Volvo are claiming victory in their campaign to get London Congestion Charge Exemptions changed. But it’s no victory at all. We had high hopes for Volvo’s campaign to change the exemptions for the London Congestion Charge. Volvo had moaned – quite rightly – that hybrid cars were being exempted even when they were great big […]
Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera: It’s just an ordinary hybrid
GM has admitted that the Volt is not a pure range extender electric vehicle after all. It is in fact just a plain old hybrid. Yes, the headline is a bit dramatic and a bit disingenuous. But no more so than the barking mad claims made by GM for the Volt. How many hundreds of miles […]
Nissan LEAF to come with stand-by ‘Real’ car
It’s being reported that Nissan are planning on offering free petrol or diesel cars to all buyers of the electric Nissan LEAF to assuage ‘Range Anxiety’. Oh, dear. We did laugh. And not just at the irony, but more at the fact that we don’t think Nissan realise what they’re saying. It’s being reported that […]
Mercedes S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY: Paris Motor Show 2010
Mercedes has launched the Mercedes S250 CDI BlueEfficiency at Paris, offering almost 50mpg and 0-60 mph in 8 seconds. It’s taken a while (or we’re just too good) for Mercedes to make reality our story that the world was going to get a four-pot S-Class – the Mercedes S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY. For buyers – […]
Hyundai BlueOn (Hyundai i10 Electric) revealed
Hyundai has revealed the production version of the electric i10 from Frankfurt in 2009 – the Hyundai BlueOn. Hyundai reveals the all electric Hyundai BlueOn in South Korea. With lots of fanfare about this being ‘South Korea’s first all electric car’ and intimating that Hyundai is fully committed to an electric future. Which of course is poppycock. […]
Peugeot iOn – or free holidays in the Seychelles?
The Peugeot iOn will cost an eye-watering £498 a month to lease. Better to lease a Peugeot 107 and a free fortnight a year in the Seychelles I know, we moan on about the pointlessness of producing family-sized electric cars and pretending that they will suit a family’s needs in the real world. But we do say that producing small, city cars with electric bits under the bonnet does make […]
Nissan LEAF EV – order book open in UK
Nissan has now opened the order book in the UK for the electric Nissan LEAF. Buyers can sign up online by paying a £257 deposit. We happily admit that we don’t understand the desire to create a C-Segment electric car (certainly not a BEV). We also feel that the creation and marketing of such cars is potentially mis-leading, with […]
Electric Ford Focus to get liquid cooling
Ford are going to manage battery temperature in the electric Focus to improve range and battery longevity. Just like everyone else, Ford is working on battery electric vehicles. And in particular – certainly in the UK – they’re working on an Electric Ford Focus. Which for us is a daft way to go. Electric cars […]
Mitsubishi i-MiEV UK price drop – Battery Wars!
Mitsubishi has slashed the price of their plug-in electric car – the Mitsubishi i-MiEV – in order to compete with the likes of Nissan’s LEAF. With Mitsubishi getting in to mainstream electric cars before any other big car maker with the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, they had a big advantage. They were the first to mass-produce an electric car; […]
BMW i100 Coupe Active Hybrid in 2013
BMW are said to be planning a plug-in hybrid – based on last year’s Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Car – called the BMW i100 Active Hybrid Coupe and due in 2013. As we’ve said on umpteen occassions, the car world is an ants nest of rumour. We get emails every day with the latest hype doing […]