Porsche delivers the first look at the electric Macan – likely to be the Porsche E Macan – ahead of a debut in 2023 after a new ICE Macan lands. It’s more than two years since Porsche confirmed an electric Macan is on the way and, it seemed, promised its arrival in Porsche showrooms in […]
Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 costs from £36,995, rising to £48,145 for the 73kWh 4WD Ioniq 5 Ultimate
Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 EV goes on sale in the UK, costing from £36,995 for the entry-level 58kWh SE Connect to £48,145 for the range-topping Ultimate. We’ve already seen prices for the full range of the electric Kia EV6 arrive, and now it’s the turn of Hyundai to deliver prices and specs for the Ioniq 5 […]
Renault Megane E-Tech Electric TEASED, complete with Renault’s new ‘Retro’ logo
Renault tease the new Megane E-Tech Electric – a production take on the Megane eVision Concept – ahead of a debut later in 2021. Last year, the Renault e-Vision Concept arrived as a look at where the Megane will go in Renault’s new age of E-Tech electric cars and was, to a degree, based on […]
New Toyota Mirai Hydrogen FCEV price CUT to £49,995 – and Business Contract Hire from £435pm
The new hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai costs from £49,995 in the UK – and business contract hire from £435pm – as Toyota plans big rise in sales. Back in November, the new Toyota Mira was revealed as Toyota brought its hydrogen-powered car a big step on from the original Mirai launched in 2014. Looking far more […]
BMW and Ford invest £100 million in Solid-State Battery maker Solid Power
Ford and BMW have invested almost £100 million in Solid-State battery maker Solid Power in a drive to get the technology to market. Just about every car maker on the planet is busy trying to roll out a range of electric cars they hope will match buyers’ expectations with the legislation-led drive to turf us […]
Electric Kia EV6 specs announced for EV6, EV6 GT-Line/S and EV6 GT
Kia announce specs for the EV6 range, including the EV6, EV6 GT-Line, EV6 GT-Line S and range-topping EV6 GT. Having announced prices for the electric EV6 at the start of this month – and opened pre-orders – Kia has now released specifications for the whole EV6 range – EV6, EV6 GT-Line, EV6 GT-Line S and […]
VW ID.4 GTX ARRIVES to add 4WD and a bit of extra performance to the electric ID.4
Volkswagen starts a range of performance EVs with the arrival of the VW ID.4 GTX, a sporty 4WD take on the ID.4 with 4WD. We all know that EVs can deliver bonkers performance, and we’ve got used to EVs from Tesla delivering performance figures that shame supercars. So the arrival of a new ‘GTX’ performance […]
Rare Mercedes-AMG SLS ELECTRIC Drive up for sale at £913,000
A very rare Mercedes-AMG SLS Electric Drive – just one of nine built – is up for sale at £913,000 with RM Sotheby’s. It seems like a very long time ago when the Mercedes SLS arrived as Mercedes’ supercar du jour – effectively a replacement for the Mercedes McLaren SLR – and it went on […]
SHOCK NEWS: 81% of drivers think electric cars are too expensive
A new survey by the AA reveals that 81 per cent of drivers think electric cars are too expensive, and 63 per cent have no clue about the plug-in car grant. We’re driving headlong in to a future of electric cars (rightly or wrongly – it’s happening) and in less than nine years you’re not […]
Electric Porsche Taycan now as POPULAR as the Porsche 911
As Porsche announces an impressive 36 per cent increase in sales in first quarter sales, it reveals the electric Porsche Taycan is as popular as the 911. The Porsche Taycan arrived in 2019 as the first electric car from Porsche, and it arrived in only range-topping Turbo and Turbo S iterations with prices up to […]