‘You really have to be cut out for the kind of attention this car will garner: it’s like being famous overnight’ The BMWi8 is sleek, fast, futuristic and, most of all, defiant. The rules are, if you want to be green, you have to be crap. These were laid down in stone by eco-friendly cleaning … Continue reading BMW i8 – car review
Last year marked a big breakthrough for electric cars; the majority of major manufacturers invested heavily in developing electric drive-trains and subsequently added an array of appealing battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models to their rosters. By the end of 2014 there were over 17,000 plug-in cars and vans on UK roads with that … Continue reading Top 10 Electric Vehicles Coming Soon in 2015
THE 2014 World Car of the Year is adding zero emissions motoring to its repertoire with the arrival of the new A3 Sportback e-tron, the first plug-in hybrid to join the Audi range. Priced from £29,950 (including government grant incentive), the spacious five-door compact hatchback combines a conventional 1.4-litre TFSI petrol engine with an electric … Continue reading Road Test: Audi A3 Sportback e-tron
The year 2015 will see the strengthening of the market for electric vehicles (EVs); both pure electric and plug-in hybrids. With over 17,000 EVs already on UK roads, Next Green Car forecasts almost 40,000 will be in use by the end of the year. New low emission petrol and diesel models will also be launched … Continue reading Top Ten 2015 Green Car – Twin-up!
THURSDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2014 RENAULT LIFTS THE LID ON FUTURE MOBILITY IDEAS New Renault compact electric motor to improve EV efficiency Small petrol/LPG turbo engine to lower fuel bills by 25 per cent Innovations for urban deliveries and electrification ‘HYDIVU’ prototype: Mild-Diesel Hybrid for LCVs ‘POWERFUL’ prototype: two-stroke, two-cylinder super-charged and turbo-charged diesel engine ‘VELUD’ … Continue reading Renault lifts the lid on future mobility ideas
A Cayenne hybrid of heightened economy potential, and quite attractively priced given its complexity and capabilities What is it? Porsche is keen to sell us plug-in hybrids. It now makes three, although one is rather unaffordable, it being the £652,849 918 Spyder. The other two are the Panamera and the new Porsche Cayenne e-Hybrid, which … Continue reading 2014 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid first drive review
With only three days until Round-2 of the inaugural FIA Formula-E Championship is upon us, I thought it was time to take a deeper look into this interesting racing series. The debut of Formula-e racing was held in the streets of Beijing on 13th September 2014. You can read my review of that here. There was … Continue reading FIA: What is Formula-e and why should we care?
Exceptionally refined with punchy overtaking abilities and impressive ride and handling. Premium driving experience at expense of ultimate usability What is it? This is the Mercedes-Benz B-class Electric Drive, the manufacturer’s pure electric version of the newly facelifted B-class. Rather than follow the lead of the BMW i3 and build an electric car around an … Continue reading Mercedes-Benz B-class Electric Drive first drive review
Fuel Included is an online electric car leasing broker. We are connected electronically to all the main car dealers across the UK and we can source the best deals available. We specialise in plug-in cars, of which there are two main types: Plug-in hybrid car (‘PHEV’) – this is a car like a Volkswagen Golf … Continue reading What We Do