ELECTRIC CARS

The MINI we know and love gets an all-electric update to celebrate its 60th anniversary Take one of the most popular cars in the UK, choose the best-selling body style, throw in a battery pack and surely, y...

The time has come for Mercedes-AMG to rethink the C63 and the next stage in its evolution is a hybrid powertrain Now, it’s understandable that a lack of V8 may be hard for many to come to terms with, but ...

Lightyear are dedicated to progressing the efficiency of solar powered vehicles and the Lightyear One has an already impressive claimed range of 450 miles! If you go green and buy an electric car, then you ...

The Jaguar XJ is coming back, and this time its electric Rumours of an all-electric XJ have been flying around for the last few years, but we finally have confirmation from Jaguar themselves that it’s rea...

Any talk of the future of cars and the rise of electric vehicles over the past few years will naturally focus on the green and clean aspect. Recently, I also mentioned the possibility that this advancing au...

Anyone who has been reading with interest news concerning the launch of the Polestar 2 might find they can get a closer look at it this summer. It has been revealed that as part of a promotional drive for t...

Volkwagen has unveiled its new zero-emission ID. ROO MZZ SUV and confirmed that the series version will be initially launched in China from 2021. The car manufacturing giant used the Brand SUV Night and the...

Is electric car design holding back the growth of the EV market? There are many reasons why electric cars haven’t become mainstream yet; they’re expensive, range can be limited, there’s not enough ch...

The Model 3 is finally available in the UK, but is it what you expected? By Steve Jurvetson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/35418225484/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid...

The 2019 Geneva Motor Show saw the latest resurrection of Spanish luxury car brand Hispano Suiza, which used the event to debut the fully-electric Carmen grand tourer. Between 1904 and 1946, Hispano Suiza d...

Tesla are once again in the news for all the wrong reasons, unfortunately In a swift, unannounced move, Tesla have decided to drastically reduce the prices of their “Model S” saloon and “Model X” ...

In the future, cars won’t be electric, they’ll be hydrogen Motorsports such as Formula 1, MotoGP and WEC have been shaping the car industry for decades now. So many car technologies and innovations ca...

Volkswagen to Reveal New Electric Beach Buggy Nothing screams summer like a beach buggy, and Volkswagen have just brightened up a rather cold winter with news that a new Meyers Manx inspired dune bu...

We should give classic car conversions a chance! Going electric isn’t all bad, here’s why. Many classic car fans hate to see their favourite bangers converted into silent and “soulless” electr...

There are loads of great new cars arriving in UK showrooms this year. We’ve already told you about many of them here and one thing you may have noticed from that list is that a fair few of them are e...

Cast your mind back to the long hot summer of 2018, and that classic Royal Wedding Jaguar with a twist. The Jaguar E-Type Concept Zero looked like a classic E-Type, but had an all-electric powertrain under the...

Will it ever be just as quick to charge a car as it is to fill up with petrol? We’re all too familiar with the limitations of owning an electric vehicle. Short range, high prices and the inconvenience of cha...

Nissan’s new electric race car has just been revealed in Tokyo. The second-generation Leaf NISMO RC, which was unveiled at Nissan Crossing in the city’s Ginza district, features more than twice the maximum...

2019 will be a year to celebrate the MINI reaching 60 years old. The hugely iconic small car has survived in part due a very successful BMW reboot in 2001. While small city cars are all the rage now, the MINI,...

Potential electric car buyers don’t need to worry about range anxiety, research finds Electric cars have many positive things going for them. There are no tailpipe emissions, they look like they’re driven ...

The benefits of electric vehicles (EV) are well documented, but they can be fickle and unpredictable when it comes to precisely how far you can go in them. Various factors affect the number of miles possible i...

Fantastic classic cars, with electric drivetrains Opinions are divided when it comes to seeing gorgeous old bangers, such as the Jaguar E-Type, being stripped of their soulful engines and instead, powered by t...

Green license plates could soon become a reality in the UK. With countries such as Norway and Canada already utilising the green plate initiative, the idea is a tried and tested one and is likely to come into ...

Every type of car has its Achilles’ heel. Diesels have the fuel economy but a dirty rep due to elevated NOx emissions. Petrols tend to be nippier but can be weak on mpg. Electric vehicles (EVs) manage to com...