Produced by an Indian company, this car charmed the judges at the recent London to Brighton Future Cars rally; winning the award for ‘most environmentally-friendly small passenger electric vehicle’. Due for launch in the UK in the summer of 2012, the vehicle is expected to have a price tag of around £24,000 once the government’s [...]
What’s in a name? L – E – A – F is supposed to stand for Leading – Environmentally friendly – Affordable – Family car. Reviews suggest that you won’t be blown away by the Leaf; its appeal rests on the reliability associated with its manufacturer, Nissan. The car is available at a government subsidised [...]
Poor old Auntie Beeb. She can’t seem to do anything right at the moment. Recently there has been scandal over an EastEnders storyline and allegations that the presenters of Countryfile were chosen for their age rather than ability. And now there is the matter of the corporation’s correspondent Brian Milligan attempting to drive from London [...]
Fending off accusations that it is just the iMiEV in disguise is the Peugeot iOn. Actually, the iMiEV isn’t a bad car to be modelled on, so can it live up to the hype and does it have a personality of its own? It’s certainly not cheap so you won’t find many of its owners [...]
Smart’s new EV was a big success during testing in London a couple of years back and then it took Berlin. After its continental travels it should be available to buy in 2012 when it will be eligible for the government’s discount grant. Not that it needs much of a push if its acceleration details [...]
Ford’s chief executive has revealed the company’s pride that people are calling the new Ford Focus electric car the “preferred automobile mobile phone app”. Alan Mulally appeared before the media in front of the gleaming new all-electric vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today (January 7th, 2011). The Ford man explained how [...]
We’ve had the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod and now it is time for the iMiEV; an electric vehicle made, not by Apple, but Mitsubishi. The government recently announced that nine electric vehicles would benefit from plug-in grant subsidies and the iMiEV is one of the first three cars to benefit. Available for sale [...]
Earlier this week (December 14th) the government unveiled a list of nine electric cars which are to benefit from subsidies of up to £5,000 per car. From January green motorists who purchase any of the cars to have qualified for the scheme will receive a grant of 25 per cent towards the cost of the [...]
Those who like their electric cars to look like something out of Knight Rider won’t be disappointed by the Citroen Survolt. The 160mph carbon fibre race car was unveiled in March and it is exciting to think that it could one day make the journey from the race track to the roads. Reviewers have been [...]
The Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell went largely unnoticed at the recent RAC Future Car London-Brighton challenge. That’s because it looks like any other five-person car. Yet it is actually the product of years of development – work designed to accommodate the batteries and hydrogen tanks of this zero-emissions vehicle without compromising space. It looks like the [...]
