News Archives - May 2010

2010 London Freewheel bicycle ride date is 5th September

On Sunday 5th September 2010, an estimated 70,000 cyclists will take to traffic-free streets as part of this year’s London Freewheel, the annual cycling event currently branded as ‘Sky Ride’ as part of a sponsorship deal.
The event forms part of London’s ‘Year of Cycling’, the mayor’s £116m-initiative that includes funding for the London Cycle Hire scheme, Cycle Superhighways, training, promotion, guided rides and education.

Will switch to electric cars require 10 nuclear power stations?

The Royal Academy of Engineering has calculated that ten nuclear power stations would need to be built if Britain’s cars were to switch from petrol to electricity. An earlier report by European transport lobby group, T&E, found that the environmental benefits to be had from a switch to electric vehicles were dependent not only on changes in the way electricity was generated, but the way energy was taxed and CO2 emissions regulated.

Laptop battery-powered electric car has 1000km range, so what’s the catch?

An electric car powered by 8,320 laptop batteries this week drove 1000km on a single charge. The Japan Electric Vehicle Club took a stock Daihatsu Mira and replaced its petrol engine with an electric motor powered by Sanyo lithium-ion batteries of the kind normally found in laptop computers.