Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
In last week’s edition of The Green Piece Column, we looked at the leaders in the green car race including the likes of Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen and Nissan. Its first model, the Tesla Roadster, was the first production car to use lithium-ion batteries and was the first electric vehicle with a range greater than 200miles.
Green Cars News
JULY 28, 2009
Having already adjusted its road tax system to penalise the heaviest polluters and introduced congestion charges; the Government created a vehicle scrappage scheme earlier this year meant to help more motorists make green choices while boosting the automotive sector. So is Britain really in a position to be a green car leader?
Green Cars News
DECEMBER 1, 2009
Slow, clunky, even potentially “life-threatening” – these are just a handful of the insults that have been thrown the way of electric car maker REVA and particularly its G-Wiz model. According to Chetan Maini, the man behind the company, the factory represents the first mass production of a green car.
Green Cars News
APRIL 21, 2009
The European Association for Battery Electric Vehicles -Going-Electric -has written an open letter to Transport Secretary, Geoff Hoon following the announcement of a £250m programme of support for electric vehicles. Second, electric quadricycles should be included in the scheme.
Green Cars News
JUNE 24, 2009
There’s a lot of scepticism about electric cars, not helped by the fact that the most commonplace model in the UK is the GoinGreen G-Wiz – which is less an electric car, more of a quadricylcing accident waiting to happen. In fact, ECC calculates that London-based owners could save up to £6,500 a year.
Green Cars News
MAY 13, 2009
Frost & Sullivan also expressed concern that, with the exception of some niche manufacturers like G-Wiz, Tesla, and a few others, only Mitsubishi will have a market ready EV model available in 2011, in time to benefit from the subsidy.
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JANUARY 28, 2009
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