Green Car Reports
AUGUST 9, 2011
A little over a week ago, the BBC aired an episode of its popular motoring entertainment program Top Gear in which presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May searched in vain for an electric-car charging station. They needed to recharge their fully-drained 2011 Nissan Leaf in the rural English county of Lincolnshire.
Green Cars News
MAY 9, 2011
Electric car charging infrastructure in the UK is falling short of government-set targets, according to research conducted by the BBC. Just over a tenth of the recharging points needed in the UK have been built so far. The BBC found that just 704 of the 4,700 expected to be installed by the end of the [.].
Green Cars News
JANUARY 14, 2011
The BBC’ Brian Milligan has successfully made in to Edinburgh in an electric Mini after setting out four days ago from London. The challenge to drive the length of the country in an electric model has not been without its challenges for Brian, who estimates that with the time taken to recharge the vehicle during [.].
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Electric cars may no longer the reserve of the city, after the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) in the Scottish Highlands took delivery of an adapted Vauxhall Astra. CNPA has said its electric vehicle could reach speeds of 70mph and has a range of 100 miles.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. . and Chrysler. .’s
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Battery recharging would typically take two to four hours, he said. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?
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