Family cars & MPVs
The Honda FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) was named 2009 World Green Car by 59 World Car jurors from 25 countries worldwide. BBC Top Gear's James May described it as "the most important car ever", and now - finally - Revolve gets to drive it, along with the Positive TV film crew at the Copenhagen Climate Change summit. More...
The BMW 118d was named World Green Car of the Year 2008 and the 116d shown at the Eco-Rally finish line is even more frugal. For the fourth year in succession, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) has ranked the BMW Group as the most sustainable car company in the world. The company offers the most efficient cars in the premium segment courtesy of EfficientDynamics technologies. More...
* After just over one month of the Scrappage scheme, Volvo has sold over 1,200 cars * The Volvo C30 accounts for 55 percent of Volvo's Scrappage sales
* Very strong demand for DRIVe models
* The What Car? Green Car of the Year Volvo S40 1.6D DRIVe S with Start/Stop is available with a saving of £4,377
ITM modified the factory standard 2.0L Ford Focus in order to show that hydrogen as a fuel, is compatible with today’s engines and infrastructure; society doesn’t have to wait for the availability of fuel cell cars to enjoy driving with zero carbon emissions using hydrogen. More...
The Nissan X-Trail FCV, part of Nissan's fleet participating in the California Fuel Cell Partnership trials in the US, has featured in a wide variety of low carbon vehicle events throughout Europe over the last year. The X-Trail FCV continues to draw attention to the growth of the UK infrastructure and support for low carbon mobility - acting as a catalyst to bring together like-minded organisations including local and national government, academic institutions and regional development agencies in order to assure a clean future for mobility in the UK More...
Forty-five low carbon vehicles were on display at City Hall, half of which took part in this year's Eco-Rally. 90% are from the world's major car brands and many of the cars and/or components are designed and built in Britain. The remainder are British innovation firms.
The cars were driven by a diverse range of familiar faces including magicians, comedians, designers, politicians and authors.
Mitsubishi Motors will launch a plug-in hybrid crossover at this year's Tokyo auto show in a vehicle slightly smaller than an Outlander and which is said to rival Nissan's Qashqai. The image above is of a crossover-style concept shown in 2007 and may give some clues as to the styling. More...
