The Audi e-tron Sportback has been revealed at the Shanghai Motor Show as a low-riding electric SUV with the same 496bhp as the e-tron quattro concept. When we got the first look at what we now know is the Audi e-tron Sportback Concept (pictured above) last week, we said it looked just like an Audi […]
New Audi E-tron heading for Shanghai looks like the Audi take on the Jaguar i-Pace
Audi is teasing a new electric e-tron model ahead of its Shanghai Motor Show debut with design sketches showing a high-riding electric coupe. Despite any real advance in battery technology to make electric cars proper competition for ICE cars, car makers are diving headlong in to new EVs as diesel starts to lose its glow […]
The first ELECTRIC Volvo will be made in China and exported globally
[nggallery id=2345 template=customlinks] It’s reported that the first electric Volvo – due by 2019 – will be built in China alongside the Lynk & Co 01 and Volvo’s new XC40. Volvo’s push this year is centered around the arrival of the new XC60 – which has already been revealed – and the all new compact […]
Nissan e-NV200 takes Harrods ‘Back to the Future’ with an electric delivery van
Harrods, that world-renowned purveyor of all you could want if you have very deep pockets, takes delivery of an electric Nissan e-NV200 delivery van. Harrods was founded in 1834 by Charles Henry Harrod with a simple, if all encompassing, motto: Omnia Omnibus Ubique. For those who escaped a public school education – and any other […]
First new electric Volkswagen e-Up! delivered in the UK, boasts VW. But why?
The first facelifted electric Volkswagen e-up! city car has been delivered to its first owner in the UK, boasts VW in a press release. At last year’s Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen revealed a facelift for the Up! city car, and by July the new Up! was on sale in the UK with prices from £8,995 […]
800 bhp Electric Aston Martin RapidE nearly here – but will then get replaced by a Lagonda
[nggallery id=2201 template=customlinks] The Aston Martin RapidE – an 800bhp version of the Rapide four-door saloon – will replace the current Rapide, only to be replaced by a new Lagonda saloon. It was back in 2015 that the Aston Martin RapidE Concept was revealed, a Rapide with a big ‘E’ at the end to let […]
Tesla Model S 60 & 60D dropped AGAIN as Tesla shuffles its Model S pack
The Tesla Model S 60 and 60D have again been dropped from the Model S range once more, leaving the Model S 75 as the entry-level Tesla. You do have to wonder if Tesla just get bored looking at their model range, so decide to shuffle it on a regular basis just for the hell […]
Electric Volvo XC40 expected to cost from £35,000 when it arrives in 2019
[nggallery id=2345 template=customlinks] Volvo are planning to launch their first electric car in 2019, with a range of 250 miles and a starting price of £35,000. It will probably be an XC40. It’s only a months since we reported Volvo would have an electric car on sale by 2019, and that it could come with […]
Jaguar i-Pace – the electric Jaguar Crossover – blinds Geneva with its oddness
[nggallery id=2458 template=customlinks] The Jaguar i-Pace – Jaguar’s electric Crossover Concept from last year’s Los Angeles Motor Show – gets its European debut at the 2017 Geneva Show. Jaguar has nothing properly new for the Geneva Motor Show this year, but it has brought along the Jaguar i-Pace electric Crossover Concept for its European debut […]
Hyundai FE Fuel Cell Concept previews a future Hyundai fuel cell SUV
The Hyundai FE hydrogen fuel cell concept arrives at the Geneva Motor Show previewing a new, standalone, more efficient hydrogen fuel cell SUV. The rise and rise of battery electric vehicles is continuing despite no new disruptive technology arriving to make them a properly viable alternative to ICE vehicles, and unless, or until, that changes, […]