The changing face of UK energy as coal power station converts to a big, very big battery. The old 120MW Britich Gas Roosecote power station in Barrow began producing electricity from coal over 60 years ago. Decades later the plant was replaced with a gas-fired version in the Nineties. Soon Roosecote’s latest incarnation will mark […]
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Tesla Events Our friends at Tesla are bringing the Model X and Model S to a number on Road Shows around the country. With locations around the country including Surrey this is a good time to check out the new Model X in Right Hand Drive and experience the Auto Pilot feature. See Booking Page at Tesla
If you check out the Economist’s website site and read the Editor’s pick you will see a good article on the growing adoption of Electric Cars. The post mentions the constant updating of the rise of the EV and that estimates are being ramped upwards as this graph shows. One car in a hundred sold
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The EAFO have just released sales data for 2016. EAFO you say, well they are the European Alternative Fuels Observatory based of course in Brussels that count registrations and provided data on electric, hydrogen and natural gas vehicles and fuel. Best selling all electric car in Europe 2016 – The Renault Zoe Second best selling
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PSA (Peugeot / Citroen) in talks to pick up GM European business – Opel in Europe and Vauxhall in UK. Bit of a shock to learn that PSA, maker of Peugeot, Citroen and DS, is in talks with GM to buy Opel and Vauxhall. Both sides have issued statements confirming this, but also saying that this
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Waitrose goes green with introduction of 500 mile range CNG (compressed natural gas) powered trucks. They will use game-changing technology developed jointly with Scania (a VW Company) and Agility Fuel Solutions, the leading CNG fuel systems and cylinders company in North America. This will help overcome concerns about the distance that CNG-powered lorries are able
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Latest data in from the Renault-Nissan and now Mitsubshi Alliance (Alliance) shows they shifted just under 10 Million vehicles in 2016. 2016 Sales Total 9,961,37 Total EV 94,265 From the Press Release: The Alliance delivered significant growth in 2016, with global sales of 9.96 million vehicles. The car group also reinforced its leadership in zero-emission vehicles
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The number of new cars registered in the UK hit a 12-year high in January, with electric vehicles taking a record share of the market, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The industry body had warned of a slowdown in the motor trade in 2017 because of the impact of the weak pound,
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