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The first production diesel hybrid Peugeot 3008 with a hi-tech Bosch electric system is expected to appear at the annual Brighton London RAC Future Car Challenge held on Saturday 5th November. Apparently, it’ll be one rainy race.
The 3008 was developed in collaboration between PSA and Bosch. The majority of electronics is provided by Bosch, including the 20kW electric motor and the innovative braking regeneration system that now converts even more energy and returns
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You will have noticed that the manufacturers of electric cars have stuck with the standard 100-mile range even when announcing year 2013 models. After several cars were outed as having promised more than they can deliver, the manufacturers are cautious when publishing the specs.
It’s all because the breakthrough in electric car batteries that we’ve been waiting for, has never happened.
The amount of Li-ion batteries that electric cars can take on board is strictly limited by both weight and size.
A UK-based company Axeon has decided to go one step better. Although …
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When talking about green motoring, electric cars and environmental issues, we largely think about emissions. it always comes down to emissions. However, there’s another side to the problem and when looking at ways of reducing our carbon footprint, we also have to talk about grey energy – the amount of energy that goes into producing new vehicles.
That’s why some experts say that driving used cars is another way of going green. And they are right. Manufacturing a new car accounts for 15 tons of CO2 that is equivalent to 35,000kWh …
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Another day and another electric car research has become public. This time it is the Mini E in the role of a laboratory rat.
After a stream of inconclusiveness, expect some conclusive results at last!
Here is the Mini E field test in numbers:
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It’s just over a year since Toyota in collaboration with EDF Energy started a field-test by leasing 20 Prius Plug-In Hybrid to London-based businesses.
Recently the pair has released the provisional field-test results showing how effective the hybrid vehicle is as a fleet car. Toyota has similar tests with a total of 200 cars in 18 EU countries.
All leased hybrid cars were monitored to get data on performance and usage patterns.
