The best-selling BMW 3 series is getting a make over with slight changes to the body and the powertrain lineup. The cabin is getting a major boost with extra chrome highlights, a redesigned center console and improved materials on touchpoints around the cabin. There’s also an upgrade to the navigation system, which boots up and […]
German federal support for electric cars has been lukewarm at best, but it appears that this could change soon. Several European countries–including Norway, The Netherlands, UK and France–aggressively promote electric cars as a way to reduce traffic carbon emissions. Despite its substantial domestic car industry, Germany is not among them.
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The French company DBT is Europe’s leading producer of Electric Car Charging station equipment. As the number of Electric Cars on the roads increase so does the charging infrastructure and DBT makes a large number of the large DC charging pumps like the one shown. The company has recently purchased a new 3,200 sqm building adjacent
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The Economist just published an article on Electric Vehicle adoption and the impact on the recent oil price reductions. The article is titled – Why the low oil price will not harm sales of electric cars “FILLING the tank is one of the more painful aspects of modern motoring as numbers whirr on the pump at
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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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At last we get a chance to drive the first plug-in hybrid from Audi, the now available A3 sportback e-tron. This is a very interesting car that is exceedingly well executed by Audi. It joins the ranks of Plug In petrol cars with a hybrid drive train incorporating the standard components of a 1.4 petrol A3
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General Motors kicked off the Detroit car show Monday, not with a bang, but with the hum of an all-electric concept car—and a lot of ensuing buzz.
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Here’s a new TLA for you. Yes V2G. In this your Electric Car is connected to the Grid via smart charger that is connected to the Grid with intelligence and a high speed data connection allowing the Grid to both charge and take energy from the Car. A new study published in the New Journal
Vehicle to Grid (V2G) Technology report published. Read More »
There are many reasons that automakers sell electric cars. Cars that plug in to travel on batteries charged from the electric grid respond to perceived customer demand for more-efficient transportation, and they help companies comply with tightening global emissions standards. But the need to curtail climate change is at the root of many of these points,
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We have a new entrant into the UK Electric Car market. Yes – Kia has launched its first 100% electric vehicle, the Kia Soul EV. With a starting price of £24,995 (after the government’s £5,000 Plug-in Car Grant), Kia claim the Soul EV can deliver 132 miles from a single charge. Slightly more than Nissan claim
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