Everyone’s going eco, even the petrolheads at the MoD. It’s behind a project to investigate electric power instead of petrol for Land Rovers and other off-road vehicles.
Getting yourself a green motor doesn’t mean switching to hydrogen, or even hopping inside a hybrid. VW and Seat are both proving you can still save the planet, even while burning precious petrol. They’ve just unveiled the Polo BlueMotion and new Ibiza Ecomotive respectively.
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.
Face it: 4x4s 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.