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Electric cars get a £500 million government cash boost – but will it get spent?

The new BMW i3 EV (pictured) will be subsidised until 2017. The subsidy of up to £5000 paid to buyers of electric cars has been with us for three years, but it hasn’t had much impact on EV sales and it did look like the government had decided to scrap it all together. But it looks like the coalition has allowed Nick Clegg to have his way with EV subsides in a move that will see £500 million injected in to promoting and supporting electric cars in the UK in the next few years.

The Designers, Pt 11 – Sooshin Choi, College for Creative Studies

Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013. If you're interested in buying a copy of the 160-page yearbook this interview appears in, alongside trend reports, bespoke car design infographics and a special feature on Marcello Gandini, our inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Car Design Review can be purchased here. Name Sooshin ChoiRole Professor of design, College for Creative StudiesAge, nationality 56, KoreanLocation Michigan, USAEducation Seoul National University, Hong-Ik University, RCA "There were some good production cars in 2013.

Lister cars back from the dead

The ‘Cars from Cambridge’ are coming back! OK, so Cambridge doesn’t quite have the same impact as say Detroit or Maranello, but Lister Cars deserves its place in the UK automotive hall of fame. On Bing: see pictures of Lister cars Top 20 cars with V12 engines Two things – or more specifically, cars – immediately spring to mind when thinking about Lister.