Mini celebrates London Olympics with new Bayswater and Baker Street special editions

Filed under: Etc., Hatchback, Mini, UK, Design/Style

With the Olympic Games coming up this spring, BMW is keen to leverage its sponsorship. And since they’re taking place in London, England, the German automaker wouldn’t miss the opportunity to include its more youthful, retro British subsidiary. And so it has released today not one, but two new [...]

Fisker Karma showcased at Harrods in London

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Fisker

Want to advertise a new plaything for the wealthy? The front windows at Harrods are the place to be. That’s where Aston Martin once displayed the Cygnet city car, and where Lexus showcased its hybrids a short while after. Little wonder, then, that Fisker has opted to park the Karma at [...]

Qualcomm aquires HaloIPT, announces London wireless charging trial

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, UK

Over the past year and a half, HaloIPT has been working hard at moving inductive power transfer – a wireless charging technology – from the labs at the University of Auckland where it was developed into actual vehicles, such as the Rolls Royce 102 EX. Apparently they’ve been doing something [...]

London considers copying Paris’ Autolib electric car-sharing scheme

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, UK

Since London has already copied Paris’ Velib public bicycle rental service, it seems fitting that England’s capital city is considering an electric vehicle-sharing scheme that mimics Paris’ recently launched Autolib. For full details on Autolib, click here.
London’s city officials will reportedly visit Paris to see how the French capital has [...]

From London to New Delhi in a rickshaw?

Filed under: MPG, Lightweight, UK, India

A three-wheeled, 175-cc rickshaw hardly seems adequate for the 6,338-mile trip from London to New Delhi, India, but that’s precisely the type of vehicle Sanjay Sharma, a 44-year-old IT professional from the UK, choose for his epic journey.
Dubbed the Flying Rani – a black and yellow rickshaw purchased by Sharma [...]

Nissan Leaf joins up with Source London

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, UK

Nissan has handed over the keys to a Leaf to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. With the Spring 2011 launch of London’s city-wide plug-in vehicle membership scheme, Source London, it’s fitting to have at least one Leaf on hand. Through Source London, Johnson champions plug-in vehicles and will supposedly install [...]

Lorenzo Quinn’s “Vroom Vroom” sculpture arrives in central London

Filed under: Etc., UK, Design/Style, Fiat

Vroom Vroom by Lorenzo Quinn – Click above for high-res image gallery

Ever get the feeling that your car is little more than an oversized toy? Lorenzo Quinn evidently did. The sculptor took the very first car he ever bought – an original Fiat 500 – and transformed it into the [...]

Volkswagen crafts a London Black Taxi for the future

Filed under: Concept Cars, Work, Volkswagen, UK

Volkswagen London Taxi Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Volkswagen is putting it’s own unique spin on a London icon. The VW London Taxi Concept, which is built upon the Up! city car platform, is an electric cab with an estimated range of 186 miles. Though the overall [...]

UK Tesla superfan goes 772 miles from London to Lands End in a Roadster

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, UK

Tesla Roadster London to Land’s End road trip – Click above for high-res image gallery

Recently, Vauxhall sent an Ampera – that’s the Chevy Volt with a strong British accent – on a 170-mile press release promenade and declared that they were undertaking, and we quote, the “longest single road trip [...]

Video: London mayor approves new hybrid double decker bus design

Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Transportation Alternatives, UK

New London hybrid double decker bus – Click above for high-res image gallery

For the past half century, the red double-decker Routemaster bus has been a London icon, but the time has long since come to replace the old machines. With that in mind, the city government has been working [...]

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