Long gone are the years of limited choice when it comes to EVs: this year saw 100 different models of electric car now on British roads. And one of them was the UK’s cheapest new EV, the Dacia Spring costing £14,495 new. So, with a new year fast approaching what budget-friendly new EVs are coming … Read more
For anyone living under a social media rock, #vanlife has become one of the biggest viral trends of the last few years. Taking off during the pandemic, on TikTok the hashtag has been viewed more than 12 billion times, with a further 15 million posts on Instagram. The nomadic way of life is popular with … Read more
Part of the appeal of owning a Tesla for many buyers is the whole lifestyle it encompasses. You aren’t just buying an electric car, you’re buying into a zero emissions environmentally-friendly, cost effective and technologically advanced way of living. And that’s not just a EV evangelist ambition, because Tesla has a product that works hand-in-hand … Read more
Type ‘heat pumps’ into an internet search engine and you’ll get thousands of hits dedicated to weighing up the pros and cons of home energy heating systems. But many people don’t know that there’s another heat pump out there – and it’s for electric cars. The lesser known heat pumps of EVs are devices that … Read more
Toyota has revived one of its old nameplates for the second fully electric car it will bring to the UK next year. Unlike Ford, which caused huge controversy earlier this year when it adopted the iconic Capri name for its latest electric SUV that barely resembles the legendary original from the seventies and eighties, the … Read more
The radical new all-electric Jaguar on which the legendary British car firm is gambling its very existence has finally been uncaged – and it’s more pink panther than green Jaguar. Officially called the ‘Type 00’ (pronounced ‘Zero Zero), the new vehicle – officially unveiled at a glitzy event in Miami, Florida – is a monumentally-styled … Read more
Often the vehicles are not actually ‘out of charge’ but are low on charge By FREDA LEWIS-STEMPEL Updated: 00:01 GMT, 21 November 2024 It’s a big worry for a lot of apprehensive EV owners – that they’ll run out of charge and breakdown by the side of the road. But new data from the AA … Read more
Jaguar has infuriated car fans on social media with a radical new redesign that has been described as ‘woke’ and ‘unhinged’. The car firm, which is almost 100 years old, unveiled a bold rebrand yesterday worked on by a team of 800 that has ditched most of its classic iconography, including the ‘growler’ badge depicting … Read more
According to the Green Finance Institute (GFI), ‘fear of poor battery health is the single biggest barrier preventing the used EV market from taking off’. But this could soon be a worry of the past because, for the first time, a battery health grading system has been introduced into the UK’s used EV market. Used … Read more
Allows drivers to ‘test drive a Tesla without Tesla’ – for the Model Y and Model 3 By Freda Lewis-Stempel Updated: 08:40 GMT, 1 November 2024 In perhaps the most state-of-the-art test driving experience yet; Tesla’s Self-Serve programme has expanded to almost 20 new locations across the UK with Elon Musk’s brand signalling the death … Read more
