Paul Clinton from Automotive Fleet takes the new Volkswagen e-Golf for a spin, providing both a video & article. Volkswagen e-Golf. The short video above discusses most of the e-Golf’s features: charging & range, price, etc. As you will hear in the video, the e-Golf is not available in all 50 states. Why? Wish we
BMW dives into the electric vehicle waters with the first of a new dedicated model range. Our view: All too frequently these days automotive manufacturers profess to have invented/enhanced/created (delete where you see fit) the next great revolution in motoring. In many cases it is merely a misuse of the very word revolutionary, and at
GMG becomes largest fund yet known to pull out of coal, oil and gas companies in a move chair Neil Berkett calls a ‘hard-nosed business decision’ justified on ethical and financial grounds The Guardian Media Group (GMG) is to sell all the fossil fuel assets in its investment fund of over £800m, making it the
How do you raise awareness about population explosion? One group thought that the simplest way would be to show people Oil wells Depleting oil fields are yet another symptom of ecological overshoot as seen at the Kern River Oil Field in California ‘I don’t understand why when we destroy something created by man we call
Rental provider Europcar has committed to moving over 2500 vehicles or 5% of its car and van fleet to be electric vehicles by 2020. The news follows Europcar’s deal to take on 150 Nissan Leaf electric vehicles across its rental fleet in London. Europcar will also be including the new vehicles in its Deliver and
Okay…show us your pinks. Renault ZOE looks okay in pink, but we do wonder how a Tesla Model S or BMW i8 would look wearing this color. We’ve seen lots of questionably customized ZOEs, so witnessing a pink-wrapped example isn’t surprising. We would like to point out that customization of automobiles signifies a step beyond
According to The Telegraph, the Tesla Model S is the one vehicle that could forever change our perception of electric cars: “Seven reasons why the arrival of the Tesla Model S in the UK in 2014 could spark a change in how electric cars are viewed.” We believe that the Model S has already changed
EagleAID thunders that Volkswagen e-Golf dethroned Nissan LEAF as the best-selling electric car in the first two months of 2015 in Europe. 2,150 e-Golfs to 1,750 LEAFs. Seems bold, but data from 17 West European markets is not saying the whole story. Volkswagen e-Golf is booming in Norway, where they sold 80% of the total
Tesla Model S was already covered by Translogic long ago, but with a major new version available on the market, it’s time for Translogic to check what the P85D is capable of doing. Jonathon Buckley found that acceleration is addictive, while insane mode is incredible… and the crew confirms that too. A big part of
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to his favorite source to disseminate breaking news (Twitter of course) on Monday to announce a “major new Tesla product line” will be debuting on April 30th at 8pm PT from the company’s Hawthorne, California Design Studio. Mr. Musk stressed that it was “not a car” in the tweet. No
