Nissan Electric Cars are fully on the way - except the 350Z

November 24th, 2007

It seems that Nissan are going right out there with a all electric car view. Would be good when it comes to the London Congestion charge..

Predicting the future is never easy, but Nissan’s future product planner, Tom Lane, reckons it’s proving harder than ever these days.‘I’ve been with Nissan for 16 years and I’ve never known a period quite like it,’ says Lane. ‘The US consumer is not particularly motivated by fuel economy right now, but if the oil price climbs any more that could change within the space of a month, and trying to predict when that might happen is next to impossible.’

The answer at Nissan is the ongoing development of a number of solutions for reducing CO2 emissions, including all-electric cars, which could be with us sooner than you might expect.

‘Our current thinking is that some countries will adopt a zero-CO2 limit for city centres,’ says Lane. ‘So we plan to introduce an all-electric car by 2009/10. I predict that they will become commonplace by 2015 thanks to new battery technology.’

But Lane is adamant that this doesn’t mean Nissan will be abandoning sports cars in the future. ‘The 350Z has been a huge success for us,’ he explains, ‘and that car’s replacement is around 24 months away. It will feel sportier than the current car as it will be a lot lighter. The one thing I do know for certain is that having fun isn’t going to go out of fashion.’

 Aritcle taken from http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/212319/nissan_goes_down_electric_avenue.html

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Give Mclaren The Axe - Online Game

November 22nd, 2007

Here’s your chance. Use your mouse and space bar to give Steve Mclaren the axe!

The idea is to score as much as you can without killing him. But we’ll leave that to you

GAME INSTRUCTIONS:

Use (or joystick on mobile) to move the target.

Press or Enter to launch the axe.

Launch the axe as near as possible the character.

Do the best score with your 3 axes.

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Free Automotive Wordpress Theme For Your Blog

November 21st, 2007

We have now made the theme for this site available to insert into your Wordpress installation.

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Just download the file, unzip and upload to your themes directory - away you go

Cars Theme

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BMW Are There ! Hydrogen Powered 7 Series

November 21st, 2007

Just found a great article for all you green-concious out there. A hydrogen powered BMW 7 series looking to go into production

The BMW Group is proud to announce that the BMW Hydrogen 7 - the world’s first hydrogen-powered luxury sedan - has been selected to participate in the first-ever WIRED LivingHome. Designed by Ray Kappe, FAIA, this modern luxury residence will serve as an example of how people can effectively balance green living with high technology and high design.

 For more on this, please visit

http://www.thecarblog.com/euro_cars/bmw_hydrogen_7_gets_wired_for_llivinghome.php

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Get out of your car lease early

November 20th, 2007

Well sort of…..Most contract hire agreements have an option called contract novation. This means a contract can be transfered to another party before the end of the contract.

This allows you to get rid of your lease contract earlier than expected.

To aid this process, we have now created a forum with a lease transfer section. All you need to do is register and upload the details of your existing lease.

Once uploaded, one of two things will happen. Either we will contact you and let you know someone is interested, or they will go online and see your lease available and quite possibly make contact.

The service is completley free to use, so why dont you give it a try.

http://www.carleasingblog.co.uk/forum

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