America is the home of the gas guzzling car, so in the face of record-breaking petrol prices it is perhaps no surprise that it is giving birth to the Elio – a super-efficient, three-wheeled car that squeezes 100 miles from a gallon of petrol and costs the equivalent of only £4,500. The Elio uses a 900cc, 3-cylinder, fuel-injected and liquid-cooled…
The Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has co-founded a racing team that will enter the Formula E Championships – a new race series for electric cars. DiCaprio has long been an owner and vocal fan of both the Toyota Prius hybrid and Tesla Roadster, the world’s first high-performance production electric sports car and a vehicle he described as: “…an unbelievable drive…it all happens with the flip of…
If our taste for cars continues to favour smaller vehicles, where will it all end? If the trend is spurred by concern for the environment and we all eventually trade in our city cars for bus passes or bicycles, what will we become of our motors? Fiat thinks it has the answer. The Italian car maker has teamed up with kitchen appliance…
It sounds like a Halloween prank gone horribly wrong, but Toyota has recalled almost 1 million of its cars because they are at serious risk from spiders. Over 850,000 cars built for the American market in 2012 and 2013 are being recalled because if a spider builds its web behind their dashboards, there is a risk of unexpected airbag deployment…
Londoners who like the idea of driving an electric car, but are unable or unwilling to buy one, now have the chance to join Britain’s first electric vehicle car club. The E-Car Club launched on 23 October 2013 and aims to offer affordable access to a fleet of Renault Zoe electric city cars. The first branch of E-Car Club serves…
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