Tom Hanks’ eco conversion Tom Hanks has turned his back on the supercar lifestyle for a greener way of driving. The Toy Story 3 star has been snapped in a boxy, and rather dubious-looking, Scion MPV. But his is no ordinary people carrier: it’s been converted to electric power, so it has no emissions at [...]
6 August 2010 at 08:29 -
£5,000 electric car subsidy approved Government Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has announced that grants of up to £5,000 will be given to electric car buyers from January 2011. The ‘plug-in car grant’ was instigated by the outgoing Labour Government, but it was expected to be scrapped as part of the current budget cuts. It will [...]
30 July 2010 at 22:22 -
Latest Electric Car Will be a BMW, From the Battery Up BMW lifted the veil this week on its planned battery-powered car, in an indication that it is serious about building a new class of vehicle and delivering substantial numbers to showrooms by 2013. BMW, the German carmaker, created Project i in late 2007 with [...]
4 July 2010 at 09:39 -