Nissan has announced that the electric LEAF has sold more than 10,000 units in the UK since it went on sale in 2011, a massive 63.3 per cent EV market share. We can no loner say that electric cars don’t sell in the UK, as the Nissan LEAF hits 10,000 UK sales since its launch […]
BMW i8 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research Car – 3 YEARS after it was built
[nggallery id=2136 template=customlinks] A BMW i8 with a hydrogen fuel cell powerplant has been revealed at a BMW technology seminar, three years after it was first built to test fuel cell technology. It was back in 2011 that BMW and Toyota revealed they were planning to share technology, with BMW getting access to Toyota’s hybrid […]
Toyota Mirai goes further than any other electric car
[nggallery id=1891 template=customlinks] The hydrogen fuel cell-powered Toyota Mirai is the only zero emissions car you can buy that can go more than 300 miles without refuelling. Toyota are already increasing production of the hydrogen fuel cell-powered Mirai as demand exceeds supply – even before customer cars arrive outside Japan – as buyers look for […]
Nissan LEAF EV gets new Acenta+ option – list price £29,740
The Nissan LEAF is getting a new trim grade – the LEAF Acenta+ – which sits between the Acenta and Tekna grades. Costs from £24,740 after taxpayer grant. Maybe Nissan is hurting as sales of the Mitsubishi Outland PHEV shows the right way to go for electric cars, or maybe they’re just bigging up the […]
Tesla Model X electric SUV WILL start delivery in the autumn (in the US)
Elon Musk has declared that the new Tesla Model X – Tesla’s take on an electric SUV – will start arriving with customers in ‘three or four months’. Tesla has done remarkably well to go from a start-up electrifying Lotus cars to delivering the first truly usable electric car with the Tesla Model S. There […]
Ford opens up its EV patents – but they want paying
[nggallery id=817 template=customlinks] Ford has joined Tesla and Toyota in making their alternative powertrain patents available, but unlike the other two, Ford want paying for access to their technology. In the last year, both Tesla and Toyota have opened up access to their alternative powertrain patents, with Tesla declaring their EV patents free to use […]
BMW i3 EV joins BMW’s London DriveNow car sharing fleet
BMW’s DriveNow car sharing scheme in London now offers the chance to use the i3 EV to its members, with 30 i3s joining DriveNow in London from today. BMW’s DriveNow car sharing service arrived in London in December with a fleet of MINIs and BMW 1-Series offering Londoners – and visitors to London – commitment-free […]
Tesla Model S 70D is the new 4WD entry level model – costs from £54,500
Tesla has revealed a new entry-level model for its Model S range, with the new 70D replacing the 60D in the range and offering 4WD and 275 mile range. Tesla dropped its original entry-level model S before anyone could really buy it, since when the entry-point for Model S ownership has been the 60kWh version. But […]
Renault Twizy 45 EV – now in the hands of 14 year olds
The Renault Twizy 45 EV – a lower-powered take on Renault’s ‘quadricycle’ EV – can now be driven by 14 year olds in Europe. Will the same happen in the UK? [nggallery id=1033 template=customlinks] The Renault Twizy EV has not been an exactly resounding success, but then a four-wheeled electric scooter that costs as much […]
Nissan LEAF has 99.99% battery success rate
Nissan has revealed that the LEAF EV has a 99.99% battery success rate in Europe, with just three cars from the 35,000 sold in Europe failing. We have to admit that we’ve always been concerned about the long-term viability of the batteries in electric cars; after all, we’ve all got laptops with batteries that struggle […]