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Peugeot has decided to offer their electric car i0n for public pre-reservations. If you are from the UK and interested in getting your hands on this little beauty, click on i0n reservation. Technically, it is a re-worked Mitsubishi i-MiEV but the French version has even more than its Japanese sibling. It has been adjusted to suit European needs. With a maximum power of 64 BHP and quite an impressive torque 180 Nm, it is one of the few electric cars that is not a mere urban vehicle any more. Peugeot …
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November 2009 marks another milestone in history of electrification of London. A new company GoGo Electric Car Rentals is launching to offer Londoners 100% electric cars for short term rental. Electric cars are exempt from the Congestion Charge, qualifying for free parking and free to re-charge (at specifically designed outlets). This fleet of environmentally conscious cars is destined to become the welcome choice of the future motoring.
Prices start from as little as £22 per day for a four-seater GoGo electric car. Rental term
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Tanfield, the British company producing commercial electric cars and height access platforms, has run into significant losses. Hit by the global recession, the company reported £11 million operating loss in the first 6 month of this year. The same period last year - profit of £10 million. During this difficult period they have had to cut staff expenses by almost a half. This, however, hasn’t disrupted the
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India emerges as an important hub of electric car development and it seems there’s no stopping it. British government announced a 10 million pounds ( more than $16 million) loan to help funding Tata’s courageous plans of building electric cars on British soil.
Business secretary Peter Mandelson expressed determination “to help the car industry to exploit fully the opportunities offered by green manufacturing”. It is hard to see how exactly electric car manufacturing is green. In fact, it is as carbon intensive a process as manufacturing petrol cars. Or maybe Tata …
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It was revealed that Smart ED, the electric version of the famous two-seater would go into small series production later this year. It doesn’t mean, however, that you would have a chance to walk into your local dealer’s salon and pick up a Smart ED.
The start of production will allow the company to experience a real-life electric car manufacture conveyor and to put more cars on streets for testing. 100 electric cars from this production batch will arrive in
