Hyundai announces the development of the world’s first Machine Learning Smart Cruise Control, matching drivers’ behaviours and patterns. We’ve all got used in recent years to the ADAS gubbins lurking behind the front of our cars, delivering information back to the car and allowing stuff like pedestrian detection and adaptive cruise control to function. But […]
Should ELECTRIC cars get Green Number Plates? The DfT wants your opinion
The Department for Transport has opened consultation on a proposal for Green Number Plates for Electric Cars, and wants your opinion. Should governments interfere in markets to influence demand, or should they let market forces sort the wheat from the chaff? Clearly, when it comes to electric cars, governments around the world are interfering in […]
Electric Mazda MX-30 Concept REVEALED a little early
The Mazda MX-30 Concept is a first look at Mazda’s first electric car, revealed a little early on the cover of a Japanese Car Magazine. We know Mazda is planning to reveal their first electric car this month at the Tokyo Motor Show, and now we know it’s the Mazda MX-30. We know that because […]
Thinking of buying a new Volkswagen Touareg? Now you can properly play first.
Volkswagen has decided to offer 48-hour test drives of the Touareg SUV in the UK to prove to potential buyers what a great SUV it is. Back in the summer, Volkswagen decided the best way to generate interest in the electric e-Golf was to give potential buyers a properly decent amount of time to play […]
Audi A6 55 TFSI e quattro plug-in hybrid – 362bhp and 33-mile EV range
Audi has announced prices and specifications for the A6 55 TFSI e quattro plug-in hybrid as they continue to roll-out their PHEVs. It was back in February that Audi announced the arrival this year of a trio of plug-in hybrids to tempt buyers in to a bit of electrification, and to help their own average […]
Volvo S60, V60 and XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered go on sale in the UK
Volvo’s 60 Series models – S60, V60 and XC60 – with T8 plug-in hybrid powertrains get new Polestar Engineered range-topping models. Now on sale in the UK. Polestar may now be a fully-fledged car maker in its own right, but Volvo aren’t giving up on using the Polestar name to indicate performance models any time […]
Aston Martin DBX SUV REVEALED in undisguised spy photos
Ahead of an expected official debut in December, the Aston Martin DBX SUV has been caught undisguised by a Spanish website. We’ve seen a fair bit of the Aston Martin DBX – Aston’s firts SUV – in recent months as AML run disguised versions around the globe. But now we get to see the DBX […]
Electric Classic Cars are NOT Classic Cars say International Classic Car Federation FIVA
FIVA, the international federation of historic vehicles, has declared that converting Classic Cars to EVs means they are no longer Classic Cars. There have long been arguments about RestoMods of Classic Cars, with hardcore classic lovers declaring such tampering with classic cars means they are no longer classics as all, and it’s certainly true there […]
Volvo Recharge has a cunning plan to get plug-in hybrid drivers to actually ‘Recharge’
The new Volvo Recharge branding for plug-in hybrids and EVs will deliver free electricity for a year to encourage plug-in hybrid drivers to recharge their cars. The two big bits of Volvo news this week are the arrival of the electric XC40 – the XC40 P8 Recharge, to be specific – and the launch of […]
Affordable Uniti One EV goes on sale – but you can spend more than £20k
The Uniti One EV electric City car has now gone on sale in the UK and Sweden, although you can easily spend far more than the £15k headline price. A few days ago we revealed the Uniti One EV, a very compact, three-seat electric City Car, designed in Sweden and being developed and built in […]