Latest Green Car News

Paris launch for Toyota trio

 Anticipation is building for the Paris Motor Show, the world’s oldest and arguably most prestigious automobile showcase. Every two years, the French capital plays host to some of the hottest new vehicles and this year’s event will be no exception with Toyota preparing to showcase three new models. The Toyota Avensis is a third generation model [...]

Europcar boosts energy supplier

 Gas and electricity customers in the UK haven’t had much to celebrate recently with a series of price hikes from the leading energy suppliers including Eon increasing its gas prices by 26 per cent and its electricity prices by 16 per cent. It’s probably scant consolation therefore to realise that the energy provider is at [...]

Britain pays £19.6bn too much in green taxes, claims TPA

New research from prominent campaign group, the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has revealed that green taxes are far higher than is necessary to offset the cost of UK carbon emissions. UN IPCC figures on the UK’s carbon footprint indicate British taxpayers pay £19.6 billion a year more than is necessary, whilst even the British Government’s own [...]

Car makers must go green, says public in new EU poll

The results of an opinion poll released yesterday, show an overwhelming 87 per cent of people in the UK think measures to force car manufacturers to make smarter cars that use 25 per cent less fuel should be introduced urgently. Two-thirds of respondents thought that requiring car manufacturers to reduce the fuel consumption of their vehicles [...]

London doctors surgery goes green by using car club for house visits

A doctors surgery in central London are using a pay-as-you-go car club instead of their private cars in order to significantly reduce their carbon footprint. Doctors at the James Wigg Practice in Camden Town, no longer use their private cars for home visits and have done a deal with leading UK car club, City Car Club. All [...]

Feeling the pinch? LPG Proton could save you serious money.

With families across the UK feeling the financial squeeze in almost all areas of their daily life, a new car has just been launched which will save its owner £500 per year – or the equivalent of almost three months food shopping . In addition to the annual savings, the Proton GEN-2 ecoLogic instantly saves drivers [...]

Little 500 plays big part in new ECO Estate Agent launch

Fiat’s 500 supermini is playing a major part in the launch of London’s first “eco estate agent”. London Residential, which opened its new Parkway, Camden office earlier this month (August) has bought five Fiat 500 1.2 Lounge cars, to use alongside four electric scooters as transport for its sales negotiators. The 500’s low emissions, excellent fuel [...]

Push for green car insurance

 Drive less, save money and save the environment - it’s the theory that helps motorists to think green but for many, the ‘drive less’ motto is simply not viable. However, perhaps some further financial incentives could alter that perspective. The California Department for Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is planning to introduce a new green car insurance [...]

Mazda debuts new green car

 Car manufacturer Mazda has already won plaudits for its green cars and now it has debuted another - the Mazda Kazamai concept car, which reflects Mazda’s ‘sustainable zoom-zoom’ strategy. The car made its debut at the Moscow Motor Show, which runs from August 28-September 1, and combines an aggressive design with 30 per cent improved fuel [...]

An interview with Barry Shrier

Barry Shrier is the charismatic and passionate promoter of entrepreneurial innovation - he is also the founder and CEO of Liberty Electric Cars. Liberty Electric Cars was established to respond to the rapidly expanding demand for zero and low emission cars. The company is investing £30 million in the re engineering of large luxury cars [...]