Alex Grant
Hemel Hempstead gains electric car sharing scheme
Residents will be offered a smart card to access a fleet of Renault ZOE and Fluence Z.E. electric vehicles, with loans starting at £5.50 per hour. Businesses can extend the loan to several days … Read More »
Eaton announces fast charger for large electric vehicles
Designed for fleets, the HyperCharger is scalable from 200kW to 1MW and allows fast charging of plug-in hybrid and electric buses and large trucks. Eaton said it hopes the product will make it easier … Read More »
ALD launches corporate car sharing fleet in Spain
Launched in Madrid and Barcelona, ALD Sharing’s fleet of 23 Nissan LEAFs will be available to hire through a mobile phone for up to two or three months, and are distributed at strategic locations … Read More »
Honda joins vehicle-to-grid power supply project
The carmaker has supplied a specially converted Accord Plug-in Hybrid to the eV2g project, run by the University of Delaware and utility company NRG Energy Inc, who have been collaborating on a vehicle-to-grid system … Read More »
Toyota Prius proves longevity in TÜV Reliability Report
The independent survey, published with German car magazine Auto Bild, ranks vehicles based on the percentage which experience faults at specific ages. A minimum of 500 tests have to have been carried out for … Read More »
Toyota backs wireless electric vehicle charging
The carmaker has just announced an intellectual property license agreement with Massachusetts-based WiTricity, which will mean next generation Toyota plug-in vehicles will be compatible with the company’s inductive chargers. Toyota has been working with … Read More »
Nissan LEAF U.S. sales up 30.1% in November
November U.S. sales totalled 2,003 units, or 2.1% of the 93,376 Nissan units sold that month. The carmaker has sold 20,081 LEAFs in the United States so far this year, a 141.1% increase on … Read More »
Volkswagen's first electric vehicle priced at £19,250
Based on the petrol-powered up! supermini, the e-up features an 82bhp electric motor and lithium-ion battery, offering a range of 93 miles depending on ambient conditions and driving style. Eco and Eco+ driving modes … Read More »
First Drive: Kia Ray EV
Like most manufacturers, Kia is investing heavily in its future drivetrains at the moment. Micro-hybrid, parallel hybrid, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell powertrains are under development and due for a production launch within … Read More »
Long Termers: Vauxhall Ampera Electron
The Ampera joined our long-term fleet as General Motors announced global price reductions for its extended-range electric vehicles. Said to be a result of economies of scale and streamlining of the manufacturing process, it means … Read More »
British Gas begins winter trial of 28 electric vehicles
The trial is being run with the support of Nissan, Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Solutions and Gateshead college and will last until April 2014, showing how electric commercial vehicles perform on set routes through … Read More »
European parliament targets 456,000 electric vehicle charging points by 2020
A draft directive has been endorsed by the Transport and Tourism Committee this month setting deadlines to establish publicly accessible infrastructure for hydrogen, natural gas and electric vehicles in all member states over the … Read More »
Nissan launches customer commitment scheme for LEAF electric vehicle
The CARE-EV scheme introduces the option for retail and Motability customers to use a petrol or diesel Nissan, for free, for up to 14 days, and includes a guaranteed 24-hour test drive to improve … Read More »
Ghosn: infrastructure will hold fuel cell vehicles back
Speaking at the Tokyo Motor Show, Ghosn said he didn’t regret the investment the Alliance had made in electric vehicles, despite pushing back its 1.5-million sales target two or three years beyond the original … Read More »
Fuel cell Hyundai gets spring 2014 US launch
The Tucson Fuel Cell is the same as the ix35 FCEV now being leased to European fleet customers, and offers a 300-mile range from a refuel taking less than ten minutes. Customers will be … Read More »
Refresh brings Lexus CT 200h down to 82g/km
Unveiled at the Guangzhou Motor Show in China, it features a more aggressive spindle grille, new alloy wheels, colours and interior trims, as well as improvements in NVH compared to its predecessor. Lexus has … Read More »
Audi calls for eco incentives on U.S. diesels
The carmaker, which now has ‘clean diesel’ TDI versions of its A8L, A7, A6, Q7 and Q5 models in the United States, recently commissioned Harris Interactive to poll 2,041 randomly selected drivers about attitudes … Read More »
Volkswagen unveils XL1-based plug-in hybrid up!
Hinting at the next step in group chief executive Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn’s ambitions to become the market leader in electromobility, the twin up! uses a 0.8-litre, two-cylinder diesel engine based on Volkswagen’s familiar … Read More »
Toshiba Tec chooses all-Auris Hybrid engineer fleet
The Surrey-based company, which provides technical support for computerised point of sale and retail information systems and barcode printers, has ordered the first 28 vehicles through Currie Motors Toyota Centre in Twickenham. It chose … Read More »
Tesla announces UK pricing for Model S
Developed in California and about to begin production in right hand drive, the Model S launches Tesla into the large executive segment, and sales are expected to be fleet-heavy in the UK due to favourable … Read More »
