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The Motor Awards 2018: Vote for the best Green Car of the Year

Published 07 September 2018
By Sunday Times Driving
Voting is open in The Sunday Times Motor Awards 2018. Here is a rundown of the Green Car of the Year contenders.
Jaguar E-type Zero: Sixties sports car gets electric power

Jaguar E-type Zero: classic goes electric

If motorists have one common grumble about electric cars, it’s that they seem to have had a personality bypass. Now Jaguar has an answer ...
Published 07 September 2017
Top five best hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars

Top five best hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars

It doesn't seem that long ago that the Noughties rolled in and some of Hollywood's best-known A-listers tried their hand at evangelicalism, warni
Published 11 August 2017
Hyundai Ioniq hybrid first drive review by The Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: Hyundai Ioniq hybrid

If you can hear a faint whining and whistling in the background, don’t start Googling tinnitus and resist the urge to waggle your fingers in your...
Published 05 July 2016
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Plug-in supercars set to lose electric car subsidies

Supercar buyers have been quietly snaffling handouts, thanks to one of the most generous government policies in recent years...
Published 22 February 2016
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What is the best eco-friendly non-electric hatchback?

Q. I want a new estate or hatchback that’s eco-friendly but not pure electric. Almost all my journeys are urban and less than five miles. I understand...
Published 28 December 2015
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The big buzz: how electric cars took over the Frankfurt...

Not everyone loves electric cars: shortly before the Labour leadership election, the BBC invited Jeremy Corbyn to be interviewed in the back of an...
Published 21 September 2015
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Volkswagen boss apologises as British drivers remain...

Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn has been forced to issue a public apology in the wake of accusations
Published 21 September 2015

Driving Green: Homepage

It used to be so simple. When buying a car you’d select the body style you wanted, along with the colour and spec. Of course there was also the...
Published 06 August 2015
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News: Volkswagen XL Sport concept is a 168mph green...

ULTRA-GREEN AND ultra-fast; that's the holy grail of motoring these days. Volkswagen achieved the first with its XL1, which claims to be the world's...
Published 02 October 2014
jeremy clarkson on the environment

Clarkson on: the environment

It's not easy being green... especially with Jeremy Clarkson around. The environment and Clarkson go together as well as a Norwegian Fjord and a...
Published 10 June 2013