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New Kia Optima will be hybrid
- 17/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following on from yesterday’s announcement regarding Kia Motors company’s ongoing commitment to broaden its global range of low-emission vehicles, the Korean carmaker has today revealed details of a range of advanced new powertrains planned for the all-new Optima, as part of the Innovative new hybrid powertrains [...] -
KIA announce environmental plans
- 16/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Kia Motors today announced its mid-to long-term plans for the development of a greatly increased range of environmentally friendly vehicles. The brand’s ‘green car roadmap’ sets out Kia’s ambition to become a leader in the low emissions car market by 2020. It is anticipated that the five-year development [...] -
Toyota/Lexus hybrids reach 200,000 sales
- 13/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
When Toyota initially launched its hybrid powered vehicles to the UK market, it’s fair to say the firm made a modest entry with the introduction of the original Prius. What initially seemed like a niche approach to giving motoring a new environmental focus has since proved to be a transformative technology that sits [...] -
Tesla rival plans EVs for 2017
- 10/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
New US start-up company Faraday Future plans to start building electric cars by 2017, it has been revealed. Backed by a Chinese billionaire, the firm is set to take on Tesla Motors, starting with a one-billion-dollar investment in a new automotive factory. Faraday, which is based in California, US, is the latest [...] -
UK’s first hydrogen station opens
- 12/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The UK has officially opened one of the first publicly accessible, zero-emission, automotive hydrogen filling station. The filling station of the future is located in South Yorkshire, two miles from junction 33 on the M1, and is owned and run by energy storage specialist ITM Power, and is capable of generating up [...]