In the latest round of Euro NCAP safety test, the electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the electric Ford Mustang Mach-E both achieved five stars. Are electric cars as safe as ICE cars? Yes, of course they are, even if many non-EV drivers think the batteries are a fire risk and EVs just aren’t safe. Those […]
Tiny electric Citroen Ami goes COMMERCIAL with the Citroen Ami Cargo
The tiny electric Citreon Ami turns into a small electric ‘van’ with the arrival in the UK next year of the Citroen Ami Cargo. Back in 2019, Citroen revealed the Ami One Concept as a tiny, two-seat electric car, and it turned into the Citreon Ami in 2020 offering urban mobility with a tiny 5.5kWh […]
Tesla gets order for 100,000 Model 3 from Hertz – and tops European sales
Tesla has received an order for 100,000 Model 3 EVs from Hertz – said to be worth £3 billion – and tops the sales charts in Europe in September. The Covid pandemic has turned the world upside down in the last eighteen months, with one of the big winners Tesla as it continues to roll […]
Skoda Enyaq Coupe iV – Skoda’s take on the VW ID.5 – tested by Skoda boss
The Skoda Enyaq Coupe iV, Skoda’s take on the VW ID.5 Coupe, driven on video by Skoda boss Thomas Schäfer with design boss Oliver Stefani. It’s more than six months since the Skoda Enyaq iV went on sale in the UK as Skoda’s take on the VW ID.4, and Skoda has been busy rolling out […]
Electric Ford Mustang Mach-E OUTSELLLS the Mondeo by 3 to 1 in UK and Europe
The new electric Ford Mustang Mach-E is outsold the Ford Mondeo by three to one during Q3 2021 in the UK and Europe. Just like almost every other car maker, Ford’s sales are suffering from supply chain issues and chip shortages, but even taking that in to account, Ford’s sales numbers for Q3 2021 do […]
West Midlands Gigafactory set to produce batteries for 600,000 electric cars a year
A West Midlands Gigafactory is planned for Coventry Airport, able to produce enough batteries for 600,000 electric cars a year. As we roll inexorably in to a future of electric cars, it’s clear the UK needs to be building its own batteries rather than be reliant on overseas suppliers, and one plan – well underway […]
Volvo EV Range Assistant will ‘Optimise’ range of electric XC40 and C40 Recharge
Volvo is rolling out a new Range Assistant App via OTA for its electric XC40 Recharge to help optimise the electric range. Just as the economy on an ICE car is impacted by temperature, use of accessories and driving style, so is the range of an electric car, although all can have a much bigger […]
Ford to invest £230 million to turn Halewood in to an Electric Vehicle Components Centre
Ford is to invest £230 million in its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to turn it in to a centre for Electric Vehicle Components. Ford may not build cars in the UK anymore, but it does build a lot of components for cars in the UK, not least at the vehicle transmission centre in Halewood which […]
Electric Porsche Taycan OUTSELLS 911 and all non-SUV Porsches
The electric Porsche Taycan outsells all Porsche’s non-SUV models – including the 911 – so far in 2021 as Porsche sales rise by 13 per cent. Back in March, we reported that sales of the electric Porsche Taycan were within a whisper of the Porsche 911 as Porsche’s drive to offer proper electric cars started […]
Tesla Model Y FINALLY goes on sale in the UK
The Tesla Model Y – Tesla’s SUV take on the Model 3 – finally goes on sale in the UK as a Long Range or Performance model. The Tesla Model Y has looked set to be a bigger deal for Tesla than the Model 3, with its on the Zeitgeist SUV body and much of […]