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Latest Hybrid and electric cars company news
The British Army has taken delivery of a fleet of 50 Toyota Prius as part of its ongoing mission to reduce emissions of gases known to damage the environment.
White Fleet, the branch of Headquarters Land Forces which manages the Army’s 6,600 non-deployable administrative vehicles, is meeting a government target to ensure all cars procured between 2007 and 2011 produce less than 130 g/km of CO2.
Brokered by the Army through its leasing partners VT Group and Lex Vehicle Leasing, the Prius wh... [more]
Long before it became part of Chrysler, the original Jeep was made by a company called Willys. At the Paris show, we saw the launch of a Jeep lookalike, made by WallysCar.
It’s called the Izis, and it’s a plastic-panelled body-on-chassis off-roader, with a 75bhp Peugeot 1.4-litre TU3A petrol engine. It’s a proper car, not a quadricycle – its engine is Euro 4-compliant, and it even has a Euro NCAP rating – just two stars at the moment, but it should have four by the time it goes on sale, says... [more]
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