With the recent announcement from Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) that 23,083 claims have been made through the Plug-in Car Grant scheme, the total number of electric cars and vans in the UK is about to exceed 24,500 vehicles for the first time. These figures are supported by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and
We narrowed the field down to five nominees for the 2014 Tech Car of the Year award at the beginning of December, and now CNET’s judges have weighed in on our final choices. There were some strong contenders, making a unanimous choice difficult, but there can only be one… Winner: BMW i8 This car represents
The BMW i3 has overcome strong resistance to become the first all-electric car to take out the Wheels magazine car of the year award. German manufacturer BMW bettered fossil-fuelled rivals including last year’s winners Volkswagen, who have taken out the honour three times in the last six years, to be crowned for the first time
Sumptuous leather seats that are individually hand crafted, low level mood lighting, a sound system dynamically optimised with the vehicle’s interior acoustics and all-essential multiple USB charging ports are prerequisite in a luxury company car – and standard in the newly launched Outlander GX5h and GX5hs plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Externally the new models have
Game-changing Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid SUV can deliver 148mpg and CO2 emissions of just 44g/km Verdict: 4 stars The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is a refined SUV with some impressive economy figures that cars of a similar size simply cannot match. It’s not a particularly scintillating drive and the ride is a bit unsettled, but
Looks like the sports car of the future but does it actually drive like one? Take two in the BMW i8 The ‘real world’ offering in the rarified league of carbon fibre petrol-electric sports cars, the BMW i8 is no P1, LaFerrari or 918 Spyder in performance terms. Not that anyone who sees it seems
LEVA’s Ed Benjamin enumerates the many reasons that plummeting oil prices will not only be short-lived, but that multiple other drivers will compel a shift to electric vehicles As I write this, the price of Brent Light Crude is $51.35 / bbl. That is down from about $110 / bbl. 7 months earlier. Filling a
Islington Council votes for a £96 additional ‘diesel’ charge for resident parking permits Islington Council in north London is thought to have become the first local authority to put a surcharge on the ownership of diesel-powered vehicles. On 15 January, the 48 members of the council (47 Labour and 1 Green) voted to increase the cost
If you thought low gas prices could kill the electric vehicle revolution, the industry’s record sales in December will come as a big surprise. According to InsideEVs, 12,874 EVs were sold in the U.S. during December, more than any month in history. This comes as gas prices were plunging toward $2 per gallon. We shouldn’t
Many companies are considering providing workplace charging for their employees and finding they are in new territory with many options to consider. We at Plug In America would like to share what we have learned having been involved for over 10 years in both using charging infrastructure as drivers and advising site hosts of all
