nissan Leafs to its fleet to inspire a new culture of electric car usage. The airport has allocated 12 vehicles to airside teams such as security and baggage while another five are to be used as pool cars. Heathrow is committed to making the cars and small vans within its
Research from Frost & Sullivan finds that the global PHEV market is estimated to reach about 3.7 million units by 2025 with 4.8 million light vehicles in an optimistic scenario and 2.9 million light vehicles in a conservative scenario. The reasons behind such growth include the imminent launch of 100 new models, favourable incentives, emission
Rowena’s BMW i3 has taken her city commute in a whole new direction
For what seems like a long time now, electric vehicles (EVs) have been on the cusp of going mainstream – in fact it was three decades ago that major automotive manufacturers first introduced working concepts of EVs. Since then we’ve seen the hybrid vehicle make a significant impact on the car market, and now it looks
[Test drive of] 2017 BMW i3 94 Ah REx. The last bit of that name seems like a jumbled mess of letters and numbers so, for those who aren’t well versed in EV-speak, it means that [this] particular i3 had the newer 94 Amp-Hour battery and a gasoline Range Extender. Read more: BMW Blog
The end of the Oil Age is within sight. Everyone who follows the news should be able to see this by now, although people have vastly different ideas about the timeline. Consultancies, investment analysts and think tanks around the world produce a constant stream of predictions about the future impact of new technologies on the
Cleaner Than Ever: Latest Numbers Show Electric Vehicle Advantage Is Growing
OAKLAND, CA (May 31, 2017)—Everywhere in the US, driving electric is cleaner than driving a typical gasoline-powered car. That’s truer now than ever before, and the advantage electric vehicles have over comparable gasoline cars is only continuing to increase. New analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) shows that in 70 percent of the
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