Alex Grant
Public sector to get £5m ULEV fleet funding
Announced by Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer, the scheme aims to add around 200 plug-in hybrid or electric vehicles with fleets including the police, fire services and NHS from February onwards. It builds on the … Read More »
Volkswagen Golf GTE available to order
Offered as a part electric hot hatch alongside the GTI and GTD, the GTE features a 1.4-litre 148bhp TSI petrol engine with a six-speed DSG gearbox and 100bhp electric motor, producing a combined 202bhp … Read More »
First plug-in hybrid Hyundai due this year
Shown at the Detroit Motor Show, it features a 9.8kWh lithium polymer battery pack and offers a fully electric range of 22 miles – slightly longer than the Ford Fusion Energi’s 20-mile range – … Read More »
Honda unveils production-ready NSX hybrid supercar
Available to order from the summer, it combines a mid-mounted twin-turbocharged V6 petrol engine and nine-speed dual-clutch transmission with three electric motors, offering four-wheel drive traction and lag-free acceleration. Two of the motors are … Read More »
Cornwall connects to Electric Highway rapid charge network
The charger is installed at the new Cornwall Services site in Victoria, on the A30 near Bodmin, connecting the Electric Highway units at Lands End with the chargers at Exeter Services, previously a 124-mile stretch … Read More »
BMW launches smart charging trial
The BMW i ChargeForward project is a collaboration with Californian energy provider Pacific Gas and Electric Utility Service (PG&E), and is now taking applications for the planned 100 participants in the Greater San Francisco … Read More »
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV becomes emergency power source
It means cars equipped with the rapid charging socket are now approved for use with several vehicle-to-home (V2H) units, including one made by Mitsubishi Electric, the EVPower Station from Nichicon and the Tsubaki Elink. … Read More »
Nissan doubles public sector EV fleet specialist team
The new team is headed by national EV manager, Karl Anders, who joins the company from the Energy Saving Trust where he was a fleet consultant for the agency. Ben Grocott and Tony Machin, … Read More »
Range and charging upgrades for Tesla range
Owners of the Roadster, Tesla’s first production car launched in 2008, will be offered an upgrade package based on knowledge gained from the Model S, claimed to increase the range to around 400 miles … Read More »
Bolloré to double French charging network
The company, which manages the Autolib electric car sharing service in Paris and the Source London charging point scheme in the UK, presented its plans to French Ministry for the Economy and Finance earlier this month. … Read More »
Charging network in The Hague to quadruple
The city’s first charging points were installed in 2012, and there are now 300 located across The Hague, the management of which will be taken over by private enterprise within the next four years. … Read More »
Plug-in sales to double in 2015, says Alphabet
The company’s CEO, Richard Schooling, says the plug-in market has reached a crucial tipping point, where customers are more likely than ever to discuss the possibility of using them on fleet. It’s a trend … Read More »
OLEV funds 39-strong Siemens rapid charge network
Funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV), the network comprises 20 Siemens QC45 units in South Tyneside and 19 in Dorset, each compatible with the CHAdeMO DC, Type 2 AC and Combined … Read More »
Hendra Holiday Park to run plug-ins on renewables
The newcomers will be used by the directors of Hendra Holiday Park, in Newquay, which generates the power for the 100-acre site using its own solar and wind farms. Will Dexter, financial director at … Read More »
Nissan e-NV200 Combi joins Cornish electric taxi fleet
C&C Taxis, based in St Austell, already has a fleet of six Nissan LEAFs, and says each of its electric vehicles save around £10,000 in fuel bills per year. The newcomer was deployed earlier … Read More »
Extraordinary in ordinary: Living with the Tesla Model S
Game changer, revolutionary, upstart. Tesla’s all-electric luxury car has caused a stir in the industry, but does it work as a day-to-day car? Alex Grant spent a week with the Model S to find … Read More »
AlphaElectric exceeds first year target by 24%
The multi-marque service launched in November 2013 with a target of 595 units in its first year, and 12 months on can count West Middlesex University Hospital and London-based last mile delivery specialist Gnewt … Read More »
Shared charging network to enable trans-European EV touring
Under the agreement, British network Charge Your Car, which has 2,000 points and The New Motion, which a network of 15,000 spanning the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Belgium, will share their networks under … Read More »
New Audi Q7 to get <50g/km plug-in hybrid drivetrain
The Q7 e-tron quattro combines a 255bhp 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine with a 126bhp electric motor housed in its eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox. As the name suggests, the car offers four-wheel drive traction in electric … Read More »
Renault reveals 10% smaller electric drivetrain
Designed in-house and built at the Cléon factory, the synchronous motor produces the same 88bhp as the unit in the ZOE, but integrating components, moving to air cooling and not using external cables has … Read More »
