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Gordon Murray T.27 EV overall winner of 2nd annual Brighton to London RAC Future Car Challenge

Green Car Congress

Overall winner of the second annual Brighton to London RAC (Royal Automotive Club) Future Car Challenge on 5 November was former Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray and his T.27 Last year we won with our petrol car the T.25 27 electric vehicle. Earlier post.). 25 entry and this year our electric car the T.27.

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Congestion charge and electric vehicles: Everything you need to know

Drive Electric

You only have to look to the London Congestion Charge for proof of that. What is the London Congestion Charge? The London Congestion Charge was first introduced in 2003. It applies to most vehicles entering central London and is clearly signposted by a large letter ‘C’ within a red circle.

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STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab spin-off seeking to develop and commercialize a novel solid-state hydrogen storage technology; transportation applications

Green Car Congress

The material could allow hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way for transport applications, the company says. Ammonia borane in its normal state releases 12 wt% of hydrogen at temperatures between 110 °C and 150 °C, but with very slow kinetics. For most hydrogen storage materials this releases megajoules of energy.

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First hydrogen fuel station to open at Sainsbury’s branch

Green Cars News

Sainsbury’s is to become the first supermarket to offer a hydrogen fuel dispenser alongside its usual petrol and diesel fuel pumps. Located at its Hendon store in north west London, the new hydrogen fuel pump is expected to be in place by the end of the year and will be available to the general pu[.].

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Are EVs more of a fire hazard than ICEs?

EV Central

Here’s a good and verifiable example: London Fire Brigade dealt with 1898 petrol and diesel vehicle fires in 2019, compared to 54 EV fires. But comparisons like this only highlight the fact that in London, as in many other wealthy places in the world, ICE-powered vehicles vastly outnumber EVs. Why three EVs?

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UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030

EV Info

Boris has spoken and started the end of the petrol engine in the UK. Under Boris’s new Green plan, the sale of new combustion engine vehicles, that are powered wholly by Petrol or Diesel will be banned from 2030. Point 2: Driving the Growth of Low Carbon Hydrogen.

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Renault Zoe wins RAC Future Car Challenge

Green Cars News

The third annual challenge, covering a 63 mile route between Brighton and London saw a host of electric, hybrid, hydrogen and low emission petrol and [.].

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