Government in electric car shock

The UK Labour government have announced a subsidy of £5000 for electric and plug-in hybrid cars. Plug-in hybrid cars can be recharged from the mains or ‘on the go’ by a conventional engine.

The bad news is that the subsidy won’t be available until 2011 – after the next General Election, when Labour are highly unlikely to be [...]

Segway update the C5

US ’personal transport’ manufacturer Segway, aided and abetted by General Motors, have come up with a two-seater vehicle, Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility & Accessibility). Looking something like an upright version of the late lamented Sinclair C5 electric car the vehicle is due to hit the streets in 2012.

Segway PUMA prototype

The electric Project PUMA vehicle [...]