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Breaking news: More Toyota hybrid recalls expected

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for the beleaguered Toyota Motor Corporation following a series of vehicle recalls, now it appears that two more of its hybrid cars will be affected. According to reports in the Nikkei, Toyota will begin recalling both the Sai Hybrid and the Lexus HS250h Hybrid, which use the [...]

Mercedes launches eco-taxis in London

With zero road emissions, travelling by taxi in the nation’s capital could soon get an environmentally friendly spin. Eco City Vehicles PLC has launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, which has been developed by a consortium of companies including Zytek Automotive, Penso and Mercedes Benz UK. Known as the eVito taxi, it is [...]

Flexible payment system for electric car charging

Previously offered on a subscription only basis, the ChargePoint Network from Coulomb Technologies will soon come with a flexible billing system. From July, users of its charging stations will no longer need a subscription to the network and instead owners of the charging stations – whether they are utilities, retailers, municipalities or corporations – can determine [...]

i-MiEV wins Environment Special Grand Prize

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV has  been awarded the ‘Environment Special Grand Prize’ at the 25th International Automobile Festival held in Paris on February 4, 2010. Selected among four nominees each representing concrete projects for sustainable mobility in terms of environmental protection or security" by a panel of 18 design, fashion, automotive and media luminaries. As commented [...]

EU electric car law ‘flawed’

Electric car use must be backed by clean energy production and a change in legislation, a new report concludes. Commissioned by jointly Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace, Transport & Environment (T&E) and WWF Germany, the new research undertaken by Dutch consultancy CE Delft concludes that without the decarbonisation of electricity production, electric cars will not [...]

New green homes set to boost electric car use

Six hundred new ‘green homes’ are set to be built as part of the UK’s largest ever environmental building project. Housing Minister John Healey today announced his support for plans to build the eco-show homes in four new locations across the country. Part of a £60 million home building programme, the new homes will provide [...]

Audi’s Super Bowl ad upsets environmentalists

An advert shown during Sunday’s Super Bowl game in the US has caused a storm of controversy for carmaker, Audi. The advert for the Audi’s new A3 TDi depicts a force of ‘green police’ performing a check for fuel inefficient vehicles in a road block. With an anteater on their side to sniff out fuel-hungry vehicles, [...]

Video: Nissan Cube, from Tokyo to London

In 2002, an all-new second generation Nissan Cube was introduced in the Japanese market.  More spacious inside, more glass outside, with more power and, more importantly, a few more angles and curved surface details added to its compact, slab-sided exterior. Quintessentially Japanese, this new Cube took Tokyo by storm.  A pocket-sized fun-and-function cocktail mixing the [...]

Ford begins production of new Figo

Designed to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding Indian vehicle market, Ford has begun production of its new Ford Figo at its Chennai, India engine plant. The company will produce both its new 1.2litre Duratec engine and its 1.4litre Duratorq engine at the plant with export to additional markets in the Asia Pacific and African [...]

Nissan adds another city to list of partners

Last week it was Orlando (see article) and this week it is the turn of the city of Houston to enter into an agreement with Nissan to advance zero emission mobility. An announcement was made at the Houston stop of the Nissan LEAF zero emissions tour as the build up continues towards the launch of the [...]