by Karl Dyson | May 21, 2012 | Green Car News
Zipcar has announced a pilot partnership with car Vauxhall, that will see the Ampera join its fleet of self-service, pay as you go vehicles for the next six months. Zipcar is a car sharing service that motorists “borrow” a car for short period of time. The...
by Karl Dyson | May 18, 2012 | EV Electric Cars
Not many people know this, but before the green bug bit, I was a bit of a performance car nut. Numerous quick cars came and went over the years including MR2 Turbo’s, 3 Ford Capri’s and an XR2-Turbo. Now I’m rocking a 1.6 Volvo estate from Sweedens...
by Karl Dyson | May 17, 2012 | Green Car News
The SAE International Supermileage Challenge is an annual event held for North American and Canadian engineering and technology students which has them competing to create the most fuel-efficient single-person vehicle. Students from the University of Michigan are...
by Karl Dyson | May 16, 2012 | Hybrid Cars
First a Porsche pop out a diesel variant of its “marmite” Panamera capable of returning a combined 43.5 mpg and now this! Behold the Porshe 918 Spyder Hybrid Prototype, on paper its a mighty impressive and exclusive super car. With a top speed of 199mph...
by Karl Dyson | May 15, 2012 | Green Car News
According to research by the Institute for Fiscal studies, Green motoring could hurt the Treasury motoring revenue to the tune of £13bn as fuel and road duty dries up. The report, commissioned by the RAC Foundation estimates that the proceeds of fuel duty will drop...
