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I'm in London on holiday and will be attending this conference. I've been asked to give a brief few comments as a customer of Better Place during the early breakfast. Then I'll be around all day. If anyone here is going to be there and specifically interested in Better Place please get in...

http://www.futurecarchallenge.com/

Most of you don't know Catherine but if you drive an EV in the UK then you've probably benefited from her efforts at SMMT to raise their profile with government or get useful charging posts installed instead of those silly 13A ones. Anyway she's running the London Marathon tomorrow raising...

"After the successful launch of EcoVelocity in September 2011, plans are now underway for the second event which will take place from the 10th – 13th May 2012 at ExCel, London." http://www.ecovelocity.co.uk/

"The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has won the prestigious MIPAA Chairman’s award for his efforts in promoting electric vehicles." http://www.mipaa.com/2011/12/12/boris-johnson-wins-2012-mipaa-chairmans-award/

EV Charging Infrastructure Grid Integration AVERE - The European Association for Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles London 18 - 19 January 2012

Source London are offering a year's subscription to their charge point network for just £10 this weekend. It is normally £100. Source London As roaming between regions will soon be possible, this is a bargain for anyone in the UK (or who is planning to visit).

September 2011: http://www.ecovelocity.co.uk/whats-on/ Tesla not mentioned as participating, but low-carbon cars will be available for testing around Battersea power station, apprently.

Hi: I'm a Post-Doctoral fellow at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the Technical University of Munich, and I'm doing research on mobility culture and EV adoption, looking at electric vehicle owners in San Francisco and London. I looking for EV owners who would be willing to tell...

Hello! How is everyone? We are looking for a Tesla roadster for one afternoon for a show in central London 26th May in Covent Garden. EcoForecourt is hosting a future car exhibition in conjunction with the Gumball 3000 rally this year and we are looking for a Tesla owner in the UK who...

http://conferences.theiet.org/clerk-maxwell/registration/index.cfm Speaker: Andrew Heiron, Head of Electric Vehicle Programmes, Renault

Here's another "let's try and drive a Mini-E from one end of the country to the other" stunt... This time it's the BBC (quelle surprise). Mini adventure: how far can an electric car go? - Why do BMW keep lending the cars out for these stunts? - Why do Elektromotive keep getting involved...

Next years RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge is 5th November 2011

http://events.imeche.org/EventView.aspx?EventID=991

Fully charged: Renewable energy and the future of transport

"A new motoring challenge for electric, hybrid and low-emission passenger cars to use the lowest energy on a 60 mile route from Madeira Drive, Brighton to Pall Mall & Regent Street, London." http://www.futurecarchallenge.com/

EV Charging Infastructure & Grid Integration 2010 Seems like a few good speakers here...

Guardian Cleantech Summit Speakers include Tesla's Cristiano Carlutti

It's today! :redface: http://www.eco-rally.org/right-hand-drive-tesla-roadsters

The UK mens magazine FHM have tested the range of the roadster around London's ring road called the M25 and a video of the test has turned up on the web site of it's sister? magazine Car. Click on the link to see if it made it...

I found this a bit unexpected. BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | 1,000 cameras 'solve one crime' Are there red-light cameras or speed-trap cameras? They would have to be excluded from this claim.

Just got back from this expo, which has been running all week since Monday. I managed to spot this little car sitting inside 1 Canada Square... Unfortunately there was no Tesla Motors representative present to ask any questions or to let people sit in the car (it was locked), only event...

Motoring News - Mayor Boris to make London electric car capital of Europe - Fifth Gear Autocar - Boris outlines electric vision

Tesla Motors Offer Test Drives at The 2009 London Motorexpo Hmm. Clashes with Le Mans. Malcolm will have to cover it :biggrin:

Maybe this was the write up from his drive in January, but some good publicity in the UK national press nonetheless: How to drive fast, have a good time - and still save the planet - Telegraph

Boris Johnson could introduce London electric car hire scheme | Politics | guardian.co.uk 4000 would be a lot of electric cars. I wonder if Tesla can take advantage of this? We know he's a fan. Where is the Bluestar when you need it? :wink: It would be nice if they could get in on the...

A silly argument over naming. Are these products close enough to be a trademark infringement? BBC NEWS | England | London | Npower urged to drop 'juice' row Note, this is the same type of post as seen here. Note also that they now talk about 175 sites by 2010, as opposed to 200 sites...

Japan Car: designing the drive of your life? Japan Car: Designs for a Crowded Globe - a set on Flickr

Inside Track: Tesla asks for MSN Cars help

This talk of electric vans reminded me of a sad story I read in The Economist a while back. Some of you may have seen it. "There is nothing new under the Sun..." What is this that roareth thus? | Economist.com What is this that roareth thus? Sep 6th 2007 From The Economist print...

From the Tesla Motors events page: There's no real info about the level of Tesla participation in this event, but it's probably a safe bet that a Roadster will be there.

I missed this one from earlier this year:- Video from danny (of dannyscontentment fame) Danny’s Contentment