NOT TOO LONG AGO hydrogen was the flavour du jour of the alternative energy movement, with most of the world’s major carmakers scrambling to establish their own experimental hydrogen car programs.

Now the tables have turned, and the humble electric motor - which ironically was more popular than the internal combustion engine before the widespread discovery [...]

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THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE REVOLUTION is well under way.

To bolster its position as one of the leaders of the emerging propulsion technology, Renault-Nissan has announced the first details of the recharge system to be used on its forthcoming electric vehicle range.

When Renault’s first EV goes on sale in Europe in 2011, owners will be able to [...]

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Toyota will showcase its safety enhancing infrastructure-linked road technology in Japan from today until Friday, giving the Japanese public a close-up look at what Toyota reckons will be the road of the future.

The concept of road-and-vehicle integration isn’t exactly a new one, but due to the logistical, technological and legislative difficulties in developing and installing [...]

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