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 […]
Tiny Toyota Ultra-Compact BEV is a production-ready electric city car
The Toyota Ultra-Compact BEV is revealed ahead of a debut at the Tokyo Motor Show as a tiny electric city car. And it’s going in to production. Toyota has eschewed electric cars in favour of hybrids so far, but the focus is changing, in part because Toyota has no choice, but also because they seem […]
Volvo XC40 Recharge REVEALED – the electric XC40 arrives as Volvo’s first EV
The Volvo XC40 Recharge arrives as Volvo’s first battery electric car, and first ‘Recharge’ model, with 75kWh battery and 402bhp. We reported earlier today that the electric XC40 will come with a new name, and here it is – the Volvo XC40 Recharge P8. Looking almost identical to the ICE XC40, the XC40 Recharge gets […]
Volvo RECHARGE is the name for Volvo’s electric cars – the first the electric XC40 Recharge
Volvo has revealed that its electrified cars – plug-in hybrid and electric – will carry the ‘Recharge’ branding as they announce plans for big CO2 reductions. We’re only a few hours away from the reveal of the new electric Volvo XC40, ahead of which Volvo has announced ambitious new CO2 targets and told us what […]
Jaguar I-Pace is now an ELECTRIC Nurburgring Taxi
Jaguar has added the I-Pace electric SUV to its Nurburgring Race Taxi offerings, with rides round the Green Hell now an almost silent event. Jaguar, and other car makers, offer thrill ride round the Nurburgring with Race Taxi rides giving up to three thrill seekers the chance to lap the Nurburgring as passengers driven by […]
Morris is BACK with an electric homage to the J-Type Van
The Morris name returns to the road as a new group resurrect the Morris Commercial brand with a planned electric Homage to the J-Type Van. You have to be a bit long in the tooth to remember Morris, and even older to remember Morris Commercial, but the commercial bit is about to make a comeback. […]
Uniti One EV is a small electric city car costing from just £15,100
The Uniti One is a small electric city car, designed in Sweden and built in the UK, arriving in 2020 and costing from just £15,100. The cost of the battery bit of an electric car is still so high it’s hard to see how, at least until cheaper, and more powerful, solid-state batteries arrive, anyone […]
Electric Porsche Taycan 4S – the ‘affordable’ electric Taycans start to arrive
The Porsche Taycan 4s arrives to deliver a cheaper entry-point for Porsche’s new electric Taycan, with prices starting from a more affordable £83,367. The Porsche Taycan finally arrived in September as Porsche delivered the first production fruits of its electric future, with the Taycan Turbo and Turbo S delivering impressive performance and range, and some […]