The new Hyundai Inster – Hyundai’s new baby electric SUV – comes with a choice of two battery sizes and two trim levels and costs from £23,495. Back in the summer, Hyundai revealed the Inster, a new ‘budget’ little electric SUV based on the Korea-only Hyundai Casper, suitably stretched and with a relatively modest electric […]
Vauxhall SLASHES prices of Electric Astra and Corsa plus free goodies to try and flog EVs
Vauxhall is cutting the price of the electric Astra and electric Corsa, and offering free goodies, in an effort to bolster EV sales. The Government is heavily involved in the slow bankruptcy of car makers by forcing EVs on us – despite little appetite from normal buyers – with big fines for car makers who […]
New Electric Peugeot E-408 OFFICIALLY revealed
The new electric Peugeot E-408 joins Peugeot’s 408 range of ICE and Hybrid options promising range of up to 281 miles. The Peugeot 408 – Peugeot’s take on the Citroen C5X with its blurring of category norms; is it a Hatch? Is it a Fastback? Is it a Crossover? – was revealed back in 2022 […]
Skoda Elroq Electric SUV REVEALED – undercuts the Volvo EX30 and Kia Niro EV
The Skoda Elroq – Skoda’s second electric SUV – is revealed ahead of going on sale in the UK on 18 October with prices from £31,500. You can’t have failed to notice that Skoda has a new EV – the Skoda Elroq – to sit below the Enyaq as a sort of Karoq EV, and […]
New Lexus RZ 300e electric SUV UK prices and specs announced
The new Lexus RZ 300e – a single-motor version of the electric RZ – is available in four trim levels with prices from £49,995. It’s more than two years since the Lexus RZ 450e arrived as the Lexus take on the Toyota bZ4X, suitably gentrified as a Lexus should be and offering an AWD powertrain […]
New Electric Renault 4 E-Tech TEASED ahead of Paris debut
The new Electric Renault 4 E-Tech is teased in new images ahead of a debut at the Paris Motor Show on 14 October 2024. We’re getting used to car makers delivering new EVs sporting ‘Heritage’ names, with the likes of Ford with the Capri returning as an electric Crossover and the Mustang badge attached to […]
New Electric Peugeot E-408 to debut on 2 October
The Peugeot powertrain offerings for the 408 to increase with the arrival of the electric Peugeot E-408 in Paris on 1 October 2024. It’s two years since the Peugeot 408 arrived as a sort of Crossover come hatch – and Peugeot’s take on the on the Citroen C5 X – offering a choice of petrol […]
New Electric Skoda Elroq – aimed at EVs like the Ford Explorer – to debut on 1 October
The new Skoda Elroq, a new EV from Skoda around the size of the Karoq, will debut on 1 October to join Skoda’s EV offerings. You do have to wonder sometimes how much joined-up thinking goes into marketing new cars ahead of a debut. Yes, it’s important to build a bit of interest ahead of […]
Electric MINI Aceman John Cooper Works LEAKED ahead of October debut
The electric MINI Aceman JCW is revealed by China’s MIIT ahead of an official debut at the Paris Motor Show on 14 October. It’s just a few days since we saw the first photos – and published a bunch of information – on the new MINI John Cooper Works E ahead of a debut at […]
Electric Car sales DOWN by 70% in Germany in August and 44% EU-wide
Electric car sales in the EU in August 2024 fell by 43.9%, with BEV sales in Germany falling a dramatic 69.8%. No one can have failed to notice that our political masters’ obsession with throwing away a century of internal combustion-powered innovations and force us into white-good EVs is plunging the car industry into a […]