Today a Nissan leaf owned by our friend Robert Sharpe of EV Consultancy, EverGreen Consulting, came by for a visit, test drive and a quick charge. We do like the Leaf – it offers superb engineering with solid build quality and reliability. Robert is driving close to 20,000 miles per year on electricity in the …
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The latest Tesla to hit the streets in now close to available and has been reviewed by a number of motoroing journalists. One such review is in the Wall St Journal where Dan Neil gives it a super write up. Dan is no fool having been a contributing editor to Car & Driver. Read Review …
Peugeot launch diesel hybrid car as 3008 HYbrid4. This is an interesting vehicle from Peugeot cars: They claim it is the world’s first Full Diesel Hyrid. Volvo may have a word to say about that. However it does offer quite a list of features: Calling this a cross over car allows them to offer 4-wheel drive. The combination …
News from the US – Care of post on Engadget, that renowned testing journal purchased with $108,000 of their own cash a Karma to test, but it broke down on them within 200 miles and had to be collected on a flat bed. Oops.
The UK Department of Transport has recently updated it list of EV that are eligible for grants. The grant covers 25% of the car with a £5,000 cap.
See a first hand review of Sparrow as it drives from Kirkland to Seattle on the freeway. You Tube video
