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Honda Civic Hybrid to compete on Jim Clark Challenge Rally
The Oaktec Honda Civic Hybrid is to take part in the 2008 Jim Clark Challenge rally, when it will compete at a level above the tarmac single venue events it has contested to date. >>

£23 million funding for 16 UK low carbon vehicle development projects
The UK government’s Technology Strategy Board has announced funding of £23 million for 16 innovative low carbon vehicle development projects. >>

Westminster Council Launches UK’s Largest On Street Electric Car Charging Service
Westminster City Council has today rolled out the largest on-street car recharging service in the UK. >>

SEAT Leon TDI scores first BTCC diesel victory
Jason Plato smashed the Donington Park lap record on his way to giving the Leon TDI its first HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship race win - and in doing recorded the first victory for a diesel e... >>

NICE Car Company to introduce more cars in Boris’s London
London’s electric car company NICE (No Internal Combustion Engine) says it expects to build sales under new Mayor Boris Johnson. >>

Government VED announcement receives widespread criticism
The Treasury suddenly announced on the 29 April 2008 that it was abolishing an existing VED exemption on higher road tax rates for vehicles emitting more than 225g of CO2 per kilometre registered betw... >>

Slash motoring fuel bills by visiting Green-Car-Guide Live! 2008
This week the price of oil was predicted by OPEC to continue increasing and reach $200 a barrel, meaning that the cost of petrol and diesel at the pumps is set to keep on rising. >>

The Extreme Hybrid Plug-In Car
An Extreme Hybrid car, which plugs into the mains electric in your house for most of its power, is expected to give the average driver more than 250 miles per gallon. >>

$200 a barrel oil
Opec, the oil producing cartel, has warned that the price of crude could keep rising to reach $200 a barrel. >>

Volkswagen BlueTDI
Volkswagen is to introduce the production version of the BlueTDI, a next-generation turbo diesel developed especially for the North American market. >>

• Honda Civic Hybrid to compete on Jim Clark Challenge Rally
• £23 million funding for 16 UK low carbon vehicle development projects
• Westminster Council Launches UK’s Largest On Street Electric Car Charging Service
• SEAT Leon TDI scores first BTCC diesel victory
• NICE Car Company to introduce more cars in Boris’s London
• Government VED announcement receives widespread criticism
• Slash motoring fuel bills by visiting Green-Car-Guide Live! 2008
• The Extreme Hybrid Plug-In Car
• $200 a barrel oil
• Volkswagen BlueTDI

• SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive
• Subaru Legacy Outback Diesel
• Ford C Max FFV
• Green-Car-Guide Live! 2008 Green Motor Show
• Skoda Roomster
• The Scottish Energy & Environment Conference 2008 - Oil is Running Out
• Manchester United Goes Electric
• BMW X3
• Mitsubishi i Road Test
• Renault Twingo 1.2 litre petrol 75hp