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If like most of us you have had enough of the weather, then it might make you a little uncomfortable to know that much worse is to come. Not only is climate change threatening long term changes to the planet, according to latest research it is also the cause of …

Electric vehicles (or EVs) offer plenty of benefits for a full-scale switch over to Volt-led motoring on the face of things – not least zero tailpipe emissions. So with the government subsidising your EV purchase by £5,000, why is the UK not seeing a significant increase in the take up …

The Green car launches of 2011 Go green is the buzz phrase of the year. Be it food, clothes or even cars. Everybody has been bitten by the green bug and is trying to become more eco-friendly. Many of the auto majors announced at the start of the New Year, …

Last week’s episode of Top gear highlighted the problems with the lack of infrastructure in the UK for Electric vehicles. Jeremy and James set off in 2 electric cars, Jeremy in a Nissan Leaf and James in a Peugeot iON, on an ordinary trip to the seaside. Just outside Lincoln …

Imagine that on Sunday morning you made a cup of tea, swallowed a couple of ibuprofen and booted up your computer to  find an email from the National Lottery that informed you that it was YOU…that your numbers had come up on the big money balls and you were now …

To start with you need to look at the capital cost of just buying the vehicle, then you have to look at cost of ownership and cost per mile.  Finally you need to look at depreciation and resale value. A hybrid car typically costs about 8-10% more at present than …

Manufacturers say that it will not be long before you will be able to choose the sound your car engine makes, in the same easy manner you change the ring tone for your mobile phone.  HALOsonic is the brainchild of a British engineering company that say, “Noise is bad, sound …

Have you ever wondered why there isn’t a diesel / electric hybrid car?  Up to now the reason has been cost, as having a diesel engine which costs more than a petrol engine and then adding another electric motor to the setup has made the idea fail to make economic …

It seems that Daimler have seen the future of car pooling and come up with an interesting mix of technology and travel.  Car2gether is the offshoot of Daimle’s Car2go scheme where the need for car ownership is removed, well at least if you live in Austin, Texas or Ulm, Germany.  …

With the government increasingly emphasising the importance of more environmentally friendly, green cars and even going to the lengths of offering thousands off certain green models, the popularity of the green, electric car can only increase- you would think. However a recent survey on attitudes towards electric cars by the …