Nissan has revealed that the price of the electric Nissan LEAF is rising to £30,000 – before it’s even hit the road in the UK. Weren’t the prices of electric cars supposed to plummet as soon as they went from being a tiny niche to something resembling real production? Nissan has – quietly – revealed that the […]
Vauxhall Ampera Price revealed
Vauxhall has revealed that the range-extender Vauxhall Ampera will cost £33,995 when it launches in 2012. Sensibly, Vauxhall has chosen to reveal the price of the range-extender Vauxhall Ampera on the day it was included on the list of cars eligible for the £5,000 taxpayer subsidy for plug-in cars. Vauxhall will be getting £33,995 for every Ampera […]
Nissan LEAF to come with stand-by ‘Real’ car
It’s being reported that Nissan are planning on offering free petrol or diesel cars to all buyers of the electric Nissan LEAF to assuage ‘Range Anxiety’. Oh, dear. We did laugh. And not just at the irony, but more at the fact that we don’t think Nissan realise what they’re saying. It’s being reported that […]
Report: Electric cars will NEVER be a viable alternative
E&T Magazine – the magazine of the Institution of Engineering and Technology – has produced a report saying electric cars will NEVER be a viable alternative. Let’s clarify that headline very slightly. Electric cars will never be a viable alternative to conventional cars with an internal combustion engine. That is the finding of a report […]
Vauxhall Ampera Hybrid – No range anxiety
Vauxhall are promoting a 350 mile run round the UK in a Vauxhall Ampera as the “Longest single road trip ever for an electric vehicle in the UK”. Except it’s a Hybrid. We’ve been moaning quite a bit about the claims being made by car makers for their electric cars. We understand that a big […]
Electric car range – time for some honesty
Cars UK is calling on Secretary of State for Transport Philip Hammond to address the false and misleading range claims by makers of electric cars. We reported last week that Gordon Murray – he of the McLaren F1 – has created what seems to us the ideal electric car – the Gordon Murray Design T.27 […]