The new Porsche Taycan Turbo GT arrives to top the Taycan range, with a brace of track records already under its belt and a hardcore Weissach model too. Back in January, we revealed that a new Porsche Tyacan – which we assumed to be the Taycan Turbo GT – set a new EV lap record […]
Now the electric Kia EV9 SUV grabs the UK Car of the Year gong too
The electric Kia EV9 seven-seat SUV has been voted the UK Car of the Year Award, adding to its WWCOTY gong a few days ago. When we revealed the finalists in the 2024 UK Car of the Year Awards at the start of the month, we moaned that, with five BEVs in a finalist list […]
Electric Rivian R2, R3 and R3X SUVs REVEALED – and they’ll be heading across the Pond
Rivian reveals the Rivian R2, R3 and R3X to sit below the range-topping R1 models. And they look set to hit the UK. Rivian has been a bit of a slow burn, taking a decade to go from inception to its first electric models – the R1T and R1S pick-up and SUV – delivering EVs […]
Kia EV9 is Women’s World Car of the Year 2024 – wins too for Volvo EX30, BMW 5 Series and more
The electric Kia EV9 is the Women’s World Car of the Year 2024, and category winners include the Aston Martin DB12 and Volvo EX30. It’s fifteen years this year since the Women’s World Car of the Year awards started, a creation of New Zealand motoring journalist Sandy Myhre – who is still Honorary President – […]
New Lotus Emeya electric Hyper-GT goes on sale to take on the Porsche Taycan
The new Lotus Emeya Hyper GT goes on sale in the UK, with the range-topping Emeya R boasting 905bhp and costing £129,950. The electric Porsche Taycan has sold well to businesses in the UK taking advantage of tax breaks on EVs, but the apparent success of the Taycan perhaps hides a harsher reality. There are […]
New Volvo EX30 BOOSTS Volvo’s EV sales to 22% in February 2024
The start of deliveries of the new electric Volvo EX30 has seen Volvo’s BEV sales reach 22% of the total despite a drop in overall sales. Back in the summer, Volvo revealed the smallest SUV so far with the arrival of the electric EX30, which starts at a relatively affordable £33k and, although it’ll cost […]
New electric Porsche Taycan Turbo ‘GT’ TEASED ahead of imminent reveal
A new range-topping Porsche Taycan – expected to be the Taycan Turbo GT – is teased ahead of a debut on 11 March 2024. The first EV from Porsche – the Porsche Taycan – has been quite the success for Porsche as deep-pocketed businesses grab BIK-busting status symbols for their most valued employees, although the […]
Hyundai Ioniq 5 UPDATED for 2024 with bigger battery, new N Line trim and cosmetic tweaks
The electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 gets a facelift for 2024 with cosmetic tweaks, a bigger battery, more buttons and N Line trim. It seems like five minutes since the electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 arrived as Hyundai got properly serious about EVs, and it still looks like a concept car made real. But it’s three years […]
BMW i5, Volvo EX30, Hyundai Ioniq 6 and more grab UK Car of the Year Awards
Category winners in the 2024 UK Car of the Year are announced and include the BMW i5, Volvo EX30 and Renault Clio. Earlier this week, we had the announcement at the Geneva Motor Show that the Renault Scenic E-Tech has been awarded the 2024 European Car of the Year. Nest up is the 2024 UK […]
New Tesla Roadster will debut this year and will hit 60mph in UNDER 1.0 second, says Elon Musk
The much-touted new Tesla Roadster will finally debut this year, says Elon Musk, and hit 60mph in under 1.0 second. We’ve got used over the years to Tesla debuting a new model with big promises on when it will be delivered, with the Tesla Cybertruck first shown in 2019 with the promise it would hit […]