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Mitsubishi Concept XR-PHEV Evolution breaks cover

This is the Mitsubishi Concept XR-PHEV Evolution Vision Gran Turismo, and if you think it looks as if it’s from a computer game, you’d be exactly right. The Concept XR-PHEV Evo is a special digital concept that has been engineered for the driving game Gran Turismo 6 – and far from being limited to bedroom gamers, this could potentially one day become the next Mitsubishi Evo. Please click on the image above to read more about the Mitsubishi Concept XR-PHEV Evolution Vision Gran Turismo

Electric car range drops by nearly 60% in cold weather

Electric cars like the Nissan LEAF (pictured) can lose 60% of their range when it’s cold We already know that the range of electric cars reduces as the car ages, with Nissan conforming that the LEAF’s range will drop by up to 28 per cent over five years. And now we have confirmation that the ambient temperature can have a big impact on range too, thanks to the AAA, America’s equivalent of the AA. The AAA took three standard EVs on sale in the US - Nissan LEAF, Ford Focus EV and Mitsubishi i-MiEV – and subjected them to test in different ambient temperatures.

Five reasons to celebrate the end of the paper UK driving licence

From January 2015 Britain’s much-derided paper counterpart driving licence is being phased out. This is A Good Thing, ending an annoying bi-partite arrangement that’s blighted drivers’ pockets for 16 years. Driving licences have been with us since 1903, when they were first mandated – but the current, annoyingly two-part licences have been in use since 1998, with a bank card-sized photocard accompanied by a printed sheet of A4.