by Karl Dyson | Jul 19, 2012 | Featured
Vauxhall may not always be the most glamorous of names in the car industry, but its new Ampera really has got people talking about the company – and rightly so. This model really does promise to bring about a real revolution in ultra-economical motoring, and as...
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 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 10, 2012 | Green Car News
Silicon Valley-based company Tesla Motors has announced that their long-awaited Tesla Model S is expected to achieve a “real-world” operating range between 250 and 350 miles. A post on Tesla’s blog by CEO Elon Musk and Chief Technical Officer JB...
by Karl Dyson | Mar 30, 2012 | Featured
When you first start driving an electric car, one of the biggest adjustments you have to make is with the heating. While it’s an equal pain to scrape ice from any kind of car, once a combustion engine is running it soon warms up. Electric cars, by contrast, won’t warm...