Hyundai becomes the latest electric car maker to reduce its prices in the wake of the cut in the PiCG threshold to £35,000. Makers of electric cars have been queuing up to cut the price of their cars to bring them under the new £35k threshold for the plug-in car grant (PiCG) – well, those […]
Electric CUPRA Born – SEAT’s ‘Performance’ take on the VW ID.3 – winter testing ahead of debut
The CUPRA Born, a VW ID.3-based electric car from SEAT’s CUPRA brand, is winter testing ahead of a debut in the coming weeks. With Volkswagen rolling out the electric ID.3 and ID.4 models, ‘lesser’ VW brands are following with their own take on the ID underpinnings, and SEAT’s CUPRA brand take on the ID.3 – […]
Electric Volkswagen ID.4 Pro Performance models go on sale from £41,470
The Volkswagen ID 4 Pro Performance models – the first ID.4 series production versions – go on sale in the UK from £41,470. The Volkswagen ID.4 Electric SUV went on sale in the UK in January, but all that was on offer was a single spec First Edition model. But now the first series production models […]
New MG Cyberster Electric Sports Car Concept STILL playing ‘Tease’
MG is back with another tease for the electric MG Cyberster Sports Car, heading for a proper debut at the Shanghai Motor Show this month. MG has become a Chinese-owned budget car maker in the UK, delivering a range of affordable family cars – and EVs – with an MG badge but, worthy and affordable […]
New ELECTRIC Kia EV6 costs from £40,895 in the UK, rising to £58,295 for the Kia EV6 GT
The new electric Kia EV6 opens for pre-orders in the UK, with prices starting at £40,895 and rising to £58,295 for the EV6 GT. March was a bit of a Kia EV6 month, starting with a tease for the EV6 at the start of the month, the reveal of the EV6 mid-month and, just as […]
Hyundai’s Genesis X Concept is a STUNNING electric Grand Tourer
Hyundai reveal the Genesis X Concept, a stunning electric Grand Tourer Concept previewing the design direction for Genesis as it heads to the UK. Hyundai’s Genesis brand – Hyundai’s take on Toyota’s Lexus, if you like – isn’t terribly familiar in the UK, although there was a Hyundai Genesis in the UK back in 2015 […]
BMW i3 and BMW i3s are now CHEAPER to keep hold of the PiCG
BMW is the latest electric car maker to cut prices to keep eligibility for the plug-in car grant, cutting the price of the BMW i3 and i3s. The recent new that the Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG) for EVs is being cut from £3000 to £2,500 and, more importantly, the threshold for qualification reduced from £50k […]
Volkswagen changing its name to VOLTSWAGEN? No, it’s German ‘Humour’ gone wrong
Volkswagen declared earlier this week that it was changing its name to Voltswagen in the US. But it’s not. When we saw the ‘News’ that Volkswagen had posted, and removed, a press release saying they planned to change their name in the US to Voltswagen we figured it was just a cock-up by a VW […]
Lexus LF-Z Electrified Concept – a look at the future of Lexus EVs
The Lexus LF-Z Electrified Concept is revealed as a look at the design and technical direction Lexus are heading as they roll out EVs. Lexus already has its first electric model on sale – the Lexus UX300e – although it’s an electric take on a platform built primarily for ICE cars. But things are going […]
Kia EV6: The REVEAL continues with 577bhp EV6 GT topping the electric EV6 range
The reveal of the new electric Kia EV6 continues as Kia announce the range-topping EV6 GT will come with 4WD and 577bhp. We’ve had the tease for the electric Kia EV6, and even the reveal of the Kia EV6. But the reveal we saw a fortnight ago was just the ‘how it looks’ reveal, not […]