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Gavin Green on the world’s first good electric car

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Gavin Green, 09 August 2012 10:24

After more than 100 years of electric car dross, at last there’s a good one. The BMW i3, likely to go on sale late next year, is the first intelligently conceived electric car I have experienced. Rather than just a ‘normal’ car that is converted to run on electric power (step forward most EVs now on sale) or a ‘bespoke’ ...

Gavin Green on 2011's big story: electric cars

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Gavin Green, 28 December 2010 07:00

Electric cars will one day rule the roads. But, like a G-Wiz on a long journey, they will take a long time to get there. Various auto ignoramuses, among them ex-PM Gordon Brown, have hinted that new-generation EVs will proliferate as quickly as daffodils in spring. Don’t believe it. This is a slow process. Especially in Europe, where fuel-parsimonious (and ...

Gavin Green's 10 most influential cars of 2010

Gavin Green, 06 December 2010 09:25

The industrial revolution didn’t end with the Victorians. It now moves faster than ever, not least in cars. 2010 probably saw more visionary production and concept cars than any year, ever. Gavin Green picks the top 10 cars of the year. 1. Nissan LeafElectric cars are the future. And this is the first production EV (electric vehicle) that offers similar performance, ...

The appeal of the London cycling scheme

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Gavin Green, 05 August 2010 06:37

The lady from BBC Radio rang to see if I’d take part in a ‘vigorous’ debate on city cycling schemes. They had already lined up a cycling proponent. Could I please put forward the ‘motoring view’ and ‘if there was some disagreement it would be helpful’. Amazing how we car writers get stereotyped. Car journo must be anti-bike, right? I ...

Why Gordon Brown mustn't swallow electric car spin

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Gavin Green, 04 May 2009 09:00

Gordon Brown can’t drive and there’s nothing wrong with that. But there’s plenty wrong with him preaching what sort of car we should drive. By 2020, says our prime minister, all new cars sold in Britain should be electric or hybrid cars. What’s more, in the recent budget, motorists were offered subsidies of up to £5,000 to buy electric or ...

Shocking safety in electric cars, by Gavin Green

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Gavin Green, 24 June 2008 08:59

News that there will be more recharging points dotted around London in the expectation of a boom in electric cars is, in theory, welcome. For once, a government or council is partly financing our fuel rather than taxing it. I just wish there was an electric car currently worth buying. The current top-selling UK electric vehicle, the G-Wiz, is of ...

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