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Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi partner on electric vehicles
Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi are reported to be planning to share electric vehicle (EV) architecture in a move aimed at reducing the development costs of future EV models. Reports suggest that Nissan should be able to deliver a future LEAF electric car priced at approximately 2 million yen (£14,000), at ...
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Electric vehicles to take third of sales by 2040
Electric vehicles could make up 15% to 35% of total new vehicle sales globally in 2040, according to US research company IHS Markit. Launching a research project, Reinventing the Wheel, Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of IHS Markit and chairman of the study, said: “The key question is whether we are ...
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Scientists claim breakthrough in electric vehicles
British scientists are claiming a breakthrough that could put electric cars on a par with their petrol and diesel equivalents both for range and refuelling times. Research by University of Surrey and Augmented Optics Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, has developed a super capacitor which they say ...
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Electric vehicle group formed
Stakeholders in the electric vehicle and electricity supply industries have set up a group intended to ensure take-up is not constrained by the impact on the UK’s power grid. The new electric vehicle network (EVN) group has been launched by LowCVP (Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership) and electric power specialists EA ...
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E&S acquires electrical specialists WES
E&S Environmental Services, part of the Adler & Allan Group, has expanded its M&E offering through the acquisition of Worcester Electrical Services (WES). WES specialises in all areas of electrical installations, engineering, maintenance and design. As an NICEIC-approved electrical contractor, the bulk of its work is carried out in hazardous ...
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Tesla extends electric car range to over 300 miles
Electric car maker Tesla claims its S P100D is the third fastest accelerating production car ever produced, with a 0-60 mph time of 2.5 seconds, after it introduced a new larger battery. The 100 kWh battery also increases range to an estimated 315 miles on a single charge, making it ...
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Surge in second-hand electric vehicle market
The growing popularity of electric vehicles has seen a massive rise in the availability of affordable, second-hand electric vehicles (EV) in the UK over the past two years, according to the AA’s used car portal AA Cars. AA Cars has reported the number of EVs advertised on its portal in ...
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Electric car sales at tipping point says AA
The UK is at a tipping point, with electric car sales set to soar, once drivers overcome the many myths or misconceptions, according to new AA research. Based on AA members’ car buying intentions and future trends, the AA expects there will be more than 500,000 electric and plug-in hybrid ...
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NewsNissan developing electric engine that runs on ethanol
Nissan Motor Company has announced it is researching and developing an electric power system that runs on bio-ethanol. The unit uses hydrogen derived from the bio-ethanol to generate power, but unlike other car manufacturers’ hydrogen vehicles, it would not require a whole new infrastructure of hydrogen filling stations. Bio-ethanol is ...
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Electric cars to cost less to run than petrol by 2025
A new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance says that continuing reductions in battery prices will bring the total cost of ownership of electric vehicles (EVs) below that for conventional-fuel vehicles by 2025, even with low oil prices. The study forecasts that global sales of electric vehicles will hit 41 ...
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AA finds reluctance over electric vehicles
Only one in eleven AA members buying a car in the next three years would consider going electric or hybrid, according to an AA-Populus poll responded to by 27, 662 members. Of those considering changing their car in the next three years (23,067) the choices were: 50% petrol; ...
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NewsGovernment to trial roads that will wirelessly charge electric cars
Electric and hybrid vehicles would have no need to stop and charge during long distance journeys if a new initiative by the Highways England is successful. It has announced that trials to equip roads to charge electric and hybrid vehicles wirelessly as they travel along them are to take ...
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Second cars route to electric roll-out
Sparking the electric vehicle revolution could be achieved by flipping current thinking and homing in on the family second car, Edmund King, the AA’s president, told this week’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership conference. In his presentation ‘Can we electrify mainstream motoring?’, King made the connection between the realities of family ...
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Electric and hybrid cars top satisfaction survey
British drivers have voted electric and hybrid cars the best to own, according to Driver Power, an annual satisfaction survey by car magazine Auto Express. This year’s car owner survey features a hybrid car in first place and two electric vehicles in its top 10 for the first time. The ...
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Minister predicts roads will recharge electric vehicles
A future in which roads are ‘digitalised’ and can charge electric cars as they travel along them, has been outlined in a speech by roads minister John Hayes. Speaking at a conference on 21st century infrastructure, he said the UK was at a turning point in the history of road ...
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Electric car secondhand values catching up diesels
Forecasts of secondhand values for electric vehicles (EVs) are moving closer to traditional diesel cars as the used car market becomes more accustomed to the technology they contain, according to the self-styled “trade bible” Glass’s. In some cases, residual value (RV) forecasts are already broadly similar to their diesel equivalent, ...
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Record sales of electric vehicles
Sales of electric cars and other plug-in vehicles have increased rapidly, according to the Department for Transport, with a record number of people taking advantage of government grants. The Plug-in Car Grant reduces the price of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) by up to £5,000 for cars and £8,000 for ...
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Minister highlights growth in electric vehicle market
A transport minister has told the Electric Vehicle Summit that the government’s objective is a low carbon road transport system in which electric power is not only seen as a cleaner alternative to petrol and diesel, but also as a more viable, practical and affordable alternative for millions of motorists. ...
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Two thirds of motorists would not consider electric car
Sixty-nine per cent of drivers would not consider buying an electric car, according to analysis of the latest government research by road safety charity, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The research from the Department of Transport, titled Public Attitudes to Electric Vehicles, shows the most important factors deterring motorists ...
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Electric charge point corridor created
Gulf site W Ganderton & Son in Buckingham is included in a newly-created corridor of quick-charge points for electric vehicles across the centre of the country. Known as the Milton Keynes Crosslink and operated by Chargemaster, the 14 points are capable of charging an electric vehicle in around 20 minutes. ...