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Super green cars got a serious cash boost from the UK government yesterday. A total of 16 projects researching lower carbon vehicles are to receive a total of £23m from the government-funded Technology Strategy Board. Plus a further £70m has been earmarked for a new Low Carbon Vehicles Integrated Delivery Programme starting this autumn. Which, frankly, all sounds very dull -- until you find out how cool the projects are. Continue reading...
Commuters walking behind Westminster City Hall this morning could be forgiven for thinking something highly mysterious was going on, as a group of around 25 people -- some in suits and heels -- were staring at and photographing what bore an uncanny resemblance to two high-tech parking metres. These two "pieces of elegant kit", as Councillor Alan Bradley described them, were in fact two new electric vehicle charging points. Continue reading...
At the launch of ten new charging points for electric vehicles in Central London today, we also had the pleasure of checking out and even sitting in the new TH!NK electric car. The TH!NK, as regular SmartPlaneteers will know, is expected to land in the UK by the end of the year. Check out our photos below.
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Tesla Motors opened its first dealership in Santa Monica, California, on Friday, attracting a gaggle of reporters. Continue reading...
The idea of personal planes may conjure up dark visions of Blade Runner, but the first batch of two-seater aircraft to fly on electricity rather than fossil fuels could reach more than a dozen buyers by year's end. And if some fans of experimental air travel have their way, that's a step closer to a gridlock-free future when relatively ordinary folks will hop to work in small, carbon-neutral planes. Continue reading...
The Tesla Roadster may be rolling off the production line already, but France's Fetish and the UK's own Lightning GTS promise to be two of the fastest electric cars on the market. That is, as soon as the companies can get them out of the factory. Continue reading...
With Earth Day upon us, CNET News.com's green reporters put their heads together and came up with five leading companies in green transport. Continue reading...
Tesla Motors is an innovator in electric cars, having come out with the first electric sports car. Turns out, it's also got a lawsuit on its hands. Continue reading...
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