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British PM Gordon Brown checks out the Th!nk city EV

British prime minister Gordon Brown received a visit on Monday from Richard Blundell, the managing director of Th!nk UK. Th!nk is the Norwegian manufacturer of electric city cars that was once owned by Ford. Th!nk brought out its city car so that Brown and Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon (now there's a name of a transport secretary!) could check it out along with some other EVs that were on hand (but so far remain unidentified). A high level meeting to discuss electric vehicles is under way at Downing Street and the government may announce ... Read more →

British PM vows to replace armored Jaguar with electric limo Noah Joseph

Big news: another politician has made an open-ended commitment with little way of seeing it through. In this week's episode, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- who previously committed to switch ...

Bob Lutz: 30K E-Flex cars in Europe in first year, 1M worldwide by 2020 Jeremy Korzeniewski

Now that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged some £90 million for the development of clean vehicles in the U.K., General Motors is seeing plenty to like about the European market ...

Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant could get Volt production in Europe Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel Flextreme Despite Carl-Peter Forster's recent assertion that Euro Volts would be built in America and shipped overseas, GM's European leader is now ...

New British PM opts for gas-guzzling Jaguar instead of Prius Sam Abuelsamid

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/New_British_PM_opts_for_gas_guzzling_Jaguar_instead_of_Prius'; Unlike the heir to the British throne Prince Charles, new Prime Minister Gordon Brown has opted ...

UK doubles road tax on gas guzzlers, some green cars go free 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Road tax bills are now nearly double for gas guzzlers in the United Kingdom. As expected, Chancellor Gordon Brown announced increases in the annual vehicle excise duty would jump to 300 British pounds, but high-mileage vehicles will be charged 400 pounds. Owners of green cars such hybrids get a tax ...

Saab jumps into British budget debate 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

With a new budget set to be unveiled by Chancellor Gordon Brown in the UK parliament this week, Saab has decided to weigh in on promoting alternative fuels. With their turbocharged engine lineup able to benefit even more than naturally aspirated engines, Saab has become a major proponent of ethanol ...


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