Posts Tagged ‘green’

Ford in North America will, by next year, have fitted Auto Start Stop to all new cars on sale. This will save at least 4% in fuel used, for every ...

The Chevrolet Volt is unquestionably my car of 2010, because it is the car of the future that will become many people’s car in the driveway. The viable EV. At ...

The Chevrolet Volt is here, at last. A vehicle with cars-of-the-future trend-setting potential can now be bought by Americans. (Well, more likely, leased – and, at $350 a month for ...

Sub-100g/km is the Holy Grail of Emissions right now. If your green car fails to meet this, you’re done for. Poor Honda, then, with its 104g/km green Jazz Hybrid. Tell ...

Golf GTI have usually been The Supercars That Rule for we real(ish)-world folk. Give me a mint Mk2 and I will do anything (anything) for you. I cherish/Tweet Mk1 sightings, ...

VAUXHALL is to market its range-extender electric Ampera via a catchy new classification: EREV. Extended Range Electric Vehicle, that is. I reckon it’s going to become as common parlance as ...

THE era of handouts from the State could well be over – but it seems the car makers are not seeking them, anyway. Automotive Council co-chair Richard Parry-Jones says that, ...

ELECTRIC car news reports often contain reference to trials, incentives or other such, in association with CENEX. This appears to be some sort of mysterious body facilitating the genesis of ...

BMW’s latest 5 Series marks the introduction of 4-cylinder engines into the F10 platform. Until now, it’s been all 6-cylinders or V8s. Powertrain manager Jan Kretschmer revealed what’s been keeping ...

HP has measured engine power for years – but has its day come? We’re all familiar with the merits of a 250hp engine alongside 200hp one. We know a 75hp ...