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Electric cars enjoyed one of the best months of sales in June 2013

If you think you've been seeing more Teslas and Nissan Leafs on the streets, it's not your imagination -- there really are more of them on our roads. Just in the month of June of this year, almost 9,000 plug-in electric vehicles have been sold in the U.S. This adds to more than 110,000 plug-in electric vehicles that have been sold in this country in the last two and a half years, the Electrification Coalition reports.

Win a VIP trip to Goodwood 2010 with Jaguar

CAR Magazine has teamed up with Jaguar to offer one lucky reader a prize money can't buy. The winner will receive two tickets to the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday 2 July 20010 – and the competition closes on Wednesday 19 May. The prize includes:• A Jaguar XFR for the weekend• Entry for two to the 2010 Festival of Speed• A chance to meet CAR staffers at Goodwood• Thrilling run up the Goodwood hill with ace Jag test driver Mike Cross A CAR staffer or two will join you on the day and you'll be able to blog on your experience on CAR Online.

Better Place EV Battery Swap business goes bust

It seemed like a good idea: take the cost of batteries out of the cost of buying an electric car and instead charge EV owners to use ‘Battery Swap’ stations where depleted batteries could be swapped for fully charged ones in the time it takes to fill an ICE car with petrol. But it’s all gone a bit Pete Tong. Better Place – which partnered with Renault in 2009 to make the battery swap technology viable – has failed to find anyone to add to the $750 million already involved in the project and has filed for bankruptcy.