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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> The UK is to host the world's largest trial of electric vehicles, putting the kind of hi-tech eco-friendly cars you'd normally only see in CNET UK's award-winning Car Tech onto the streets of our green and pleasant land. | id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> The UK is to host the world's largest trial of electric vehicles, putting the kind of hi-tech eco-friendly cars you'd normally only see in CNET UK's award-winning Car Tech onto the streets of our green and pleasant land. | ||
- | The £25 million scheme was unveiled on Tuesday by Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, and Lord Drayson, the science minister. Three hundred and forty vehicles will be loaned to people in eight locations around the country, including London, Coventry, Birmingham and Newcastle. Each area's trial will be run by a consortium made up of car manufacturers, power companies and universities, to test and study hybrid and all-electric vehicles. | + | The £25 million scheme was unveiled on Tuesday by Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, and Lord Drayson, the science minister. Three hundred and forty vehicles will be loaned to people in eight locations around the country, including London, Coventry, Birmingham and Newcastle. Each area's trial will be run by a consortium made up of car manufacturers, power companies and universities, to test and [[http://gestyy.com/w6l3f8|gestyy.com]] study hybrid and all-electric vehicles. |
The idea is to test the social aspects of the eco-friendly jam jars, as well as the technical, as the trial attempts to raise the visibility of electric and hybrid vehicles and change attitudes among the public. Drivers will be monitored by researchers from, among others, Oxford Brookes University and Coventry University, while the universities of Strathclyde and Aston will track the cars by satellite. | The idea is to test the social aspects of the eco-friendly jam jars, as well as the technical, as the trial attempts to raise the visibility of electric and hybrid vehicles and change attitudes among the public. Drivers will be monitored by researchers from, among others, Oxford Brookes University and Coventry University, while the universities of Strathclyde and Aston will track the cars by satellite. | ||
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Would you favour an electric car or do you prefer your fuel to be of the fossil flavour? Have your say in the comments section. | Would you favour an electric car or do you prefer your fuel to be of the fossil flavour? Have your say in the comments section. | ||
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