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Robby Tyler,
18 November 2010 11:05
Honda today launched the Fit EV Concept at the LA auto show. Based on Honda's established supermini rather than being an entirely new model in its own right, the Fit EV concept 'hints strongly at the direction and styling for Honda’s upcoming production Fit EV all-electric vehicle' according to Honda. What's with the name 'Fit' then? Readers in the US, China and Japan will need ...
Hydrogen car information: everything you need to know if you own a hydrogen car, are thinking of buying one or just want to find out more about fuel-cell cars. Click on the links below for all of CAR Magazine’s news, reviews, videos, scoops and spy photos of the hydrogen and fuel-cell cars on sale today and tomorrow. We list the ...
Biofuels information: everything you need to know if you own a biofuel car, are thinking of buying one or just want to find out more about cars running on E85 and bioethanols. Click on the links below for all of CAR Magazine’s news, reviews, videos, scoops and spy photos of the biofuel car ranges on sale today. We list the ...
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Simon Stiel,
25 November 2008 15:26
One of the major drawbacks of electric cars is the lack of national recharging networks. Run out of juice on a journey and most locals will be loathe to let you plug into their mains – especially with energy prices so high. But now Renault and Nissan have announced that Portugal will have a nationwide electric car recharging network built ...
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Tim Pollard,
20 October 2008 12:36
Does the new Ferrari California drive like a real Ferrari should? Road test editor Chris Chilton tested the California V8 last week and thought it a brilliantly judged new addition to the Ferrari range (read his review here). But our eyes opened wider when an email landed today with a photo of European correspondent Georg Kacher behind the California's wheel ...
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Glen Waddington,
25 September 2008 15:46
No, it’s not a Norfolk-based competition to grow the tallest rose varieties. Lotus Engineering is developing a Honda Civic Hybrid for stage rallying and circuit racing. Yes, you read that right. Hold on! Lotus is racing a Honda hybrid? It turns out there’s a lot of untapped performance potential lurking within Honda’s petrol-electric commuter car, and Lotus has the key ...
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Jesse Crosse,
24 September 2008 12:00
Kia will go electric, in a small way at least, when it introduces the Ceed with a stop-start system early in 2009. The Ceed ISG (Idle Stop and Go) will be the first of a series of new, green, technologies on the way from Kia which is also working on hybrids and fuel cell cars. How does this Kia Ceed ...
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Jesse Crosse,
27 August 2008 09:41
It’s a few years now since the first serious prototype fuel cell cars hummed onto the radar, yet they’re still very much at the research stage. That said, they have come a long way considering the rocket science involved in making them work and the huge technical mountains engineers are having to climb. The Edge is the latest from the ...
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Ben Whitworth,
12 August 2008 12:14
Lotus is joining forces with Queen’s University Belfast and Jaguar to develop Omnivore, a revolutionary new multi-fuel combustion engine with significantly enhanced thermal efficiency when running on any combination of alcohols and gasoline. What's this new Lotus engine about? Sponsored by Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs and Department of the Environment Northern Ireland through the Renewable Materials LINK ...
