Electric Vehicles

MG ZS EV updated with more range and redesigned front end

MG has updated its ZS EV today, with a larger battery pack, redesigned front end, new interior with updated tech and more. The ZS now has much more range, thanks to its larger battery pack, which has been increased from 44.5kWh to 72kWh. The new larger battery has posted the range from 163 miles to 273 miles, in the Long Range model. There is also a standard model, which has […]

Tesla sold over 240,000 cars during Q3

Despite other car companies seeing quite a decline in sales, it seems Tesla is selling a lot of cars lately. During Q3 2021, the company sold 241,300 which is 102,000 more than it did in Q3 2020. In fact, this is the most cars Tesla has ever sold in a given quarter. Elsewhere in the car industry, other companies are seeing drops, GM sold 446,997 cars in Q3 2021, which […]

London’s largest Taxi company, Addison Lee to go fully electric by 2023

Addison Lee, one of the largest private taxi companies in London has announced plans to go fully electric by 2023. The company is investing £160 million to switch its entire fleet from combustion to EV and it’ll start the roll out with 450 Volkswagen ID 4 SUVs. This is only a small amount so far, the company has around 4,000 taxis on the roads – but it has committed to […]

Citroën starts taking reservations for the all electric Ami in the UK

Citroën announced last month that the all electric Ami would be coming to the UK in 2022, thanks to quite a bit of demand from potential customers. Already, around 12,000 people have signed up with Citroën to declare an interest and now the order books have opened, interested customers can put down £250, which is full refundable to pre-order the Ami. The Ami will then be available by around spring […]

Nissan launches new Townstar panel van, with electric and petrol available

Nissan has today announced the all new Townstar small panel van, with both petrol and electric options available – but no diesel. The all electric version is replacing the e-NV200, that van shares the same platform and battery tech as the Leaf. The Townstar is very similar in size to the Peugeot Partner and Citroen Berlingo, both of which also have combustion and pure electric drivetrains. The Townstar shares the […]

Citroën is launching the Ami in the UK next year

Citroën is bringing the all electric Ami to the UK in 2022, due to some measured demand from 12,000 people who have put their names down, showing an interest into purchasing one. Citroën wasn’t originally planning on selling the small quadricycle here at all, but the managing director at the company have the project the green light. Citroën isn’t really changing much to make the Ami suitable for the UK […]

Volkswagen announces that all ID models are to receive regular software updates

Earlier this week, Volkswagen has announced that going forward, all of its ID models that are on sale and future models will be receiving regular software updates over-the-air with an aim to help improve the infotainment system and even improve the range of the car, through software. This doesn’t really sound like anything new – Tesla has been doing this for a number of years now with the Model 3, […]

Electric car chargers now have to be installed on new homes

England is now the first country in the world to enforce the installation of new electric car chargers on new-build homes, this comes as the deadline for the ban of new cars sold that are only combustion based is in 2030, after that any new cars sold have to be pure electric or hybrid, 2035 onwards any new cars sold have to be pure electric only. The need for good […]

Mercedes announces new electric G-Wagen concept

Mercedes has recently shown off a new concept car version of the G-Wagen, this time as a full electric off road version. Mercedes hasn’t said much about the Concept EQG, as it is called with no details regarding the range, power, battery size or anything. The only thing we do know is that it will be four wheel drive. Mercedes is working on a number of all electric cars, with […]

UK police trialling Ford Mustang Mach-E

UK police forces are to start trials of the new, all electric Ford Mustang Mach-E. The concept car was unveiled by Ford today at the Emergency Services Show in Birmingham. According to Ford, a number of forces around the country had put in requests to start looking at the all electric SUV from Ford. Seven police forces in the UK, the Metropolitan Police, Sussex, Surrey, South Wales, Dyfed-Powys, Devon and Cornwall, […]