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Seven-seat Nissan e-NV200 Evalia
Green Car Guide recently tested the all-electric Nissan e-NV200 and we made the point that it was crying out for a seven-seat version – which is now available. Nissan has announced it is bringing...
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My Electric Avenue trials convert drivers to electric cars
The journey from being interested in electric cars to being converted to electric car drivers is now complete for many of the participants in My Electric Avenue’s trials. My Electric Avenue is a...
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BMW X5 xDrive40e plug-in hybrid: 85.6mpg and all-wheel drive
The BMW X5 xDrive40e plug-in hybrid offers an official economy figure of 85.6mpg, 77g/km CO2 emissions, 313hp and 450Nm torque, along with all-wheel-drive. The BMW X5 xDrive40e – the first plug-in...
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Why you should consider buying an all-electric Nissan LEAF in 2015
With the media full of stories about the dangers to our health due to the emissions from diesel vehicles, there’s probably never been a better time to consider buying an all-electric car such as a...
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Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine: 134.5mpg, 49g/km CO2
The Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine delivers 49g/km CO2, 134.5mpg, up to 26 miles pure electric range, combined 407hp, 640 Nm, and 0-62mph in 5.6 seconds – all in a 7-seat luxury SUV. The emissions are...
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Nearly half of ‘expert’ respondents expect their next car to be a battery...
Nearly half of respondents to a new Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) survey said they expect their next car to be a battery electric (BEV) or plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicle. Fourteen percent of...
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LowCVP launches Guide to Local Measures for Encouraging the Uptake of Low...
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership has launched a Good Practice Guide for Local Measures to Encourage the Uptake of Low Emission Vehicles. A key recommendation is that policy measures implemented at...
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Why Formula E is a visionary idea
This weekend the final race of the first ever season of FIA Formula E took place in Battersea Park in London, with ten teams, and drivers including Nelson Piquet Junior, Bruno Senna (nephew of Ayrton)...
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Government confirms future restructure of UK plug-in car grants mechanism
The Government has confirmed that the current structure of the UK government’s Plug-In Car Grant will end this year, coinciding with the sale of the 50,000th electric vehicle (EV) or the end of the...
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Nissan sells 10,000 LEAFs in the UK
Over 10,000 Nissan LEAFs have now been sold in the UK since the launch of the pure electric vehicle in 2011. In the first half of 2015, Nissan achieved 2,964 LEAF sales in the UK, up 68.4% on the same...
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Revisions to electric Renault ZOE and Twizy
The electric Renault ZOE and Twizy now have updated the trim levels, at the same time as introducing a new longer-range motor to the ZOE (available from £13,445), resulting in a 149-mile NEDC range....
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Electric driverless vehicles to feature at LCV2015
The LUTZ Pathfinder project, using electric self-driving pods which are programmed to optimise energy use and which will be on the streets of Milton Keynes later this year, will be showcased at the...
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All-electric Audi e-tron quattro concept
The first ever pure electric Audi production car will be previewed by the Audi e-tron quattro concept. The production model, featuring an electrified quattro drivetrain with three motors in an SUV,...
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Plug-in Car Grant is extended
The current Plug-in Car Grant scheme is to continue to offer motorists up to £5,000 off the price of an electric car until at least February 2016 for all categories of vehicle, boosting further the...
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Jonny Smith’s Flux Capacitor becomes Europe’s quickest street legal electric...
A three-year project to turn a 40-year-old electric city car into a Tesla-beating dragster has climaxed with TV presenter Jonny Smith’s Flux Capacitor becoming Europe’s quickest street legal electric...
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My Electric Avenue shows some local electricity networks require upgrades to...
My Electric Avenue, the pioneering Ofgem-funded project, has been examining the impact of electric vehicles on the local electricity network, and has released its main findings at the Cenex LCV2015...
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Nissan LEAF 30 kWh delivers 155 mile range
An updated Nissan LEAF 30 kWh now delivers a 25% increase in driving range, translating to an official NEDC range of 155 miles on a single charge. The LEAF’s new 30kWh battery delivers a longer range...
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Volvo to introduce plug-in hybrids across its range
Volvo has announced that plug-in hybrids will be introduced across its entire range. It will develop an entirely new range of electrified smaller cars and build a fully electric car for sale by 2019....
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Electric Aston Martin Rapide S
Aston Martin doesn’t get mentioned very much here at Green Car Guide, but that might be about to change as the company has now showcased a fully electric concept of its Rapide S four-door sports...
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Autopilot in the Tesla Model S P90D is a key stepping stone towards the...
Green Car Guide celebrated the opening of Tesla’s Manchester South Service Centre by being taken for a spin by the Autopilot in a Tesla Model S P90D. In ten years of Green Car Guide reviews, it’s...
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