Green Cars News

JANUARY 2, 2012

Honda technician, John Couldridge, got a pleasant surprise when we was handed the keys to a brand new Honda CR-Z as recognition of his achievements at the WorldSkills London 2011. The black GT version of Honda’s sporty hybrid coupe was presented in a surprise ceremony by the Japanese carmaker’s UK MD Dave Hodgetts.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2011

London is to welcome a new UK eco motor show, EcoVelocity this September, featuring the latest eco-technologies and low emission cars.

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APRIL 13, 2016

Showcased in a Honda Civic 1.6-liter liter diesel vehicle at the company’s annual investor update in London, Delphi’s 48-volt, mild hybrid technology uses the 48-volt electrification to minimize the demand on the engine, improving performance while lowering CO 2 emissions by more than 10%.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

—Minister Hancock, speaking in Japan where he met executives at Honda, Nissan and Toyota. Government will work in true partnership with industry so the potential benefits are realized by businesses and consumers across the UK. Earlier post.). The European Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking is also a participant.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

There is also the Open Innovation Labs, encouraged by players like Honda which has set up an open innovation lab for R&D in connected vehicles, the Volkswagen’s Electronics Research Lab and GM’S advanced technology lab in the Silicon Valley. Furthermore, leading automotive companies such as Toyota, Ford, Honda, BMW etc.,

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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2009

Motorists will also be able to drive a plug-in version of the Toyota Prius, as well as the Honda Insight Hybrid. Tags: Green cars Latest news car sharing car sharing clubs car sharing in London hybrid car sharing ZipCar.

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APRIL 9, 2015

The three parties last collaborated in 1988 on Ayrton Senna’s and Alain Prost’s Honda-powered, Shell-fueled race cars that won all but one Grands Prix that season, a record that still stands. l/100 km) over the iconic Brighton-London course with a low friction engine lubricant playing a significant part in this figure.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The first Honda FCX Clarity to come to the UK found itself driven by Kit Malthouse, Deputy Mayor for Policing in London and Chair of the London Hydrogen Partnership yesterday. Tags: Honda Hydrogen fuel FCX Clarity hydrogen.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , Honda has yet to announce plans to sell one, citing highcosts for the lithium-ion batteries needed to power them andpoor range. “We Tokyo-based Honda plansstarting producing the vehicles in late 2010. “We General Motors Corp.,

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 9, 2009

A convoy of green cars set off from London yesterday to head to Copenhagen in a bid to demonstrate alternatives to flying. Tags: Green cars COP15 Copenhagen Eco-Rally Honda Revolve.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2009

During its first month of sales, the Honda Insight has outsold its competitors in the hybrid market. Indeed Honda can boast some terrific sales success with the Civic Hybrid also selling 79 units during the month meaning total hybrid sales of 308 from the Honda family. The Insight 1.3-litre

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Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2009

It will be used to chauffeur VIP guests around the museum’s vast site at Wroughton and will also be entrusted to transport some of science’s rarest and most important books and manuscripts between the Science Museum sites in Wroughton and London. Tags: Honda hybrid Insight museum science.

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Green Cars News

MAY 19, 2009

Carmakers are back on board the scrappage scheme following yesterday’s fiasco which saw the like of Ford and Honda suspend their participation in the scheme while issues over VAT payments were cleared up. Tags: Ford Green credentials Honda incentive scrappage scheme suspend.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2014

Automakers, hydrogen fuel suppliers, the Mayor of London’s Office and energy consultancies launched the £31-million (US$51-million) European HyFive project at City Hall in London. Locations are being sought for three new hydrogen refueling stations in London, one in Aarhus and in Odense (Denmark) and one in Innsbruck (Austria).

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Green Cars News

JULY 21, 2009

A scheme that involves the public dipping into their pockets every day is rarely greeted with enthusiasm, but the success of the London Congestion Charge has silenced most of its critics. Currently, only alternative fuel vehicles are exempt from the London Congestion Charge. Is the congestion charge unfair?

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Green Cars News

JULY 14, 2009

Chevrolet for example has 115 Equinox fuel cell vehicles that have logged more than 750,000 miles; while the Honda FCX Clarity was recently named World Car of the Year at the New York Auto Show. Tags: Honda The Green Piece FCX Clarity green piece. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2014

The Hydrogen For Innovative Vehicles (HyFIVE) project, funded by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, will see deliveries made in Bolzano, Copenhagen, Innsbruck, London, Munich and Stuttgart. The Euro HyFIVE project is being managed by the Greater London Authority. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2009

The new Prius was chosen from a short-list of 10 green car finalists which were test-driven at Imperial College, London, by six of the UK’s leading green transport and environmental experts. The title of WhatGreenCar Car of the Year 2009 has been awarded to the ‘next generation’ Toyota Prius, due to be launched in the UK on 1 st August 2009.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 10, 2023

Coperni ] Meet the third-generation prototype Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV), a new category of capable work vehicle that can operate autonomously in a variety of dynamic work environments. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

With global leading car OEMs such as Toyota, Honda, Hyundai all recently announcing their intentions to make their FCEVs available to the consumer, there is no doubt that the OEMs have done their homework. Despite the recent progress, a number of myths around the use, power efficiency and cost of fuel cells still exist.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

The event, backed by Transport for London (TfL) is also supported by Revolve, an independent sustainable transport consultancy with a track record of producing high profile green transport events such as the annual Eco-Rally. Test drives will also be available for visitors who pre-register though the Green Motor Expo website.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 26, 2009

Q: Currently only London can claim to have, in anyway, a widespread distribution of recharging points for electric vehicles – how do you envisage this problem to be solved? Should public money be used to help the supply of infrastructure?

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Q: We understand that your car operates on minimal power compared other hydrogen cars (like the Honda FCX Clarity) thanks to the use of ultracapacitors to recapture the braking energy so that you have enough energy to accelerate again. Sorry for such a long-winded non-answer!

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Formed in 2006, the company is a spin-out from the Honda Ecotechnology Centre at Cranfield University. EVO Electric Limited , is a 2007 spin-out from Imperial College London to develop advanced electric machines and drive systems based on its proprietary axial flux technology. They have also designed a 100 mpg UK (83 mpg US, 2.8

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

My friend (same one who made the ice cream truck sound effect comment to me) asked me if this was some kind of conspiracy from gasoline advocates to try and further delay mass acceptance of EVs. I didnt know what else to tell him other than, "I hadnt thought about that".

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

E-Flex is technically a hybrid with two power units, but unlike the ToyotaPrius, Honda Insight and various Lexus models, the engine in the Volt doesnot drive the wheels, it simply acts as an emergency generator to rechargethe batteries. How far hybrids will be encouraged in the new government initiative remains tobe seen.

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