Mitsubishi is making their electric city car – the Mitsubishi i-Miev – quite a bit bigger to cater for the US market. It’s a big enough problem getting the UK and Europe to buy in to the idea of a very small city car, much less one powered by an electric motor with all the power of a glorified […]
Honda: Electric cars DO have a future
Honda boss Takanobu Ito has revealed that Honda now see a future for EV and hybrids, and will show a plug-in hybrid and an EV at the LA Motor Show. In some ways Honda has been the biggest naysayer of all the car makers when it comes to electric cars. Under the leadership of Takeo […]
Boris slashes electric car charging point plans
London Mayor Boris Johnson has cut funding to build electric car charging points in London by 65% Back in the Summer of 2009 Captain Boris announced to the Climate Change Conference in Seoul (how many carbon dioxides did it cost all the delegates to get there, I wonder) that he intended making London the electric car Capital […]
Tesla SUV in 2014 – Tesla Model X
Tesla has revealed that they are planning on building an electric SUV – the Tesla Model X – based on the same platform as the yet to arrive Model S. Tesla is a strange amalgam of a Silicon Valley company and a car maker. With a distinct leaning to the Silicon Valley side of the equation. Not […]
Nissan LEAF makes Car of the Year 2011 shortlist. Stupid.
The yet-to-be-released Nissan LEAF bizarrely makes the shortlist for the 2011 Car of the Year Has the world gone completely barking mad? Why on earth would the Car of the Year panel include a yet-to-be-released electric car – The Nissan LEAF – which is inferior in every way to all the other cars on the […]
Just 55 Electric Cars sold in UK in 2009
Despite eco-mentalists and tree-huggers beseeching us to buy electric cars, just 55 were sold in 2009. What do eco-mentalists actually buy? A big V8? We’ve made it clear – at every given opportunity – that we think the drive to convince motorists that electric cars are a sensible and viable alternative to cars which use […]
Nissan LEAF to come with stand-by ‘Real’ car
It’s being reported that Nissan are planning on offering free petrol or diesel cars to all buyers of the electric Nissan LEAF to assuage ‘Range Anxiety’. Oh, dear. We did laugh. And not just at the irony, but more at the fact that we don’t think Nissan realise what they’re saying. It’s being reported that […]
Saab 9-3 ePower – First electric Saab revealed
The reborn Saab are bringing the first electric Saab to the Paris Motor Show – the Saab 9-3 ePower – which will lead to a Swedish test fleet of 70 cars in 2011. It’s great to see Saab back doing what a car maker should be doing, instead of fighting for survival under the cosh of the […]
Mercedes A-Class E-Cell electric in production
Mercedes is putting its third electric car in to limited production – the Mercedes A class E-Cell- which will enter production this year. Mercedes has confirmed that it to add a third production electric model to its range, with the Mercedes A-Class E-Cell going in to production. What? There are already two electric Mercedes in production? Well, […]
Hyundai BlueOn (Hyundai i10 Electric) revealed
Hyundai has revealed the production version of the electric i10 from Frankfurt in 2009 – the Hyundai BlueOn. Hyundai reveals the all electric Hyundai BlueOn in South Korea. With lots of fanfare about this being ‘South Korea’s first all electric car’ and intimating that Hyundai is fully committed to an electric future. Which of course is poppycock. […]