Mercedes has revealed the first running prototype of its electric Gullwing Supercar – the Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell – resplendent in its tennis-ball yellow paint job. We called it the Mercedes SLS AMG eDrive when we first talked about an electric SLS Gullwing last year. Although to be fair that’s what Mercedes called it when they gave […]
Toyota Prius plug-in hits UK
Toyota are trialing 20 Prius plug-in hybrids in London in conjunction with EDF energy to assess real world usage. The next step in the Toyota Prius story is the plug-in Prius, which adds some Lithium-Ion batteries to the mix and the ability to plug the Prius in to the mains to get a usable kick-start to your day’s […]
Report: Electric cars will NEVER be a viable alternative
E&T Magazine – the magazine of the Institution of Engineering and Technology – has produced a report saying electric cars will NEVER be a viable alternative. Let’s clarify that headline very slightly. Electric cars will never be a viable alternative to conventional cars with an internal combustion engine. That is the finding of a report […]
Vauxhall Ampera Hybrid – No range anxiety
Vauxhall are promoting a 350 mile run round the UK in a Vauxhall Ampera as the “Longest single road trip ever for an electric vehicle in the UK”. Except it’s a Hybrid. We’ve been moaning quite a bit about the claims being made by car makers for their electric cars. We understand that a big […]
Electric car range – time for some honesty
Cars UK is calling on Secretary of State for Transport Philip Hammond to address the false and misleading range claims by makers of electric cars. We reported last week that Gordon Murray – he of the McLaren F1 – has created what seems to us the ideal electric car – the Gordon Murray Design T.27 […]
Gordon Murray T.27 Electric City Car – EXACTLY what an EV should be
Gordon Murray has revealed more detail of the T.27, his electric city car concept developed for i-Stream production. Gordon Murray is an automotive genius. He created the car many would consider to be the zenith in performance road cars – the McLaren F1. And now he’s turned his hand to what many consider the antithesis of the F1 – […]
Nissan LEAF EV – 19,000 orders already
Nissan has revealed that pre-orders of the Nissan LEAF EV are already at 19,000, almost twice the anticipated first year production. Nissan has an aim to build more electric cars than anyone else – and sooner. And that aim has had a big boost with news that there have already been 19,000 pre-orders for the […]
Mercedes installing EV charging at UK Dealers
Mercedes are rolling out Electric Car recharging points across their dealer network in the UK Maybe they planned it before the news that the new Government are considering withdrawing the planned subsidy for electric cars. Or maybe not. But whichever it is Mercedes has started installing EV charging stations at its UK dealers. So far […]
Hyundai/Kia – the Hydrogen push.
The Kia Borrego FCEV Hyundai/Kia expect to be making 1-2,ooo fuel cell vehicles in the next two years, rising to more than 50,000 a year later this decade. Hyundai and Kia are making huge strides in to the mainstream car buyer’s conscientiousness. They’ve managed – in just a short time – to move from being […]
Electric Cars will depreciate 90 per cent in 5 years
Glass’s Guide has predicted that electric cars will lose 90% of their value in the first five years of ownership over fears of the cost of battery replacement. Now there’s a figure to make your eyes water and you wallet bleed. Glass’s Guide reckon that the electric cars about to go on sale in the […]