Tesco, the UK’s largest grocer, is to work with car manufacturer Volkswagen to develop more than 2,400 electric vehicle charging units at 600 branches by 2020. Volkswagen, Tesco and Pod Point will roll out UK’s largest retail network of EV chargers 2,400 charging bays are set to be created at Tesco sites nationwide 600 stores […]
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Yes it is the LA Auto Show once again. A place for Californians to see the latest in Auto design and engineering in the conform of LA and not the cold of Ford and GM land. As you would expect the place is littered with concept cars and trucks. Most will luckily never see the
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On the eve of the annual Low emission trade show and bun fight LCV2018 managed by CENEX we have an interesting announcement of a new UK Battery Factory. Hyperbat, a joint venture between Williams of F1 fame and Unipart, have established a factory to produce car battery packs. The first client is also announced as
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Good news if you are looking for the ultimate super super all electric car and can’t hang around for the Tesla Roadster II. Pininfarina have the answer for you and if you head over to Pebble Beach pronto you may be able to place an order. The rather limited Sspecs as we know them: 62 mph
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IONITY is the joint venture between BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen Group with Audi and Porsche. To compete with Tesla and their Superchanger network Ionity are building a network of reliable and powerful charging stations along major routes across Europe. Ionity claim these stations are comfortable to use and they
Following the debut of the e-tron prototype at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, the new Audi e-tron production model is set to be unveiled at the San Francisco Audi Brand Summit this September. The prototype stage is the next phase of the car’s development. Taking learnings from the concept car, the e-tron’s design has been
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West Sussex County Council has become the latest in a long line of public sector organisations to take its first steps into electric motoring with the 100 per cent electric Renault ZOE. The local authority has added four ZOE Q90 Dynamique Nav models with the Z.E.40 battery to its 530-strong fleet – its first pure
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The Volkswagen Group has invested approximately $100 million in California battery QuantumScape, a Standford University spin out, following six years of collaboration with the firm. VW also announced that it aims to have a production facility for solid-state batteries by 2025. VW estimates that solid-state battery technology could more than double capacity compared with its
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French racing driver Romain Dumas, broke the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record in clocking a time of 7:57 on the 12.42 mile (19.99 kilometre) track. The time not only breaks the record for the fastest electric car, but eclipses the all-time record set in 2013 by Sebastian Loeb’s modified Red BUll Peugeot 208 (which uses a
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As we have said many times, Plug In Hybrid mileage claims need to be taken with a large pinch of salt. We know of many people who have given their Plug In back and either moved for full electric or better Plug In that gives a longer battery only range. Your driving style and average
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