Cars

Ford has sold its share in Sollers Ford, meaning it has now fully pulled out of Russia

This week, the Ford Motor Company has announced that it has sold its stake in ‘Sollers Ford’, ultimately ending the company’s presence in Russia, after 11 years running the joint venture with Sollers. Ford sold its 49% share in the joint venture for a “nominal value,” with the option to buy back the share if the situation change. Back in 2011, Ford and Sollers founded a joint venture together to […]

Now confirmed, Ford is dropping the Fiesta in 2023

Yesterday, we reported the news that it was understood that Ford was going to end production of the iconic Fiesta hatchback in 2023. The news came from The Sun at the time, but earlier today the car company has confirmed the rumour, that come June 2023 the car would be dropped from sale. The Fiesta is currently manufactured in Cologne, Germany and by June 2023, the car will be discontinued. This […]

Ford is set to end Fiesta production next year

A new report today as revealed that Ford could be planning on stopping Ford Fiesta production in 2023, due to falling demand as buyers switch to the Vauxhall Corsa and the Ford Puma. The Ford Fiesta was the best selling car in the UK for many years on the trot, but despite a recent facelift, the model hasn’t even made the top 10 best selling cars at all recently. From […]

Tesla drops the price of the the Model Y and Model 3 in China

Today, Tesla in China has reduced the prices for the Model 3 and Model Y, for all variants in the model lineups. This means that now, the base version Model Y is now eligible for any government subsidies, due to its costing less than 300,000 yuan (£36,500). This price reduction is only taking place in China, with prices in the UK and the rest of Europe remaining the same. In […]

Wireless charging for electric taxis goes live in Nottingham

In Nottingham UK, the ‘Wireless Charging of Electric Taxis’ (WiCET) project has finally gone live, after almost three years in the making. Back in January 2020, the UK government announced funding for the project and it was awarded £3.4 million to install a testing base for wireless charging taxis and earlier this month, it started working. A taxi rank in Nottingham has been converted to be able to charge electric […]

Tesla is now taking votes to build new supercharger locations

Tesla has launched a new public website where both Tesla and non Tesla owners can vote on where new locations for Supercharger charging stations will be. Earlier this year, the 35,000th Supercharger bay was installed and the company isn’t planning on slowing down anytime soon it seems. At this rate, this shows a 35% year-over-year increase in new locations over the past few years. Supercharger Voting coming soon. Reply with […]

Ford provides more information about the upcoming E-Transit Custom

Ford has recently provided more information about the upcoming E-Transit Custom. Ford announced the all new electric van earlier this year in May and it shares a platform with the Volkswagen ID. Buzz. Ford will also be updating the diesel, mild hybrid and plug-in hybrid models to share the same design as the electric version, with updated front end, interior and more. Ford showed off the new Transit Custom last […]

The amount of potential EV customers is at an all time high, but the of the cost of living crisis is harming sales

Here in the UK, one of the country’s major breakdown services, the RAC has recently ran a survey which looked at the state of motoring in 2022. The RAC spoke to 3102 UK drivers and looked at how many people are willing to switch to EVs and how many are planning to have an EV as their next car. The numbers showed that an all time high number of drivers […]

Mercedes sees increased EV sales in Q3 2022, double that of last year

Mercedes has revealed that in Q3 2022, it has had rising sales of its all electric vehicles, which includes the vans it makes too. In Q3 2022, Mercedes has seen around 30,000 sales of its pure electric vehicle range, which is expanding all the time, with the company launching many new SUV models. Compared to Q3 2022, the sales have practically doubled, with Mercedes-Benz Vans seeing 3,000 sales of electric vans […]

Audi launches new RS 3 performance edition, with 401bhp

This week, Audi revealed a new limited edition of the RS 3 with a new performance edition, which has even more power than before, with it being louder too. The Audi RS3 is already considered one of the most powerful hot hatchbacks out there, with its only rival being the Mercedes-AMG A45 S. The new RS 3 performance edition isn’t coming to the UK, as it is being produced in […]