Electric Car News

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.

Apparently GM is not happy with the thought that Nissan Leaf is the best selling green car on their own home soil. As we discovered from the recent electric car sales stats, GM is selling fewer Volts compared to the Leafs.
What would you do if you were a business in such a situation? Devise a clever marketing plan? No, GM have decided to greatly increase the output of the manufacture line – they plan to make 5,000 units of Chevy Volt as of January 2012.
It all reminds me of John …

The relatively low range of electric cars has been identified as the main discouraging factor of electric car acceptance. But I guess I just said what you already knew. Ecotricity, one of the leading British green energy companies operating 52 wind turbines and powering more than 50,000 homes and businesses, think they’ve found a solution.
They are launching a national charging network at motorway service stations. It is understood that Ecotricity will offer charging points powered with green energy generated at company’s wind and solar parks.
You remember that I said a …

Now, I find it very frustrating that almost any car costs more in Britain than the same car in Europe or the USA. Mitsubishi have revealed that the i-MieV electric car will cost $28,800 in the States. As for the UK, the price is £28,990. Yes, that’s in pounds sterling – makes around $45,000. Please note that both prices do not include Government subsidies or rebates. It is the catalogue price. So, are the i-MieVs coming to the UK $16,200 better than the American ones? Apparently not, so where does …

Environmental activists often accuse Formula 1 of being too unfriendly to the planet and polluting the air with CO2 and other stuff.
An F1 car achieves fuel economy (or the lack of it) of only 3mpg, which is worse than even a Lamborghini.
Slowly but steadily F1 is getting greener. A few years ago they decided to scrap the 3-litre V10 engines and replace them with 2.4-litre V8. Well, those who like big engines will