CPI HPI – used car price gurus – have declared that the BMW i3 is the best buy used electric car, followed by the Nissan LEAF, in the UK. Electric car sales haven’t been exactly stellar in the UK, but when you lump in all forms of electrification – so called AFVs (alternatively fuelled vehicles) […]
First photo of the new Tesla Model 3 EV as production of Tesla’s ‘3’ starts (video)
The first Tesla Model EV – Tesla’s new compact electric saloon – has rolled off Tesla’s production line ahead of cars arriving with owners at the end of July. Last week Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, announced that the first production Model 3 would roll off the production line at the end of thew eek. And […]
ELECTRIC Porsche Macan planned as Porsche aim for HALF their cars to be EVs by 2023
With the Porsche Mission E Electric car planned to arrive in 2019, Porsche are now planning an electric Macan and half their sales as EVs by 2023. Every car maker on the planet is trying to introduce electrification in their cars as quickly, and cost-effectively, as they can as the only really sensible way to […]
ALL Volvo cars will be ELECTRIFIED by 2019 – is this the end of the diesel engine? (video)
Volvo has announced that from 2019 all its cars will have some sort of electrification – hybrid, plug-in hybrid or EV – and the end of pure ICE cars. It’s been clear for some time that the immediate future for cars is to have electric assistance in some form, as emissions regulations get more expensive […]
BMW i8 Roadster teased on video ahead of a Frankfurt launch for the open top i8
The BMW i8 Roadster is set to finally debut as a production model at the Frankfurt Motor show, so BMW are busy teasing the open top i8’s arrival. It was way back in 2012 that we first saw the BMW i8 Roadster, admittedly as a concept, as BMW started to deliver on their promise of […]
Tesla Model 3: First production Model 3 will roll out THIS Friday
[nggallery id=2311 template=customlinks] The Tesla Model 3 – Tesla’s new compact premium model, revealed in March 2016 – will start to roll off Tesla’s production line this Friday, 7 July 2017. For Tesla to fulfil its promise – and huge market capitalisation – it was always going to have to do something more than deliver […]
BMW 3 Series ELECTRIC set to debut at Frankfurt say German press
A fully electric version of the BMW 3 Series is set to make a debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show, according to the German Press, as BMW take aim at Tesla. There was a point in time, as the BMW i3 was launched back in 2013, when it looked like BMW were committed to a […]
Electric Aston Martin RapidE is OFFICIALLY going to arrive in 2019 with 4WD and 800bhp+
The electric Aston Martin RapidE four-door coupe saloon is officially going to arrive as a production model on 2019, with four-wheel drive and 800bhp plus. The electric Aston Martin RapidE has been on the way for quite a while, and we’d begun to think it was more about making ‘Green’ noise than any real intent. […]
New Electric Range-Extender London Taxi heading for the Goodwood Hillclimb
The new electric range-extender London Taxi is heading for a UK debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week ahead of going on sale. It’s a year since The London Taxi Company revealed they’d raised £275 million through parent Geely to develop and build a new electrified TX5 London Taxi. And it’s soon to […]
Volvo’s Polestar to deliver standalone, Polestar-badged ELECTRIC performance cars
Volvo’s Polestar performance division is to deliver a range of Polestar-badge electrified performance cars as Volvo seeks to tap in to Premium electric performance car sales. Volvo, rightly or wrongly, has committed its future to a range of 2.0 litre, four-cylinder and 1.5 litre three-cylinder engines, limiting potential performance options to adding electrical assistance to […]