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News: Registrations of alternatively fuelled cars sprout...

Sales of electric and other so-called alternatively fuelled vehicles are up over 50% so far this year compared with last, according to new figures.
Published 04 July 2014
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News: Electric cars get access to bus lanes and free...

ELECTRIC CARS will be allowed to use bus lanes and park for free under plans by Nick Clegg to encourage more drivers to buy them, reports The Times.
Published 29 April 2014
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News: Delighted drivers show BMW i3 is more than just...

BMW SAYS it’s been so busy telling us all what a towering technological achievement its new i3 electric car is, that it’s forgotten to say it’s...
Published 28 April 2014
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News: EU orders silent electric cars to make a noise

ELECTRIC CARS will have to produce as much noise as cars powered by internal combustion engines, under new EU rules.
Published 28 April 2014
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News: The electric charge of the fire brigade

Now there's a spark that can help put out a fire: Britain’s first all-electric fire car, designed to respond to major incidents with blue lights...
Published 25 April 2014
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Currently on the blink: faulty chargers strand electric...

The number of points at which drivers can recharge their vehicles is rising fast, but as Dominic Tobin discovers, many of them do not work properly
Published 23 April 2014
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2014 World Car Awards: Germany 5, Rest of the World...

LAST WEEK, amid the razzmatazz of the New York motor show, one country above all had cause to celebrate.
Published 22 April 2014
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First drive review: BMW i3 Range Extender (2014)

I'M IN an electric BMW i3 at some point in the future, to be more specific, last Wednesday. Im on the A2 wafting almost silently towards Kent, the...
Published 22 April 2014
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First drive review: BMW i3 (2013)

WELCOME TO a vision of the future — according to BMW. A future where the skyline is dominated by megacities. And a men with beards and classic cars...
Published 15 July 2013