Electric and Hybrid in Demand on Salary Sacrifice Car Schemes
Dec 31, 2014 Trevor LarkumElectric Cars, News, Reviews and Comment
A survey of over 600 drivers by Zenith Leasedrive Group has revealed that over 61 per cent are interested in ordering an electric or hybrid car through a salary sacrifice car scheme. Of these, 12 per cent would choose an electric car, 33 per cent a plug-in hybrid and 55 per cent a non-plug-in hybrid.
Volvo XC90 T8 hybrid runs 0-62 in 5.9 seconds
Dec 31, 2014 Trevor LarkumElectric Cars, News, Reviews and Comment, Volvo, XC90 PHEV
Volvo XC90 T8 hybrid runs 0-62 in 5.9 seconds, will get 59 MPGe Volvo has shown us the new XC90. It's even shown us its new every-trick-in-the-book twin-charged hybrid powertrain. It just hasn't shown the two together… that is, until now. Although the High Performance Drive-E Powertrain prototype it showcased a couple of months ago
Electric Kia Soul charges ahead
Dec 31, 2014 Trevor LarkumElectric Cars, Kia, Soul EV
NOT LONG ago mention of the "compact crossover" would have drawn blank faces all round. Now annual sales of these quasi SUVs are set to rise to more than 600,000 in Western Europe by next year, with more than 150,000 of sales in the UK. The Kia Soul joined the party in 2009 to be
Air pollution costs Britain £10bn a year
Dec 31, 2014 Trevor LarkumEnergy and Climate Change, News, Reviews and Comment
Britain is third highest contributor to air pollution that costs Europe up to £149bn a year, says EU agency report Britain has 10 of Europe's top 50 "super-polluting" power stations and factories, helping to cost it more in health and environmental impacts than any other countries, except for Germany and Poland. New air pollution figures
RSSKL Advent Fair
Dec 31, 2014 Guest2 CommentsBlog, Electric Cars, Energy and Climate Change
We wanted to get the concept of Fuel Included to a different audience and so took a Renault ZOE to the Advent Fair at the Rudolf Steiner School in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. It was a mild day and so well suited to standing outside and talking to folks as they passed. Everyone was in festive
Open University Electric Vehicle Research Study
Dec 31, 2014 Trevor LarkumBlog, Electric Cars, Energy and Climate Change, Leaf, Milton Keynes, Nissan
In November I was invited to attend an Open University Electric Vehicle Research Study. I came across it online, plus friends who know I am an EV driver had also told me about it. The study is being conducted by researchers from the Open University's Ubiquitous Computing and Sustainability Lab, part of the OU's Centre
Nissan – ULEV manufacturer of the year
Dec 30, 2014 Trevor Larkume-NV200, Electric Cars, Electric Vans, Leaf, News, Reviews and Comment, Nissan, Nissan
Nissan has been named Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV) Manufacturer of the Year at the Energy Saving Trust's Fleet Hero Awards. The brand picked up the honour for its ongoing leadership of the ULEV sector in the face of growing competition from other carmakers. The awards judges were impressed that the pioneering 100 percent electric
300 Miles in a Day
Dec 29, 2014 Trevor Larkum2 CommentsBlog, Leaf, Nissan, Renault, ZOE
In October I managed, for the first time ever, to drive 300 miles one day in my Renault ZOE. I like to think that puts me in the 'elite club' of long distance electric car drivers! Of course, I'm not the first ZOE owner to join – at least two other members of the MyRenaultZOE
E.ON to quit gas and coal and focus on renewable energy
Germany utility firm to sell off most power generating units amid 'dramatically altered global energy markets' Germany's biggest utility firm, E.ON, has announced plans to split in two and spin off most of its power generation, energy trading and upstream businesses, responding to a crisis that has crippled the European energy sector. E.ON said it
Volkswagen e-Golf versus Golf GTE
Dec 27, 2014 Trevor Larkume-Golf, Electric Cars, Golf GTE, News, Reviews and Comment, Volkswagen
Volkwagen's attempt to take on electric car rivals comes in the form of the e-Golf and Golf GTE Electric cars remain a hot topic, so the chance to drive VW's battery-electric e-Golf and its plug-in petrol/electric hybrid, the Golf GTE hot hatch, was interesting on several fronts. There's a crushing logic behind both of these