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
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
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
VW delivered the very first e-Golf to a new owner in the USA. The car was auctioned by VW and awarded to the highest bid. The three week auction saw Mr Bruce Oberg place the highest bid of $41,000. That’s a little more than the
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.
Here at EVinfo HQ we have just upgraded our charging facility with a new Charge Master supply. This was installed yesterday. The new Nissan Leaf long-term test vehicle will be with us on Friday. It will be a red Acenta model. This should be us
A new report from Cambridge Econometrics looks at the Climate Change Act and the effect on greenhouse gas emissions. Cambridge Econometrics (CE) was commissioned by WWF-UK to assess the impacts of climate change mitigation measures on UK households, businesses and the macro-economy. MDM-E3, CE’s econometric model
The renewable energy industry contributed nearly one fifth of the UK’s electricity mix in the first quarter of the year. New statistics from DECC revealed renewable technologies produced 18.1TWh of clean energy, a 43% rise compared to the same period in 2013. Hydro generation rose
Reuters reports that Nissan is preparing to cut battery manufacturing, people familiar with the matter said, in a new reversal on electric cars that has reopened deep divisions with alliance partner Renault. The plan, which faces stiff resistance within the Japanese carmaker, would see U.S.
A Kim Price of LA became the first driver of the Mercedes Benz all electric B class. Forty one cars were delivered in the month and Kim an Mercedes driver for 15 years was the first. Price happened to be in Germany the month before
