The new range-topping model for Skoda’s electric Enyaq range – the Skoda Enyaq Laurin and Klement – goes on sale in the UK. If someone had suggested, just a few years ago, that the entry-level price for a fairly modestly-sized Skoda SUV was £40k, and by the time you added a few bits and a […]
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Kia previews a new range of versatile electric ‘PBV’ vans to turn van users on to EVs
Kia is heading down the electric van road with a vengeance, revealing versatile concept electric vans – PV1, PV5 and PV7 – at CES. Van makers, just like car makers, are being forced down the EV road, and despite tax breaks demand for electric vans is dismal. In fact, in the whole of 2023, just […]
New Volkswagen Golf interior OFFICIALLY revealed
Ahead of a debut expected later this month, Volkswagen has revealed the interior of the facelifted VW Golf at the CES. VW may be trying to push us all in to EVs – with limited success – but it still knows its bread and butter is ICE vehicles and SUVs, perhaps none more important than […]
BT is plotting on-street electric car charging points using redundant cabinets.
BT has started a trial to use the green cabinets which become redundant as fibre takes over to provide on-street charging. Convincing drivers to go electric is proving to be a mammoth task despite the government doing all it can to make us all move in to EVs, with upfront cost, unreliable range and charging […]
New Car Sales in 2023 the highest since Covid – but EV sales stay flat
New car registrations in the UK rose 17.9 per cent to 1,903,000 in 2023 – the highest since 2019 – entirely due to fleet sales. As the world gets back to some sort of normality post-Covid, and supply chain issues become manageable, car sales in the UK have risen throughout 2023 to 1,903,000 – up […]
New facelifted Volkswagen T-Cross goes on sale – costs from £23,965
The new facelifted Volkswagen T-Cross goes on sale in the UK with prices starting at £23,965 and rising to £31,660 for the range-topping T-Cross R-Line. It’s easy to lose track of the various VW SUVs, with every niche and size of SUV possible on offer, but it’s also hard to deny VW is doing something […]
ZEV Mandate comes in to force to disrupt the car market and drive us all in to EVs
The ZEV Mandate – forcing car makers to sell a minimum number of EVs – comes in to force today to meddle with the market and force EV uptake. Governments messing with legislation to make consumers act in a certain way and skew the market never ends well (remember when we were all pushed into […]
New Porsche Taycan Turbo GT sets new Nurburgring EV record just shy of the Rimac Nevera
The upcoming Porsche Tyacan Turbo GT has set a new Porsche EVlap record at the Nurburgring, beating the Taycan Turbo S by 26 seconds. We know EVs can be quick, very quick, and Porsche has been battling the Tesla Model S Plaid for the accolade of quickest production car at the Nurburgring for some time. […]
Nissan celebrates 90 years of Great Transport Innovations – which includes the Nissan LEAF EV
Nissan celebrates their 90th anniversary by looking at the greatest transport innovations since Nissan arrived in December 1933. It’s 90 years since Nissan was founded on 26 December 1933, and Nissan has commissioned a poll to look at the greatest transport innovations since its birth. Unsurprisingly, Nissan makes the top 30 list (below). Nissan managed […]
Chinese Smartphone maker Xiaomi targets Porsche and Tesla with the electric Xiaomi SU7
Chinese Smartphone maker Xiaomi is moving in to EV car production with the SU7, a sleek electric saloon very similar to the Porsche Taycan. The onslaught of Chinese EVs arriving to challenge established European car makers shows little sign of abating, and now we get a Chinese Smartphone maker doing what Apple failed to do […]