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War of the greens as Leaf gives Volt a shock

Rated 4 out of 54

Freddie Fulton, 13 August 2009 10:31

The Chevrolet Volt was gunning to be the ‘first mass-produced car with a triple-digit fuel economy,’ according to General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson. Earlier this week he announced the US’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would rate the new Chevy Volt as capable of 230mpg on the open road. So what’s the problem? The Nissan Leaf EV has picked a bone ...

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War of the greens as Leaf gives Volt a shock

War of the greens as Leaf gives Volt a shock

Rated 4 out of 54

Freddie Fulton, 13 August 2009 10:31

The Chevrolet Volt was gunning to be the ‘first mass-produced car with a triple-digit fuel economy,’ according to General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson. Earlier this week he announced the US’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would rate the new Chevy Volt as capable of 230mpg on the open road. So what’s the problem? The Nissan Leaf EV has picked a bone ...

Renault’s electric cars ‘will cost the same as its diesels’

Renault’s electric cars ‘will cost the same as its diesels’

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Richard Yarrow, 28 April 2009 12:10

Three electric vehicles (EVs) in development by Renault will cost the same as the equivalent diesels in Britain, the company has confirmed to CAR Online. Battery-powered electric Renaults are expected to cost from around £15,000 when they arrive in the next couple of years. The announcement takes into account the UK Government’s £5000 EV incentive scheme announced earlier this month. ...

Nissan-Renault plan for electric cars at Olympics

Nissan-Renault plan for electric cars at Olympics

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Phil McNamara, 25 February 2009 09:41

London’s streets will be abuzz with Renault and Nissan electric vehicles during the Olympics, if the alliance pulls off an audacious bid to showcase zero emission cars at the 2012 games.Renault boss Patrick Pelata pitched the idea to Boris Johnson, the city’s mayor, during the recent world economic forum in Davos. ‘We have started discussions. We want to be a ...

Kia goes (dark) green

Kia goes (dark) green

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Jesse Crosse, 23 September 2008 11:00

Kia has unveiled a portfolio of new environmental technologies, including a 1.4-litre Ceed with stop-start (due in the UK in 2009), a Ceed hybrid and the latest version of its fuel cell-powered Sportage. The Korean manufacturer is investing heavily in research and development and will increase its spend on R&D from £2.2 billion this year to £2.6 billion by 2010, combined ...

Toyota and Lexus secret hybrid cars revealed

Toyota and Lexus secret hybrid cars revealed

Rated 3.5 out of 53.5

Georg Kacher, 03 September 2008 11:50

CAR Online has compiled a secret dossier of all the hybrid petrol-electric cars under development at Toyota and Lexus. Today we can reveal a new wave of eco-friendly plug-in hybrids – with confidential details of the next Prius and all the new models that will build on the success of Toyota and Lexus battery cars. There will be a new ...

Car industry getting cleaner

Car industry getting cleaner

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Ben Pulman, 09 October 2007 10:11

Today the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has released its annual Sustainability report. Its eighth report reveals how green and clean the UK industry is becoming - slowly. The headline figures will grab your attention: a cut in total annual CO2 emissions by 36.5 percent over the past four years. However, that’s not from the vehicles themselves, but ...

Toyota's hybrid sales top one million

Toyota's hybrid sales top one million

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Jack Carfrae, 08 June 2007 12:16

Toyota, and its luxury arm Lexus, have notched up more than a million hybrid sales for the first time. First launched in Japan in 1997, the Prius has racked-up 758,000 sales internationally, 13,826 of them in the UK. And a third of the 1,047,000 hybrids built by Toyota found homes in its domestic Japanese market. The company claims its hybrids ...

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