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British motoring icon Jaguar is to enter a team in the third season of the FIA Formula E Championship in the autumn of 2016. Formula E is the world’s first global single-seater championship for electric powered cars and Jaguar Land Rover believes it will provide a real world performance test …

Tomorrow’s drivers will lead the charge for electric cars, according to new research. Some 81% of 14-year-olds plan to make their first car purchase – in just over a decade from now – an electric one. The survey by the joint industry/government funded Go Ultra Low campaign predictsed that EVs …

How you could save £750 per year in tax and fuel by ditching your petrol or diesel car and switching to an electric vehicle… British motorists are missing out on savings of almost £24.5 billion every year by not taking advantage of ultra low emission motoring, according to new research. …

Two thirds of UK motorists would consider a plug-in vehicle as their next car, according to new research. The study by joint industry/government funded Go Ultra Low found that the majority of car buyers aspire to own hi-tech, low-emission electric vehicles. Three quarters of motorists said that running costs were …

We salute Hyundai for bringing pioneering technology to the masses – but there are a few elephants in the room… It may not look it, but the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell will go down in motoring history as the world’s first mass produced hydrogen fuel cell car – arguably the …

Nissan has broken the Guinness World Record for Largest Glow-in-the-Dark Painting. Created by maverick motoring artist Ian Cook, of Popbangcolour, the 207.68m2 self-portrait of the 100% electric Nissan LEAF took 61 hours to create and used more than 60 litres of luminous acrylic paint on a giant PVC coated canvas. …

State-of-the-art cab hits the capital’s roads – far cleaner and more efficient than its current equivalent. The new Metrocab is driven by two electric motors and a 1.0-litre petrol engine, coupled with a generator – or the ‘Range Extender’ – which is used to recharge the battery or provide power …

Audi, Mitsubishi and Volkswagen have joined the Government’s Go Ultra Low campaign. The trio have teamed up with existing members BMW, Nissan, Renault and Toyota to increase awareness of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) among British car buyers. Between them, the seven Go Ultra Low members boast 15 ULEVs – from …

Milestone as Chargemaster records one millionth electric vehicle charge in the UK. Electric vehicles in the UK have been charged a total of 1,000,000 times using Chargemaster’s nationwide network of charging points. According to Chargemaster, Britain’s leading provider of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, a total of around 9.5 million kWh …

This week the cars were the stars at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas – here are a few picture highlights… Mercedes-Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion – futurist, beautiful and driverless.. The VW e-Golf does what it says on the tin, except that in Volkswagen’s system, power lifts below …