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BMW accepting applications for lower-cost MINI E leases in UK

MINI E - Click above for high-res image gallery Good news for southwest England residents who are fans of EVs and/or the MINI: BMW is now accepting applications for an allotment of 20 MINI E leases. Why is it good news that a company will take your money? Because these leases will be offered with a substantial price reduction. Thanks to a £25 million fund from the Technology Strategy Board, BMW will offer the £550 monthly leases for just £330, including VAT (sales tax), insurance and basic maintenance costs. The new ... Read more →

Jaguar Land Rover opens green academy Xavier Navarro

Where can an automaker make a difference? Just by building greener cars? By having green dealerships? Wait, it can also have green training facilities! That's the tack that Jaguar Land Rover, not ...

UK's Birmingham University gets hydrogen filling station Sam Abuelsamid

Birmingham University is now home to Britain's first hydrogen filling station, part of a dozen planned to be installed by 2010. So far there are only a handful of hydrogen-fueled cars in the country ...

London Mayor to Porsche: butt out of England's elections, make cleaner cars Lascelles Linton

The war of words between the Mayor of London and Porsche is heating up. Thanks to Mayor Ken Livingstone (the guy in the black Prius), London's congestion charge will be increased, a move that sparked ...

High fuel prices trigger record diesel market share in UK Sam Abuelsamid

Here in the U.S. when fuel prices go up a few people buy smaller, more efficient vehicles. Most however just complain and demand that politicians do something about price gouging. Over in England, as ...

Used car buyers in England getting more aware of CO2 emissions 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The number of new cars sold every year is just a tiny fraction of all the cars on the road. There are currently somewhere around 230 million cars on the road in the US and only about 16-17 million new cars per year. The number of second-hand cars that are sold annually dwarfs those sales with an ...

UK government moving with requirements to sell up to 5% biofuels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The British government is moving forward with their Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Programme (RTFO) which is meant to expand to the use of biofuels. Originally introduced in 2005 the programme is currently in a consultation period that lasts through September and then beginning from April 2008 ...

British post office ordering two electric vans from Smith EV 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Royal Mail, Britain's post office has ordered a pair of electric vans from Smith Electric Vehicles for testing purposes. They will be receiving one Edison, which is based on the Ford Transit van, and a 7.5 tonne Newton, which is a larger cab-over truck. Both trucks use the Zebra sodium nickel ...

Britsh hybrid sales double in the past year 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Gas-electric hybrid cars are still a very small segment of the market in Europe, but they are starting to pick up some steam, at least in England. So far in 2007 hybrid sales are up 111 percent compared to 2006 rising from 3,117 to 6,568 units. A monthly record of 604 Honda Civic Hybrids were sold ...

Operating costs more important to British drivers than emissions 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It should come as a surprise to no one that most British drivers place a higher priority on the cost of operating a vehicle than they do on CO2 emissions. When fuel costs the equivalent of US$6-7 a gallon, fuel economy is generally your top concern which is why higher mileage cars have always been ...

53.5mpg Mini Cooper D is now available for sale in Britain 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the new Mini Cooper D BMW has just introduced their cleanest vehicle yet to the UK market, the 2007 Mini Cooper D. The first generation Mini had a diesel engine available only in the base Mini One model. This time around they have put the diesel in the ...

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 ...

Hummer finally launches in Britain just as pollution tax jumps 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This week Hummer launched their first British dealership in Manchester, England and introduced the first right hand drive variant at the same time. The right hand drive is available on the "small" H3 Hummer. Unfortunately for Hummer, a new budget is coming out in England this week and it includes a ...

Politics of green automobiles in the UK 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The automobiles that politicians in the United Kingdom are driving (or not driving, in the case of the fellow who is going to some campaign stops on the Underground) are making headlines as election season heats up and opponents try to out-green the way they get around. The Guardian ...

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