Green motoring has become a topic with increasingly growing awareness in the United Kingdom (UK). Even in 2015 a large percentage of all the CO2 emissions are being contributed through vehicle emissions. More and more car owners are becoming aware that they can play a part in helping to reduce the amount of pollution produced and emitted into the atmosphere by seeking out vehicles that have zero or very low emissions. The trend toward consumers choosing electric or hybrid cars over the traditional fully fuel powered engines has influenced the types of vehicles manufacturers are producing. As interest in green cars has increased, the demand on manufacturers to offer more options has resulted in several manufacturers putting a variety of different green cars on the market. This means that running a fully electric car with zero emissions is truly a realistic option, as are plug-in hybrids, low emission hybrids (petrol or diesel). The following vehicles are some of the most environmentally friendly examples on the market. So, what are you waiting for? If you’re thinking “it’s time to sell my car ”, what better reason to upgrade to help save the environment:
The RENAULT Twizy Electric Car Urban 13kW is a two seat economical quadricycle with a Next Green Car (NGC) Rating of 17, but the rating drops to 4 when using renewably generated electricity to charge the vehicle. It has an indicative electricity cost of 3 p/mile, no VED payable, is congestion charge exempt, and has an official range of sixty-two miles for day-to-day operation. The RENAULT Twizy Electric Car Expression 13kW is another economical quadricycle with many of the same stats as the Urban model.
The MITSUBISHI i-MiEV Electric Car Keiko 47kW is a five door, four-seat economical city car. The indicative electricity cost is 3.4 p/mile, it has no VED payable, is congestion charge exempt, and the running costs are minimal. This MITSUBISHI i-MiEV has a rapid charging option, but the official range on a full charge is ninety-three miles. The NCG Rating is 23, but is as low as 10 when using renewably generated electricity for charging, like electricity stored from solar panels. It is one of the greenest cars available.
Some of the new green cars for 2015 have been the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Toyota FCV, Audi A3 e-tron, and BMW X5 Plug-In Hybrid. The Outlander is a SUV option that offers drivers dual motor system consisting of a full four-wheel drive hybrid engine that is complemented by a 2-litre petrol engine. This vehicle can be drive as a solely electric car with a range of thirty miles. The hydrogen cell powered Toyota is one of the greenest options out there, producing no harmful emissions because it has no conventional combustion engine. The Audi is a plug-in hybrid is capable of getting 188 miles per gallon and returning a CO2 equivalent of 35 g/km. The BMW appears to be a standard high-powered BMW sports activity vehicle, but uses a turbo charged 2.0 litre engine combined with a 95 horsepower electric motor. On pure electric power this vehicle has a range up to 20 miles and can reach an impressive 75 mph.
