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Connaught HYBRID+ system testing a success

While many of our readers may be familiar with Connaught for its Type D hybrid sportscar, the firm is also hard at work developing its fuel saving technologies for more mundane types of vehicles. Connaught's HYBRID+ system has been affixed to seven Ford Transit vans with diesel engines that are owned by Tesco in the UK. Testing has taken place on the delivery vehicles and the numbers have been compiled. All in all, everything appears to have worked successfully, with the Transit vans recording an average reduction in fuel usage and in carbon ... Read more →

Irish eyes smiling on Modec electric trucks Domenick Yoney

Modec is continuing its quest for world domination having made the jump across the Irish sea. In both Northern Ireland and the Republic proper, the electric truck company has good news to report. ...

Connaught Engineering to hydridize Tesco Transits Domenick Yoney

We have featured lots of electric car conversions here on AutoblogGreen but until now there hasn't been very much in the way of hybrid conversions. Connaught Engineering, devisors of the hot little ...

World's biggest solar roof for Tesco U.S.A. Dane Muldoon

British supermarket chain Tesco, the fourth-largest retail chain in the world, is teaming up with Los Angeles-based Solar Integrated Technologies to build what is claimed to be the world's biggest ...

Companies push for green transport in the UK Dane Muldoon

The environment has lept into the spotlight over the last year in a way we haven't seen before. Global warming and green house gas emissions have moved beyond a theory to be a call to arms for ...

British supermarket chain Tesco to run trucks on B50 biodiesel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Tesco is biggest supermarket chain in the UK and starting next month, three quarters of their delivery fleet will be running on B50 biodiesel. Tesco has 2,000 trucks and vans in their fleet right now, and the change to B50 will reduce their green house gas emissions by 70,000 tonnes per year. Tesco ...

Diesel class added to British Rally Championship series 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

How soon before the Indy 500 allows diesels to return? The motorsports governing body in the United Kingdom has just added a class for diesel cars in the British Rally Championship. The BRC Diesel Cup will showcase diesel-powered vehicles in the 2007 Tesco 99 Octane MSA series. The class will give ...


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