NEWS: Matt Dawson Success In Shell Eco Marathon

Shell has just crowned England and Lions rugby star, Matt Dawson ‘Shell FuelSave Celebrity Driver of the Year’ after he recorded an astounding 94.86km on just one litre of fuel, pushing fuel efficiency limits to the maximum in the Shell eco-marathon.
Driving an ultra-energy efficient Shell Eco-marathon vehicle designed by students, on a challenging urban track, Matt Dawson battled it out against three other famous faces from across Europe. The head–to-head challenge put driving skills such as braking, accelerating and cornering to the test to see which celebrity could drive the furthest on the least amount of fuel.
Matt Dawson said: "I’m delighted to be named ‘Shell FuelSave Celebrity Driver of the Year’ but the real stars are the students. I’m so impressed by the creativity and skills of the student teams in approaching future energy challenges."
The celebrity challenge took place at the opening ceremony of Shell Eco-marathon Europe in Rotterdam. Shell Eco-marathon brings together thousands of young students from around 24 countries as they compete in ultra-energy efficient cars they have designed and built. The event sparks debate about the future of mobility and inspires young engineers to push the boundaries of fuel efficiency.
David Moss, Shell Retail General Manager UK and Nordics said: "It was great to see the celebrities perform and their success shows just how easy it is to save fuel and reduce fuel costs. That’s why Shell has launched Target One Million, which that aims to help one million drivers learn how to save fuel. Via a series of online games atwww.shell.co.uk/targetonemillion, drivers can discover tips to help improve fuel efficiency."
Bravo to Matt. More silverware for the mantle piece!

VIDEO: Electric Cars Are Slow, Right? Wrong!

So, electric cars are slow, right? Well, no actually, as this trackside video of DC Plasma VS Lemon Juice at the NEDRA Florida Nationals clearly shows. Sure, they may not have the noise of a decent monster drag beast, or the burnout drama, but look at their quarter mile pace – especially the 60-foot times! These electric powered monsters are John Metric's Fiero "DC Plasma" (360 volts) and Shawn Lawless' S-10 "Lemon Juice" (370 volts), drag racing at Bradenton Motorsports Park Feburary 23, 2012. DC Plasma takes the 1/4 with an ET of 9.89 at 134 mph and an incredible 60-foot time of just 1.55s! Lemon Juice – a truck! – gets an ET of 10.80 at 120.46 mph! And Lemon Juice nailed a 9.80 at 132 mph on this same track a month before! Electric cars don't need to be slow, or dull, as the latest issue of Road Magazine shows: http://issuu.com/roadonlinemagazine/docs/road_24s/1

FREE Latest Issue Of Road Magazine

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Road Magazine puts on eye on the future this month – covering Electric vehicles, eco cars and all things green. There's the 911 GT2-slaying Tesla Roadster EV, the funky Fiat 500 TwinAir and Mitsubishi's ace zero emissions i-MiEV. Also, TV stars, Neil Cole and Gemma Scott write for us. Enjoy it 100% FREE! And do please share us with your mates. Thanks, Road Editor, Phil Royle.

VIDEO: Tesla Model S & Roadster

Here's a 'neat' video from the states, of the out-going 288bhp/295lbft, 0-60 in 3.7s Tesla Roadster supercar slayer – as featured in the latest issue of Road Magazine Free here: http://issuu.com/roadonlinemagazine/docs/road_24s – and the forthcoming, more mainstream Model S EV. Likey? We do... petrol-heads though we are. Impressive stuff. Thanks to www.greencardesign.com for the Tesla feature in this electric boogaloo issue of www.roadmagazine.co.uk.

VIDEO: Fiat 500 TwinAir

One of the other cars we've featured in this month's green eco EV issue of Road magazine – http://issuu.com/roadonlinemagazine/docs/road_24s – was the Fiat 500 TwinAir, reviewed by new glam Road writer, eco car tester and TV star, Gemma Scott (http://www.gemmascott.co.uk). The 0.9-litre two-cylinder turbo 500 TwinAir is the lowest CO2 producing petrol engined car on the planet, capable of 70mpg and should be put on a pedestal, for keeping petrol cars alive in our ever-greening future. Here's the TV ad, featuring Amy Macdonald's 'This is the life.'

VIDEO: Mitsubishi i-MiEV 12 Month Trials

This month's www.roadmagazine.co.uk has gone all electric boogaloo – featuring two amazing and contrasting EV's and the world's greenest petrol car, as well as Neil Cole's ace column and new writer and TV star, Gemma Scott. Read it FREE here: http://issuu.com/roadonlinemagazine/docs/road_24s. One of the EV's we featured in the magazine was Mitsubishi's innovative i-MiEV, and here's a great video from Mitsubishi about a 12 month real world trial with the zero emissions i-MiEV. See what people really think of the city car that is set to revolutionise how we drive, and find out more at: http://www.mitsubishi-cars.co.uk/imiev/. Please share this issue of Road with your mates.