News Archives - December 2009

The electric car that travels by train

Specialist car builder Rinspeed has gained a reputation for the ambitious concept cars it unveils each year at the Geneva Motor Show, and its most recent design – a two-seater electric city car that boosts its range by travelling onboard a train – is no different.

Fiat 500 electric car will rival Mini-E

The news that a MINI-E electric car has joined the government car pool for use by ministers on official business around London has been followed quickly by rumours that Fiat is to launch an electric version of its best-selling 500 model at next month’s Detroit Motor Show.

End of the road for Royal Mail bicycles is no longer Africa

The decision by the Royal Mail earlier this year to decommission its fleet of 16,000 Pashley delivery bicycles is having a detrimental effect on a charity that reconditions unwanted bikes before shipping them to Africa.