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  • Volvo to make plug-in electric cars

    Volvo to make plug-in electric cars

    Due in 2012 25 September 2009 13:49 GMT

    Volvo is the latest car manufacturer to announce it is to make an electric car. The Swedish car co says from 2012, customers will be able to buy Volvo plug-in electrical hybrids.

    These hybrids will be cars that can be recharged through a regular household electric...

  • Japan considers adding noise to hybrid cars

    Japan considers adding noise to hybrid cars

    Eco motors too quiet 3 July 2009 10:15 GMT

    It's been talked up before, but the transport ministry in Japan is currently seriously considering forcing car manufacturers of near-silent hybrid vehicles to add sound to their motors.

    "We have received opinions from automobile users and visually-impaired...

  • Tesla confirms right-hand drive Roadster

    Tesla confirms right-hand drive Roadster

    As UK showroom opens in London 29 June 2009 9:50 GMT

    US electric car maker Tesla has confirmed that it will make a right-hand drive version of its Roadster model, due in early 2010.

    The Roadster is designed around the Lotus Elise and unlike other electric cars, can go fast. 0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds fast....

  • Seat Ibiza sets fuel consumption record

    Seat Ibiza sets fuel consumption record

    Can your car do 970 miles on a single tank? 7 May 2009 12:16 GMT

    Fed up of shelling out on tank after tank of car juice for your greedy motor? Then you might like to hear about a new record that's been set for fuel consumption.

    A Seat Ibiza "Ecomotive" has set an average fuel consumption record for its class, returning 81.1mpg...

  • Segway to create two-seater transporter

    Segway to create two-seater transporter: The PUMA

    New electric urban vehicle launching in 2012 7 April 2009 13:53 GMT

    Segway, maker of the much mocked "Personal Transporter" is to join forces with American car manufacturer General Motors on a new electric vehicle.

    The funny-looking effort is dubbed the "Puma", that apparently stands for "personal urban mobility and accessibility".

  • VIDEO: Top Gear road tests the Tesla sports car

    VIDEO: Top Gear road tests the Tesla sports car

    "Biblically quick" 16 December 2008 9:20 GMT

    Clarkson fights his eco car prejudice and road tests the Tesla electric sports car, pitching the Californian green machine against a Lotus Elise. Hit play now to see the race, and the result...

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