UK automotive industry totally committed to air quality improvement and carbon reduction. Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) needs to be more ambitious says SMMT. Diesel vehicles built today the cleanest ever made capturing over 99% of particulates. Welcoming plans for an Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in London by 2020, the Society of Motor Manufacturers
You wouldn’t know it was an EV … except it might use NO petrol Vulture at the Wheel It would have been difficult for Audi to launch an electric car differentiated more from BMW’s. Whilst the BMW i3 has been styled and engineered to look and perform like something from another planet, the new A3
The United States is banking on decades of abundant natural gas to power its economic resurgence. That may be wishful thinking. When US President Barack Obama talks about the future, he foresees a thriving US economy fuelled to a large degree by vast amounts of natural gas pouring from domestic wells. “We have a supply
Carbuyer gets its hands on the Tesla Model S… Prepare to hear the word “brilliant” a lot throughout the video. Like is typically the case when someone reviews the Tesla Model S, they instantly feel like a kid in a candy store. Mat, the Carbuyer reporter, mentions that the charging network is not all there
In just 15 years, the world as we know it will have transformed forever. The age of oil, gas, coal and nuclear will be over. A new age of clean power and smarter cars will fundamentally, totally, and permanently disrupt the existing fossil fuel-dependent industrial infrastructure in a way that even the most starry-eyed proponents
The 127-kW (170 HP) electric motor that propels the rear-wheel-drive BMW i3 has received a coveted “Best Engines” award from Ward’s Auto. Here’s the eligibility criteria for selection by Ward’s Auto: To be eligible for the Ward’s 10 Best Engines competition, an engine or propulsion system must be all-new or significantly re-engineered and available in
More than half of Nissan Leaf owners insist they will never u-turn and buy conventional cars again Auto giant’s customer research finds feared barriers to electric vehicle adoption have not materialised Nissan will today publish the results of customer research suggesting a majority of customers for its Leaf have become electric vehicle converts and have
Euro NCAP has awarded the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron five stars in the latest round of crash tests. The Kia Soul and electric Soul EV both scored four stars, while Jeep’s new Renegade compact SUV scored five stars. Euro NCAP’s testers gave the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron an adult safety rating of 82%, noting good
VW says Golf GTE plug-in hybrid offers the ‘best of both worlds’
Volkswagen says its Golf GTE plug-in hybrid offers eco-friendly buyers the “best of both worlds” — a compact hatchback that can be driven up to 50km in cities using electric power or up to 940km on highways with additional power from its gasoline engine. The Golf GTE is VW’s second plug-hybrid after the low-volume XL1.
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