Vauxhall, Citroen and Peugeot – Stellantis businesses all – announce the end of ICE-powered versions of their individual MPVs in Europe. It may be 2030 before we’re all forced to buy EVs if we want a new car, but the way things are going it’s going to be difficult to get an ICE car long […]
Should we start turning Petrol Stations in to EV Charging Hubs? Shell already is.
Shell has started turning existing petrol stations in to EV hubs, with a new rapid charge hub for electric cars in Fulham, London. There was a time, not so long ago, that the UK was dotted with more than 40,000 petrol stations, many in villages with just a pump or two and a little old […]
New Sony Vision S 02 Electric SUV REVEALED – is Sony planning to take on Tesla?
The Sony Vision S 02 Electric SUV is revealed at the CES Show as an SUV take on Sony’s previous Vision S Concept saloon. Back at the CES show in 2020 – before Covid turned the world upside down – Sony revealed the Sony Vision-S Concept as an electric saloon clearly taking aim at the […]
BMW iX M60 electric SUV ARRIVES with £15k premium over the iX xDrive50
The BMW iX M60 electric SUV is revealed to top the new BMW iX range, with 611bhp and 811lb/ft of torque. Costs from £111,905. A couple of days ago we had the first photo of the new range-topping BMW iX M60, and now it’s been officially revealed ahead of going on sale in the summer […]
Toyota Hilux GR Sport REVEALED as Toyota gives its Pick-up a GR Sport makeover
The Toyota Hilux GR Sport arrives to top Toyota’s Hilux Pick-up range, with a GR Sport makeover inside and out and tweaked suspension. Toyota has been busy of late rolling out GR Sport versions across its range – like the Corolla GR Sport and C-HR GR Sport – and now it’s the turn of the […]
Electric Mercedes Vision EQXX Concept – 620-mile range, 198bhp and surprisingly compact
The electric Mercedes Vision EQXX Concept is revealed with low weight, slippery shape, compact size, 198bhp and a range of 620 miles. Mercedes has been busy teasing the Vision EQXX Concept for a while as a look at the future of EVs, and now it arrives. And it does deliver a few surprises. Perhaps the […]
Tesla delivered 936,172 electric cars in 2021 – up almost 90% on 2020
Tesla delivered a record-breaking 936,172 electric cars in 2021, up by 87 per cent on 2021, the vast majority the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y. Volkswagen may be on a mission to be the world’s most prolific maker of electric cars, but it’s got a way to go to challenge Tesla as the US […]
BMW iX M60 EV with over 600bhp LEAKS ahead of tomorrow’s online reveal
A new range-topping BMW iX – the BMW iX M60 – will be revealed online tomorrow, ahead of which it leaks out on Instagram. It’s more than a year since the BMW iX was revealed, although we only got prices and specs last spring, with an initial offering of the 300bhp iX xDrive 40 and […]
Ford Capri, Cortina, Escort, Granada and Orion RETURNING as Electric Cars?
Ford has filed trademark applications for Capri, Cortina, Escort, Granada and Orion, raising the prospect of old badges for new EVs. When Ford decided to attach the Mustang badge to their new electric SUV, many thought it sacrilege to use such an iconic badge on a new EV SUV. But despite the moans, it does […]
L-Charge rolling out rapid MOBILE charging for electric cars
Russian start-up L-Charge will launch rapid mobile EV charging in London in the spring using units powered by Hydrogen and LNG. We are rapidly going down the EV route in the UK, with just eight years to go before the sale of ICE cars is banned and we all have to buy into the EV […]