Electric vehicles in Norway now account for 12% of new car sales. How can this be? According to Opplysningsrådet for Veitrafikken, the Norwegian information council for road traffic, 12,079 cars were registered in November. Of those, 1,434 featured electric drive–almost 12 percent of the new car total. Most other countries struggle with sub one percent […]
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Nissan UK have just released the details for the updated Leaf: We have known the US specifications and pricing for some time and now we have ours. As well as updating the Leaf is terms of looks and specifications Nissan have also updated the way you can purchase a Leaf. There are now three models:
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Lord Drayson and Drayson Racing set a brand new world electric land speed record for a lightweight electric car at RAF Elvington late on Tuesday evening after reaching an official top speed of 204.185mph. The former science minister and winning race driver set the new record after averaging the top speed over two measured-mile runs.
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We were visiting Microsoft today in the English summer for a bit of a technology update. Outside building three – A two car charging point for EVs. In use with a Plug in Toyota Prius and a Leaf.
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The US journal Consumer Reports just published its review of the 2013 Tesla Model S, and it gave the electric car a 99 out of 100 — higher than any other car it has tested. The independent, consumer-oriented magazine called the Model S “truly a remarkable car,” despite its high price tag (it tested the
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Tesla motors on what is not an April fool joke said it expects to report a first-quarter profit on both a net and adjusted basis following sstronger-than-expected sales of its Model S.
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Nissan UK has started production of the new face lifted Leaf EV in its Sunderland factory. It follows a four-year investment in the factory and a new battery plant costing £420m. The decision to produce the Nissan Leaf in Britain has created 2,000 new jobs, 500 of them directly with Nissan. This raises the total
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VW, previewed its own vision of a future electric delivery van at the Geneva Motor Show, named the e-Co-Motion concept
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Electric car sales reached a record in November for the fourth consecutive month as new models like the Ford C-Max Energi plug-in electric hybrid helped juice buyer interest. According to analyst Aaron Chew of the Maxim Group, dealers sold 7,600 electric cars in November, bringing total sales for 2012 to 47,500 to date. Chew expects
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Recently we were walking through the Bellevue shopping mall on the way to the Apple store when we came across a rather startling store. There amongst the shoes, clothing and watches of Washington was a Tesla store showing a bright white Model S.
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