Porsche has just set a new Guinness World Record for a ridiculous stunt undertaken in an electric car. The German sports car maker used its £117,500 Taycan GTS to perform the longest ever continuous drift on ice in an EV. Achieved in Lapland on 14 January, Porsche driving instructor Jen Richter completed a continuous powerslide … Read more
Britain’s best-selling electric car has been given a comprehensive makeover for 2025 as the updated Model Y adopts styling features from the contentious Cybertruck, boasts improved aerodynamics and more range than ever before. It’s been five years since the electric SUV – which is both Tesla’s best-selling model and the world’s best-selling car of 2023 … Read more
Honda has unveiled the prototype versions of the two electric cars that could be on sale as early as next year. The 0 Saloon and 0 SUV have been debuted in Las Vegas, with the two models debut 12 months after their 0 Series concepts were revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show. Due to go … Read more
It’s a pretty well-known fact that efficiency of batteries in electric cars can decline when temperatures plummet – but just how much will winter weather wipe off the claimed range of some of the most popular EVs? Real-world tests reveal the best-case scenario will see range slashed by 16.5 per cent – and the worst … Read more
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
