Based on sales figures from a website called EV-Sales the clear leader in Electric Cars is the combined Renault Nissan partnership. Renault and Nissan hold cross ownership and operate as a strategic partners while marketing through distinct and separate brands. The table below shows total EV unit sales until end of April 2015 and does […]
There are close to 3 trillion trees on Earth — more than seven times the number previously estimated — according to a tally1 by an international team of scientists. The study also finds that human activity is detrimental to tree abundance worldwide. Around 15 billion trees are cut down each year, the researchers estimate; since the
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Consumer Reports award Tesla Model s p85D 103 out of 100, breaking their scoring system. According to a new report (warning super slow website) out of Consumer Reports, the Tesla Model S P85D, all-wheel-drive, high performance electric car, performed “better in our tests than any other car ever has, earning a perfect road-test score.” Actually, it
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Audi today issued a teaser picture and some scant details of an all-electric SUV that it will launch to rival the upcoming Tesla Model X. The SUV will have a range of more than 500km (310 miles) and will go into production in 2018 as the brand’s first volume electric car, Audi said in a
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Andy Palmer, MD of Astom Martin said the company will bring an all-electric version of its four-door Rapide to market in two years.
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All Electric Vehicles need electricity and they need to charge. However charging is not that easy to understand. There is far more to charging than manufactures imply especially as there are a number of differing charging technologies and plugs. Unlike computers there is no Plug and Play. As a daily driver of a Nissan Leaf
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Shares in Drax fall to lows of £3.50, a level not seen since 2011 and have fallen by more than 50% from their high of £8.00 only a year or so ago. Britain’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said in a consultation published in December it wanted to make changes to the subsidy system
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Oil rich Saudi Arabia blocked calls on Thursday from poorer members of the OPEC oil exporter group for production cuts to stop a slide in crude prices, sending benchmarks plunging to a fresh four-year low. Great news from ICE drivers. Less beneficial for EV drivers, unless your volts come from an oil fuelled power station. Brent oil
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Rave reviews from car journalists Only a handful of so called auto experts have been allowed to test-drive the latest Tesla Model S P85D — its flagship performance dual-motor 85 kWh battery version — and write about the experience. Their described experiences suggest the vehicle’s performance might have left internal-combustion-engine vehicles in the dust for good. Here
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Formula E is a new FIA single-seater championship and the world’s first fully-electric racing series.
formula eCommencing in September 2014 through to June 2015, the championship will compete in the heart of 10 of the world’s leading cities – including London, Beijing and Miami – racing around their iconic landmarks. For the inaugural season, 10 teams, each with two drivers, will go head-to-head creating a unique and exciting racing series designed to appeal to a new generation of motorsport fans.
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