How long does your phone take to recharge - an hour or longer, right? So how long do you think it takes for an electric car to recharge its battery fully. It has to be overnight, surely. But within the year it could be as little as 12 minutes.

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Hybrids don’t just mean low emissions. In the hands of Honda’s crack team of eco engineers, they’re also some of the fastest rally cars around.

The company’s rally team, Oaktec, is dead set on cranking up performance to the limit, using a special Civic hybrid rally car to highlight performance to crowds at the Green Car Guide Live show in Liverpool.

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Face it: 4×4s are awesome. They’re all-wheel driving, off-road-racing grin generators, but the scourge of the eco-friendly brigade. But that’s all about to change, thanks to a new system that snatches emissions before they belch out the back, saving them for recycling later on.

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We’ve heard there’ll be inflatable cars on our streets soon, but now BMW says its next-gen motors will change shape too.

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Legends have it tough. A lifetime of taking risks, being put under public scrutiny, and then the best they can hope for is a dodgy memorial fountain or a plaque on a park bench. Not F1 driver Jim Clark. He gets his very own Lotus.

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We’re used to gas-guzzling cars belching out noxious gasses as they whiz by, but what about a car that actually cleans the air as it drives? That’s what BMW’s been showing off.

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We love electric cars. They’re quiet, zippy, and the latest versions go for miles between charges, but they’re still pretty expensive.

That could be about to change however, thanks to XP Vehicles, a California-based auto maker with plans to sell inflatable cars to the masses.

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Computers are coming to cars in a big way, and we’re not talking jumped up satnavs either, Pioneer’s got plans for ultra-smart dashboard tech that’ll do almost everything your PC can.

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