• Alternative fuel vehicle registrations up 19%
    • 29/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    In the third quarter of 2015, the total number of alternative fuel vehicle registrations in the EU increased (+13.4%), reaching 127,661 units. Of these, electric vehicle (EV) registrations showed a substantial increase (+62.2%), rising from 17,488 units in Q3 2014 to 28,360 units in Q3 2015. Demand for new hybrid [...]
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  • 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 [...]
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  • IMI raises concern over AFV regulation
    • 08/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A new survey conducted by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), shows that 53% of drivers planning to buy or lease a new car in the next two years are considering an electric or hybrid vehicle. The professional body for the retail motor sector worth £152 million a year, shows dramatic growth in demand for [...]
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  • Honda to unveil new HFCV at Tokyo
    • 30/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Honda has announced it will display future mobility solutions, including the global debut of all new fuel cell vehicle (FCV) at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show. It will be the debut unveiling of the Japanese firm’s all-new fuel cell vehicle, provisionally called the FCV. Honda’s original technologies have made the [...]
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  • Fuel cell vehicle breaks record
    • 07/08/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Two hydrogen pioneers have taken real-world zero-emission motoring to a new level by driving a Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell 2,383 kilometres in 24 hours. Arnt-Gøran Hartvig and Marius Bornstein travelled around the clock on public roads in Germany, emitting nothing but water vapour from the ground-breaking fuel cell [...]
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  • BMW world first with new hydrogen station
    • 17/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The BMW Group has installed the first hydrogen station worldwide with two types of refuelling technology. The latest move by the BMW Group and TOTAL will take forward the development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. It is now possible to drive by fuel cell-powered car all the way from southern Germany to Lake Garda [...]
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  • Honda has no plans to help Takata
    • 06/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Honda’s new chief executive Takahiro Hachigo, said the Japanese carmaker has no plans to provide financial aid to Takata, the airbag supplier currently at the heart of global airbag recall that has dented Honda’s reputation as well as its earnings. Speaking at his first news conference since taking the wheel in [...]
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  • Toyota Mirai goes the distance
    • 02/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The new Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle has proved it can go the distance, achieving 67 miles per gallon in official US combined city/highway driving calculations, and an estimated driving range of 312 miles on a single tank – a distance further than for any other zero-emissions car on the market. Jim [...]
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