Sports cars / racing cars
For 2010 Tesla will be bringing three of their latest right-hand drive Roadsters to the Eco-Rally, which ends just a few blocks from Tesla's London showroom in Knightsbridge.
Chronic congestion has reached record levels in some cities. The UK's biggest breakdown organisation now uses the motorbikes and electric scooters to cut through traffic and reach breakdowns in central London up to 33% quicker, getting members and other traffic moving again with minimum delay.
Way back in 1956, company founder Soichiro Honda said: "After materials are carried into the factory, nothing but products should be carried out." Today, this has been achieved with zero waste to landfill at all Japanese manufacturing plants and Swindon to achieve this by 2010.
Ginetta plane to sell the G50 EV in the near future. The electric sports car is capable of 120 mph and has a range of between 150 miles (track day racing) and up to 250 miles on a full charge. It’s three batteries and motor deliver power directly to the rear wheels maintaining the ‘fun factor’ of the petrol-powered equivalent.
The unique Oaktec developed Honda Civic Hybrid CVT rally car is to make its first journey to the South Coast when it takes on the 2010 Brighton to London Eco-Rally. The car which is more used to hammering through remote Scottish rally special stages will take on the more gentle task of this demonstration ride into the Capital, driven by Lisa Rogers.
Ginetta have been building road and race cars since 1958 and the Yorkshire-based company is now a major player on the motorsport scene in the UK and abroad. The company has partnered with Zytek Engineering and is applying on-track success into its road car development program and consultancy services.
The Tesla Roadster is one of the first electric cars that boys actually want to pin-up on their walls. It is favoured by Hollywood celebrities, European royalty and trendsetters worldwide. In the 2009 Eco-Rally, all our guest drivers wanted to drive the Roadster, and the two UK-spec models are proving to be just as popular in 2010.
Dr Gregory Offer is a Research Fellow at Imperial College London. As a young academic he is involved in research investigating hydrogen fuel cells, batteries and hybrid and electric vehicles, from fundamental electrochemistry to the engineering challenges involved in developing low carbon vehicles.
Imperial College London is Europe's premier engineering institution. The Imperial Racing Green project draws on expertise from across Imperial College's Faculty of Engineering, building low emissions, hydrogen fuel cell, and battery electric vehicles to compete in races across the globe.
The Honda CR-Z Hybrid proves that cars can be both fun and environmentally responsible. Sleek and stylish, it just so happens to be a hybrid.
Circuits Magazine will be driving a monster 7-litre V8 Corvette from Brighton to London to show that with careful driving techniques in a big, torquey, lightweight car you can achieve astounding results - even in a 530bhp American supercar!
