Mazda has announced that its new Mazda 2 Hybrid is now on sale in the UK, with prices starting at £20,300. The new model is based on the Toyota Yaris Hybrid and will be sold alongside the existing petrol 2. Orders have opened today, with the first customer deliveries to start in May. The Mazda 2 is based on the Yaris, but interestingly it is £520 cheaper. The standard petrol […]
Tesla has been adding support for other electric cars to charge at its Supercharger network for a little while now, in the Netherlands. The company started a small pilot in November 2021 with just ten Supercharger stations having support. Now, all 36 Supercharger stations in the Netherlands can accept Tesla’s to charge as well as any third party models. Tesla is also going to be starting expanding the program to […]
BMW has released a new high performance variant of the already rapid, all electric iX SUV. This marks the first EV from the M performance division inside BMW. For the cars size, it has some impressive specifications, with 611bhp, 811lb ft of torque and a 0-60mph time of 3.9 seconds. Price is from £111,905. This new model will be available in the UK this summer and follows on from the standard […]
Škoda has launched its very first electric vRS model, geared towards performance. The vRS brand has been around a for a long time and is Škoda’s equivalent to Volkswagen’s GTI performance brand, with VW now using the GTX name for its performance electric cars. The new Enyaq Coupe iV vRS has a dual motor system with 295bhp, with a 0-60mph time of 6.5 seconds. Top speed here is 111mph and […]
DMC is bringing the famous DeLorean name back later this year for a new all electric sports car. The DeLorean Motor Company is now owned by Stephen Wynne, who acquired the rights to the name in 1995. He is now doing something with the DMC branding with a new take on the sports car, but this time it’ll be all electric. The DeLorean EVolved will be announced at some stage […]
Kia has only just launched the new Sportage PHEV here in the UK and Europe, but it is already planning on launching it over in the US soon. Kia announced the new news last week that the plug in hybrid version will be the only version to be available, which will be in Q3 of this year. This variant has a 66.9kWh electric motor, powered by a 13.8kWh battery pack. […]
Tesla has recently announced that it will not be launching any new models this year, with the year 2023 set as the earliest this will happen. The company is currently focusing on getting out of the supply chain issues and making sure it can produce enough cats in a global scale. Tesla has the Roadster, Semi and Cybertruck all waiting to be released and all of them were announced a […]
MG has launched a new cheaper variant of its MG ZS EV this week, with 198 miles of range at a £27,495 price tag. This now makes it one of the cheapest electric SUVs on sale in the UK, with a much improved range over the standard model by 35 miles. MG still offers versions with more range, with the ZS EV Long Range with 273 miles of range for […]
Ford has had to reduce its output of vehicles manufactured in the US, due to the ongoing chip shortage which is affecting a wide array of industries worldwide. Ford US spoke to Reuters last week who said that it would be either stopping or reducing production at eight of its factories in the US, Canada and Mexico. The start of this commenced today. Ford has had issues relating to the […]
Ford has had some excellent sales numbers for its increasing line of electric vehicles, with the new hybrid Maverick and all electric F-150 Lightning pickup enjoying high preorder numbers. During its Q4 earnings call this week, Ford CEO Jim Farley said the company is working hard to take electric vehicles more mainstream and to date, 275,000 all electric Fords have been either ordered or reserved. In January, the company revealed […]
