Business travel firm hails green chauffeurs

Business travel company One Transport is working with an “emissions free” chauffeur company to offer customers green transport options in London. Called Thriev (pronounced “thrive”), its fleet uses the GigaWatt electric car made by BYD, the Chinese car maker backed by Warren Buffett. Launched in February, by the end of 2014 the private chauffeur firm […]

Private chauffeur firm opens door to electric cars

Who knows what Parker would have made of driving an electric motor – but one private chauffeur company in London is betting its customers enjoy the quieter ride. New operator Thriev has launched a fleet of 20 zero-emission, fully-electric cars, the first 10 of which go into service today. The e6 cars will be powered […]

British Gas works with start-up to power new EV service

A new tech start-up launching a zero emissions car service has teamed up with British Gas to get 1,000 EVs on the road by the end of 2014. Thriev’s all electric fleet will hit the tarmac in autumn powered by the Carbon Zero Rapid-Charging Network. The network will be installed, maintained and supplied by British […]