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10 SHOW INFORMATION All you need to know to enjoy your day

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13 MAIN THEATRE TIMETABLE Discover the exciting programme of events taking place at the Show

14 THECHARGINGPOINT.COM Is now the time to start thinking electric?

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Learn more about the ultimate accessories for recharging your plug in vehicle, from EDF Energy, Britain’s largest producer of low carbon electricity.

Recharging your electric vehicle should be convenient, fast and smart. At EDF Energy we’ve been working and consulting widely with motor manufacturers, charge point manufacturers and central and local government offices to help bring about the latest recharging solutions for your home and for your business.

Come and visit us on Stand 150 and learn about recharging packages that will support your journey to lower carbon driving. We’ve got a variety of charge point solutions for you to try out, using a variety of vehicles such as the MINI E, a vehicle being used as part of the Olympic Fleet, through to the new Renault Kangoo van. From wall mounted single socket charging units for your home through to floor mounted posts with dual sockets for business use, EDF Energy has the recharging solution for you.

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Fancy trying out the latest green cars for yourself? Come and sit behind the wheel and test drive cars from all the manufacturers exhibiting at the show along a 3.5 mile road. Take some passengers with you so they can experience the comfort and enjoyment of the newest green cars on the market.

This will be your perfect opportunity to test drive the latest eco-cars on the market and have any questions answered directly by the manufacturers themselves.

Test drives will be held throughout the day from 10am – 6pm daily (10am – 5pm on Sunday 13th May) Please note that all drivers will need to hold a full driving licence and have both parts of their licence with them.

Drivers must also be fit and healthy to drive and refusal will be given to anyone under the influence of alcohol or intoxicating drugs.

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GRAND S DESIGN As an added bonus this year, your ticket to EcoVelocity will also give you access to Grand Designs Live for no extra cost!

Based on the Channel 4 TV series, and presented by design guru Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs Live, sponsored by Direct Line, is packed to the brim with ideas, design and innovation for every room in your home. With over 500 exhibitors, across seven different sections, covering interiors, gardens, home improvement, self-build, renovations, technology and shopping, there really is something for everyone.

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Enjoy the soulful sounds of Smooth Radio wherever you drive with this Pure Highway 300Di in-car digital radio adaptor that can upgrade almost any car to receive digital radio, worth ÂŁ179.99. For your chance to win, just email your answer to the following question to e ecovelocity@smoothradio.co.uk Which Smooth Radio favourite picked up six awards at this year's Grammys? A) James Morrison B) Adele C) Diana Ross

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Saturday 5th May TIME 11.00 – 11.15 12.00 – 12.15 13.00 – 13.15 Sunday 6th May 11.00 – 11.15 12.00 – 12.15 13.00 – 13.15 Monday 7th May 12.00 – 12.15 Tuesday 8th May 12.00 – 12.15 Wednesday 9th May 12.00 – 12.15 14.00 – 14.15 Thursday 10th May 12.00 – 12.15 13.00 – 13.15 14.00 – 14.15 15.00 – 15.15 Friday 11th May 11.00 – 11.15 12.00 – 12.15 Saturday 12th May 11.00 – 11.15 12.00 – 12.15 13.00 – 13.15 14.00 – 14.15 Sunday 13th May 11.00 – 11.15 12.00 – 12.15 13.00 – 13.15 14.00 – 14.15

COMPANY TheChargingPoint.com Schneider Electric TheChargingPoint.com

TITLE OF TALK Electric Carmaker Spotlight EVlink Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions Celebs Talk Electric Motoring

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Electric Carmaker Spotlight EVlink Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions Celebs Talk Electric Motoring

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EVlink Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions

Schneider Electric EDF Energy

EVlink Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions Recharging your plug-in car. How? Where? When?

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Connecting Consumers With EV's Recharging your plug-in car. How? Where? When?

EV’s and Your Business The Latest Green Cars You Need To Know About

Green Car Guide Schneider Electric

The Latest Green Cars You Need To Know About EVlink Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions

TheChargingPoint.com The Puppet Broadcasting Company TheChargingPoint.com The Puppet Broadcasting Company

Electric Carmaker Spotlight Routes – The Teenage Highway Code – Live!

Celebs Talk Electric Motoring with Mark Goodier Routes – The Teenage Highway Code – Live!

TheChargingPoint.com The Puppet Broadcasting Company TheChargingPoint.com The Puppet Broadcasting Company

Electric Carmaker Spotlight Routes – The Teenage Highway Code – Live!

Celebs Talk Electric Motoring with Robert Llewellyn Routes – The Teenage Highway Code Live!

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educe traffic congestion – 85% of car commuters are alone in their vehicles. Imagine how much emptier the roads would be if just half of them switched to a scooter or motorbike.

Save fuel – a 125cc motorbike or scooter can do over 150 mpg. You can fill your petrol tank for under £20 and keep going for hundreds of miles. Imagine doing 500 miles on a tank but that tank costing just £20!

Or you could try one of the latest range of electric powered scooters or motorbikes on the market – say goodbye to rising petrol prices forever.

The average daily commute is around 8 miles. Longer journeys might need a car, shorter ones might be fine on a bicycle or even on foot. But on the average commute a motorcyclist can: Save time – you’re not sitting in jams or waiting for a bus or train. A recent study found motorcycles did the same journey 50% faster than a car. Over a week, that’s 1.5 hours saved on the average commute of 28 minutes each way. If you’re currently on public transport you could save even more time.

Save hassle – Go where you want, when you want.

Your motorbike or scooter leaves and drops you off at home and there’s always a seat!

Save money – Road tax starts at £16 for a 125cc motorcycle and congestion charges and parking are much cheaper if not free. And you can usually ride a 125cc motorcycle after completing a one-day CBT which costs around £120.

Try the Travel Savings calculator at www.geton.co.uk to find out how much better off you’d be by switching to two wheels – you could save thousands of pounds a year!

But it’s not just about cheap, quick and easy travel to work or college. Make friends – with over a million motorbikes and scooters on UK roads, you’ll have plenty of new mates. There are 75% more motorcycles than in 1995, making them Britain’s fastest-growing type of vehicle.

After you’ve discovered just how much fun life on two wheels can be why not try something new – How about off road riding or joining a charity ride? There are as many

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styles of motorcycling as there are motorcyclists!

Expand your horizons – because you can go anywhere on a motorbike. Check out the remote corners of the UK, take off into Europe – before you know it, you’ll be riding around the world.

Have fun – nothing chases away the stress and puts a smile on your face like riding a motorcycle.

But don’t take our word for it – come and book your Free Ride today!

YES, YOU CAN TRY A MOTORBIKE OR SCOOTER – FOR FREE. Get On is at EcoVelocity to offer you a Free Ride with no strings attached. Here’s how it works: Come to our stand EV001 and our friendly staff will talk you through the process and book you in to one of our 200 centres around the country. You don’t need a car or motorcycle licence, but you do need to be 16 or over.

On the day your instructor will talk you through the basics of riding and familiarise you with the controls – getting you rolling in the off road training area. You won’t go on any public roads, but you will get a feel for how much fun riding can be.

Afterwards, you can ask about taking the training further or anything else you want to know about getting onto two wheels.

What’s the catch? There isn’t one.

With us free really means free. Most people who try a Free Ride want to take it further and if you don’t, no problem, you’ve had an experience and it’s cost you nothing.

If you don’t want to book your Free Ride today, you can visit our website www.geton.co.uk which has all the information you need to find out about life on two wheels. You can even book your Free Ride on line. w www.geton.co.uk

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n the world of motoring, it can sometimes feel like tectonic plates move faster than the latest model developments. However, thanks to ambitious planning, good management, a motivated workforce and a single-minded product, the company has achieved what many in the embattled car industry would view as impossible.

Based in the wild western French town of Cerizay – a land where the strength of the morning coffee is only matched by the farmers’ Gauloises – the 1,000th Mia rolled out of the high-tech factory that once crafted Peugeot 206CCs and Opel Tigras.

Buoyed by its early success the company has this

year expanded its sales network in France to 40 independent dealers, selected for their specialist expertise in electric mobility.

So what is the Mia? Given one of its first public airings at EcoVelocity 2011, this forwardthinking car was arguably one of the stars of the Show. In a world of austerity customers don’t want to cover their cars in more bling than BA Baracus’s jewellery box and the Mia reflects this. It has a subtle style, says head of design studio David Wilkie, formerly design director at Italian styling house Bertone, without the need for go-faster add-ons or nonsense glitter.

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“The exterior has been designed to be functional and the aesthetic comes from a practical approach”, says Wilkie, who is a self-confessed fan of the Bauhaus design movement. “We have a relaxed thought process at Mia, it has to be something we enjoy and we can’t lose the fun,” says Wilkie, a Glaswegian who has spent much of his life in Italy. “The Mia was not designed to look swoopy and fast, it has to look practical and charming – a likeable object that has been designed not styled.”

The result is a car that echoes the chic, utilitarian lines of the Volkswagen Type 2 Kombi or original 1950s Fiat Multipla.

The chunky styling hides a diminutive footprint. It comes in three flavours, the short wheelbase standard version, the extended mia L and the panel-van like commercial vehicle. The basic car is less than 20cm longer than a Smart ForTwo and the long wheelbase version adds just another foot to the length. Recently added to the range is the miaParis, which features a black metallic ABS body, unique grille, 16-inch alloy wheels, leather upholstery, leathercovered dashboard and steering wheel, left and right interior tray tables, multimedia radio, programmable heating, tinted 1/4 windows and rear window.

A 110 to 130km range 12 kWh battery pack is standard in all models. The batteries can be charged in five hours from a standard socket. However because there is no memory effect for lithium iron phosphate batteries, you have the option of quick, partial recharges at any time. One 10-minute recharge provides a range of 8 km. The batteries in the Mia carry a five-year or 65,000 mile warranty (whichever comes first).

“EcoVelocity is a trailblazing event and one day all motor shows will be like this,” says Wilkie. “The Mia will stand out because it has been designed with cities like London firmly in mind”, he adds. “A lot of cars are derivatives of mainstream cars but this is all new, very special and perfect for big cities. Soon it will become harder and maybe even illegal to drive petrol cars in downtown city areas, making way for electric cars like the Mia. This is an electric car with a unique design and perfect packaging.”

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Tardis-like interior. The short Mia has three seats and the L has four but, thanks to a central driving position a la the McLaren F1, the two main rear passengers have Black Cab-rivalling leg room.

The sculpted, sporty seats are incredibly comfortable and the innovative ‘floating’ dashboard is finished in an aluminium look and an MP3 radio and powerful heater are fitted. Behind the rear seats is a generous loading area of 200L in the standard car and 420L in the ‘L’, going up to 998L with the seats folded. The van has a cavernous 1500L capacity.

The company has also just signed a contract with the leading Internet sales site, Aramisauto.com (www.aramisauto.com). With an eye on ramping up sales to 10,000 vehicles a year, the firm has pushed on with a number of strategic partnerships in Europe during the last few months. The Mia has been available in Germany since February through a specialist electric mobility importer as well as being rolled out in Holland, Canada and the Czech Republic. The company is currently extending its reach to the UK, Italy and Norway, followed by Brazil through local partnerships. “Mia is thrilled to have passed the 1000 car milestone in early 2012,” says Richard Deslandes, head of the company’s UK sales. “Production continues apace to satisfy orders from around the world including China , USA and virtually the whole of Europe.”

Not content to rest on its laurels Mia is now forging ahead with a new model. The company has been working with Magnum, a German research company for hydrogen fuel cells, since 2011 and a prototype car has been running since mid-March, we can reveal. This model is expected to be in production by early 2014. It may be a youngster but it looks like this level headed car company is here to stay. For more information t +33 5 1759 8058 w www.mia-electric.com e richard.deslandes@mia-electric.fr

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issan LEAF, the world’s first purpose-built, family-sized 100% electric car was launched to great acclaim with industry experts voting it European Car of the Year and World Car of the Year 2011. With running costs of 2p per mile* and a range of 109 miles, LEAF delivers the equivalent to 350mpg†, earning drivers’ votes too.

At first glance, LEAF looks like most other family cars.

But don’t be fooled. Focus/Golf-sized yet with instant torque of a 2.6 litre V6 and a drag co-efficient lower than a Bugatti Veyron, LEAF totally redefines what you can expect from a family car. It has no engine, no petrol, no gears, zero exhaust emissions while driving and the calming hush of a luxury limo. You could say it’s as far removed from a family car as an iPhone is from a phone box. In short, LEAF is The New Car.

THE BIG TURN ON. 100 DAYS. ONE MILLION PEOPLE. As awareness grows for electric vehicles and with the run up to LEAF production commencing at the Sunderland plant in the UK, Nissan believes now is the perfect moment to Turn On the UK to the future of eco-friendly motoring. What’s more, it would seem the car manufacturer that prides itself on innovation that excites, has conjured up just the thing to do it.

Nissan has initiated a social movement called The Big Turn On. This is not about the future. It’s about today and aims to get one million people to Turn On to 100% electric driving over 100 days. Of course, this doesn’t mean Nissan is looking to quickly shift a million LEAFs, but rather it hopes to see a million people show their support for 100% electric driving. No banner waving required. All you need to do is visit The Big Turn On website – www.nissan.co.uk/thebigturnon – and create your own profile page when you click the ‘Turn On’ button.

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TURN ON TO WIN A LEAF Once you have clicked to Turn On, you’re entered onto a leader board to collect points where you could win a brand new Nissan LEAF. Points can be gained by taking part in various activities and encouraging other people to Turn On. By showing your support, you can also contribute to your city’s chance of winning 30 charging points to help encourage more drivers in your area to consider switching fuel from petrol and diesel to electric. There’s even the chance to book a 24-hour test drive so you can discover the benefits of 100% electric motoring for yourself. And judging by the current videos on the website showing peoples’ experiences of driving a LEAF, it’s guaranteed to make you smile.

As you may expect, with the excitement that surrounds LEAF, the Big Turn On has already began to gather momentum with support from celebrities such as Gillian Anderson, Wayne Hemingway, Marcus Brigstocke and Hugh Dennis endorsing Nissan’s commitment to Turn On the nation to a more sustainable future.

Why not join them? To show your support simply go online today or visit the Nissan LEAF stand where you can find out more about The Big Turn On and take a test drive.

Turned on? You will be. For more information:

t 0845 200 8000 w www.nissan.co.uk

the figures... *Based on a national average of British Gas Economy 7 rates as at 12 January 2012, assuming 7 hours of charging overnight at the night rate and 1 hour in the daytime charged at the Tier-2 daytime rate. A 109 mile charge range, 95% charging efficiency. †Equivalent 350mpg rate is based on 1.75p per mile running cost for LEAF. 1.75p per mile x 350 miles equals a cost of £6.14, which is the average price of a gallon of petrol as quoted in the AA fuel price report as at February 2012.

Therefore, for the average price of a gallon of petrol, the LEAF can travel 350 miles. Actual consumption/range may vary due to driving style, road condition, air conditioning and other factors outside our control.

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The car that achieves this is the revolutionary new Chevrolet Volt, a car that makes no compromises.

Combining the best of both worlds, the Volt is the world’s first extended range electric vehicle (EREV), offering up to 50 miles of emission free driving, before adding another 300 using the range extender engine. This gives a combined consumption figure of an extraordinary 235.4mpg.

As the most award winning car of all time, the Volt has won plaudits on both sides of the Atlantic, and is the first car ever to be named both European and North American Car of the Year.

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Another new introduction to the Chevrolet line up is the bold supermini, the Aveo. The New Aveo comes with an excellent level of standard equipment, whilst the extensive safety features have resulted in it receiving segment leading results in the Euro NCAP safety tests.

The 1.3 eco Diesel is the most efficient model in the range, with emissions of just 95g/km, offering up to 78.4 mpg. However, there is no compromise to reach these levels of efficiency, as the engine offers lively acceleration and responsive handling.

Both the Volt and New Aveo show how Chevrolet as a manufacturer is developing environmentally friendly vehicles that offer the customer excellent value for money.

The New Aveo is a step forward in design, performance and safety for what people would

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say is a ‘traditional’ fuel powered car. The Volt however, is a monumental leap forward in the motoring industry as a whole, by combining all the environmental benefits of an electric vehicle whilst keeping all the real world benefits of a traditional fuel powered one.

Come down to the Chevrolet stand today for your chance to experience both of these cars first hand. a Chevrolet UK, Griffin House, Osborne Road, Luton, LU1 3YT, w www.chevrolet.co.uk t 0800 666 222

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his includes the launch of the first ‘green’ low rolling resistance tyre in 1992 and more recently, the Michelin Active Wheel and various concept tyres designed to power and equip the next generation of EVs. To control its environmental impact, Michelin has focused on developing technologies aimed at reducing its tyres’ rolling resistance, increasing tyre life to reduce the number of end-of-life tyres to be processed and using raw materials that have a low environmental impact.

The focus on tyre life is clearly illustrated by the fact that Michelin employs independent test bodies such as TÜV SÜD and DEKRA to test its tyres against its competitors to prove that they offer the best balance of performance including improving fuel consumption and

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reducing vehicle CO2 emissions.

In the latest tests the recently introduced Primacy 3 was shown to maintain Michelin’s position in terms of longevity and rolling resistance along with the highest levels of safety.

Michelin’s current product range includes low rolling resistance tyres for cars, 4x4s, vans and trucks. This means that whatever the type of vehicle, Michelin can help to reduce its environmental impact. For further information:

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