The electric BMW iX3 gets a facelift to bring it into line with its ICE siblings, less than a year after going on sale in the UK. BMW got an early lead in the race to deliver premium electric cars to its customers, with the BMW i3 and i8 arriving as properly bespoke EVs with […]
One-off Kia Soul EV Boardmasters Edition turns the Soul EV in to a COOL SUV
Kia takes a pre-production Soul EV and turns it into the Kia Soul EV Boardmasters Edition with raised ride height and Maxxis Bighorn sand tyres. The Kia Soul is a perfectly good, although rather uninspiring, family runaround, although it now does the same job with electrickery powering the wheels instead of ICE since 2019, making […]
VW boss condemns WOEFUL electric car charging experience – from Ionity
Volkswagen Group boss Herbert Diess slams the standard of facilities and charging experience at the part-VW-owned Ionity charging network. One of the biggest obstacles to mass EV takeup – apart from the unaffordable price – is the perception that charging your EV on the go is both time-consuming, expensive and unreliable. That, in part, explains […]
Volkswagen ID.5 GTX – an ID.4 GTX Coupe – heading for public view in September
The Volkswagen ID.5 GTX – the ‘Coupe’ take on the electric ID.4 GTX – is heading for the Munich motor show as a ‘disguised production concept’. We’ve already seen the arrival of the VW ID.4 GTX as a new ‘Performance’ take on the ID.4 SUV – and the arrival of a new performance badge in […]
BMW Points will ‘PAY’ you to actually plug-in your BMW PHEV
The new BMW Points scheme aims to ‘pay’ drivers of BMW PHEVs by offering charging credits for plugging in and driving in ‘eDrive Zones’. As we move from ICE cars to EVs, logic tells us that a good way to put a toe in the water of EV driving is with a plug-in hybrid. After […]
Hyundai Ioniq 5 ARRIVES in the UK – 3,900 electric Ioniq 5s dock in Tibury
The first proper batch of the new electric Ioniq 5 arrives in the UK, with 3,900 cars arriving on a boat from South Korea at Tilbury Docks, UK. Hyundai revealed their first ‘proper’ electric car, the Ioniq 5, back in February as the first EV from Hyundai built on a bespoke EV platform, not a […]
Audi Q4 Sportback 40 e-tron and Q4 45 e-tron quattro bring more range and new 4WD option to the Q4 e-tron
Audi extends the new Q4 e-tron range with the Q4 45 e-tron quattro bringing 4WD and the Q4 Sportback 40 e-tron offering increased range. It’s three months since the electric Audi Q4 e-tron arrived as Audi’s take on the VW I.D. 4, and Audi are already extending the range of Q4 offerings. I you’re looking […]
Mercedes EQE electric ‘E-Class’ TEASED ahead of September debut
Mercedes teases their next electric model – the new Mercedes EQE – ahead of a debut at the Munich Motor Show in September. We’ve recently seen Mercedes’ big plans for an electric future, revolving around new EV-specific platforms. But that’s not happening just yet. Instead, Mercedes has been electrifying ICE platforms to deliver cars like […]
Classic Citroen DS goes ELECTRIC with new EV conversion
British EV specialists Electrogenic has taken the classic Citroen DS and turned it into an EV, with a new 120bhp electric motor and 48.5kWh battery. The move to electrify classic cars seems unstoppable as we move into a world of EVs, but we do have a problem with cars where the engine is the star […]
Vauxhall Corsa-e Griffin – more kit for the electric Corsa from £26,390 (or LESS)
Vauxhall adds a ‘Griffin’ model to the electric Corsa-e range with the new Corsa-e Griffin getting added kit and costing from £26,390 (after PiCG). It’s actually more than two years since Vauxhall launched the electric Corsa on the UK market with prices from £26,490 (after the, then, £3.5k PiCG) followed, less than eighteen months later, […]