The electric Nissan LEAF has grabbed another ‘best used electric car’ award at the DrivingElectric awards this week. There was a time, not so very long ago, when the only real choice you had if you wanted a proper car with an electric powertrain, was a Nissan LEAF. The real pioneer of EVs, Nissan’s LEAF […]
Euro NCAP 5 STARS for 11 cars from Land Rover Discovery Sport to VW ID. Buzz and MG4 EV
The last Euro NCAP tests of 2022 are in, with 11 of the 14 cars tested – including three Chinese cars – gaining a full five stars. The last round of Euro NCAPO tests for 2022 has now been completed, and the majority of cars tested – 11 out of the 14 – managed to […]
New Skoda Enyaq iV vRS on sale in January – costs as much as its VW ID.4 GTX sibling
The new Skoda Enyaq iV vRS – Skoda’s take on the VW ID.4 GTX – goes on sale in the UK in January costing as much as its VW sibling. Want a cheap VW? Then buying its Skoda equivalent has always been good advice. But not anymore. Skoda revealed its take on the VW ID.4 […]
New Volvo EX30 electric SUV CONFIRMED for 2023 by Volvo boss
Volvo’s new compact SUV to sit under the ’40’ range is confirmed by Volvo boss to be the electric Volvo XC30, arriving in 2023. Last month Volvo revealed the new Volvo EX90 as an electric replacement for the XC90, although we’re expecting the XC90 to carry on for a few years yet – with a […]
Munro Mk 1 is an electric Ineos Grenadier-challenging ‘REAL’ Land Rover Defender
The Munro Mk 1 is revealed as an electric ‘Made in Scotland’ challenger to the Ineos Grenadier delivering proper workhorse abilities. For those potential buyers disappointed by the new, more upmarket, Land Rover Defender, we now have the Ineos Grenadier, promising to be a more rugged workhorse and costing much the same as a new […]
Second-Generation electric VW ID.3 TEASED ahead of 2023 debut
The tease begins for the second-generation electric Volkswagen ID.3 which will arrive in 2023 with updated styling, infotainment and material quality. It’s a bit more than three years since VW’s plan to redeem its Dieslegate shenanigans by diving headlong into electric cars began in earnest with the arrival of the electric VW ID.3. That arrival […]
Nissan e-4orce 04 is Nissan’s new ‘Cherry Blossom’ Formula E car
Nissan reveals its new Gen 3 car for the upcoming Formula E series with more power, higher top speed and a new ‘Cherry Blossom’ livery. Formula 1 may still be the ‘Premier’ racing series, but with the world and his dog being coerced (and more) to move from ICE to EV, Formula E motor racing […]
New ELECTRIC Vauxhall Astra, and electric Astra Estate, revealed ahead of a 2023 debut
Vauxhall reveals the first look at a new electric Astra – and electric Astra Sports Tourer – ahead of an arrival in summer 2023. It’s more than three years since the electric Vauxhall Corsa-e arrived to start Vauxhall’s quest to be delivering only electric cars by 2028, since when we’ve also had the arrival of […]
Electric Volvo XC40 and C40 Recharge going REAR-Wheel Drive with bigger battery too – Polestar 2 to follow?
Reports from Europe say Volvo is changing the electric XC40 and C40 Recharge to rear-wheel drive, and installing a bigger battery. Petrolheads always think of rear-wheel drive cars as the proper solution to getting power on the road, although four-wheel drive performance cars are now commonplace as cars become ever more powerful. But more prosaic […]
Electric Polestar 2 hits 100,000 – and the UK has 10,000 of them
The electric Polestar 2, the first full EV from Volvo’s offshoot, passes the 100k mark, with 10 per cent of those in the UK. It’s five years since Polestar revealed its first car after morphing from a Volvo performance badge to a fully-fledged brand, with the Polestar 1 a performance PHEV Coupe with 592bhp, great […]