The new Volkswagen ID. Buzz has been crowned Electric Car of the Year at the prestigious Top Gear Electric Awards 2022.
Judges praised the ID. Buzz which goes on sale later this year for its iconic style, which pays homage to the original Volkswagen T1’s design.
British electric car charging specialist EZ-Charge is preparing to ramp-up production of its self-developed 22kWh charging unit after proposed government legislation made it the perfect off-the-shelf solution for local authorities across the UK.
The Bicester-based start-up could ultimately create dozens of jobs at the brand’s Oxfordshire HQ and across the UK, with the plan to manufacture charging units with local partners to add social value and minimise environmental impact.
National electric vehicle (EV) charging network GeniePoint is the latest to come online with Zap-Pay, the simple way to pay for EV charging across networks from within Zap-Map, the UK’s leading EV mapping service.
As of last week, GeniePoint – with its broad range of rapid and destination chargers at locations such as Morrisons and Premier Inn – is now fully up and running as an established Zap-Pay partner. The network is the fourth to come online with Zap-Pay – following Osprey, ESB Energy and char.gy.
Global distributors of competition and fast road shock absorbers, Protech, has supplied a bespoke engineered shock absorber for an episode of BBC’s ‘The Speedshop’.
Approached by the presenter of the show, Titch Cormack, Protech was challenged to create a specialist shock for a sidecar that would be comfortable and safe for close friend Toby Gutteridge, an ex-Royal Marine left paralysed from the neck down following a term in Afghanistan and who had a burning desire to experience his pre-injury passion for riding motorbikes, so Titch and Toby developed a plan to create a specially adapted sidecar.
Honda and General Motors will collaborate on a new generation of electric cars for 2027.
The two will look at making millions of evs for global sale as compact crossovers with ‘affordable’ prices.
If you’re planning a visit to Spain, there’s a new exhibition on cars and their place in art.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Motion. Autos, Art, Architecture, sponsored by Iberdrola and Volkswagen Group. and which challenges the separate silos of these disciplines and explores how they are visually and culturally linked, running from 8 April until 18 September.
