The Tesla Model 3 is now the first ever electric vehicle to be officially approved as a yellow cab in New York City. The car was approved for use as a yellow cab over a year ago in October 2019. The Model 3 is also in use in the Netherlands where 100 are in use at the moment at the airport in Amsterdam. This is certainly good to see at […]
This is the brand new BMW iX, the company’s first all electric flagship SUV and it’s certainly an interesting looking car. The iX will go on sale in late 2021 and it’s a five seat SUV which looks like it is taking on the very capable Tesla Model X – as it has 500bhp, a range of 373 miles and can do 0-60mph in under five seconds. The first thing […]
Yesterday, Tesla announced that it now has 20,000 Superchargers world wide and quite a lot of expansion has come in the last few months, for example in September of this year Tesla had 17,500 chargers with a lot of new ones being the new V3 which is capable of adding 1,000 miles of range to a car per hour. 20k Superchargers and counting pic.twitter.com/urudyt9Eui — Tesla (@Tesla) November 8, 2020 […]
Volvo has recently announced that it will begin selling all electric “heavy-duty” trucks next year with large mass production starting the following year. Volvo already has some smaller more urban focused trucks with the Volvo FE Electric and EF Electric models which are designed to complete shorter journeys. These two models went on sale last year. Volvo is also planning on much longer range trucks, to launch “in this decade” […]
Earlier this week, Vauxhall revealed the prices for the new Crossland SUV, gone is the X from the name and it has a brand new face to match Vauxhall’s look going forward. The base spec SE model is £19,060 all the way up to £27,430 for the top of the range model. All cars inside LED headlights, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Higher spec models add reversing camera and rear […]
Volkswagen announced the all new Caddy van back in February of this year, the new van sits on the MQB platform for the first time, giving the car more room and a larger distance between the arches. At the time, nothing was known about the pricing, just that it has a very similar interior to the new Golf 8. We now know that the Caddy will start at £17,800 when […]
Today, as previewed Volkswagen has announced the all new Golf R which is based on the brand new Golf 8 which went on sale earlier this year in the summer. Volkswagen is starting to fill out the line up for the eighth generation Golf, we already have the base line of cars, the Golf GTI has already gone on sale, with a Clubsport coming soon and the all important estate […]
Jonny Smith, a man best known for Fifth Gear and Smith and Sniff – a podcast he runs with Richard Porter, who was the script editor for Top Gear throughout the Clarkson era and now The Grand Tour sat down with current presenter of Top Gear, Chris Harris. Chris is a former writer for Autocar and is a racing driver and has been making videos on YouTube before he joined Top Gear and is a very well respected man in […]
The new Golf 8 went on sale back in June and so far we’;eve seen the new GTI, GTI Clubsport, GTE and the GTD – but, the flagship Golf R has been missing up until now, VW teased the image above yesterday with an announcement date of tomorrow, 4th November. The Golf R has always been a more serious car than its GTI relative, with more power, planted four wheel […]
Here in the UK, Shell has stopped selling LPG gas on its forecourts due to low demand from customers. Shell supplied Autogas, which was a joint venture between Calor and Shell and the last Shell garage to stop selling did so on 29th October 2020. “Autogas is a joint venture between Shell and Calor and, although drivers of LPG vehicles will no longer be able to refuel at Autogas sites […]
