Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a membrane-based extraction system for the production of biofuels which uses less than 25% of the energy of current processes and produces ten times more biofuel with more than 99.5% Because they are expensive, biofuels are usually combined with petrol or diesel to make them ‘go further’.
Drive Electric
JANUARY 20, 2022
HEVs are cars that have both a traditional petrol/diesel engine, as well as an electric motor powered by a battery. The technical name for engines that use traditional fuel (petrol/diesel) to create power. Often used to determine the cost of a full charge for an electric vehicle. An ever-growing radius of central London.
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
The company, which offers short-term rentals of the all-electric Mega e-City from its base in Brixton, says that the petrol and diesel price hikes during the summer, and the government fuel duty increase in September, have made people look again at the cost of motoring by traditional means.
Drive Electric
MARCH 25, 2021
That’s why the UK Government has banned the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. This is cleaner and better for the environment than producing petrol and diesel. Lower leasing costs play a huge role in this, with more competition and higher demand helping to drive down the cost of leasing an electric car or van.
Drive Electric
MAY 25, 2021
It’s also affected by things like whether you have the vehicle full-time and if you pay anything towards the cost of purchase. The following year this rises to just 2%, keeping the level far below petrol and diesel vehicles, as well as plug-in hybrids. Zero Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) charge in London.
Drive Electric
JANUARY 14, 2022
The RAC Foundation reports it currently costs – on average – around £80 to fill up a vehicle with petrol or diesel (based on a 55 litre fuel tank). It’s more expensive to fill up with petrol once, than it is to charge an electric car eight times. An EV with a 50kWh battery? £7 7 worth of electricity.
Drive Electric
JULY 1, 2021
One of the key things when it comes to cost is the savings you can make on the London Congestion Charge. The congestion charging scheme was first introduced in central London in 2003, aiming to reduce the amount of traffic in the capital. Vehicles within this criteria must: Meet Euro 6 standards (petrol and diesel).
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