After the March new-plate registration period, the number of part-exchanged models has boosted the choice for buyers. As car buyers across the country gear up to upgrade their vehicles, searches for “new car deals” have skyrocketed by 30% over the last three months. With more drivers than ever looking to make a smart purchase, understanding how to secure a … [Read more...]
Looking good to go with Genesis
For the 2023 model year, Genesis Motor Europe is introducing a number of new state-of-the art biometric features to the GV60, the brand’s first dedicated electric SUV. While already offering an unmatched level of premium design and technology since its launch earlier this year, GV60 will offer the world’s first face recognition technology for keyless entry … [Read more...]
EV interest growing, but there’s range anxiety
A quarter (26%) of car hirers would like to hire an electric car to test one out, and a fifth (20%) would like to ‘do their bit’ for the environment (17% men and 23% women). However the survey carried out by Opinium, on behalf of iCarhireinsurance.com, a leading provider of stand-alone car hire excess insurance, did find some barriers to hiring an … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: VW ID.3 Family Pro Performance
Volkswagen’s ID.3 is their first purpose-built electric car and it’s good. About the same size as a Golf, the new modular electric drive matrix powertrain and floorpan gives it the interior space of the larger Passat. The flexibility of the floorpan is mirrored by the range of batteries and motors that can be chosen to power it in a handful of … [Read more...]
Newslines 11 May
The unique Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric range is on sale from just under £37,000 and rising to £48,145. Purpose-designed on a completely new platform, it can be charged to near capacity in 18 minutes, with maximum range of 300 miles and comes with a either 58kWh or 73kWh batteries, rear or all-wheel-drive. Subaru’s all-new Outback is in showrooms 27 May from … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: MG5 EV estate
All credit must go to the new MG5 EV Estate. As many manufacturers fall over themselves to produce what are essentially the same pure electric cars in hatchbacks or saloon styles, the MG5 stands out from a crowd of challengers because it has none, at least no pure electric estate cars in this price bracket. The MG5 estate sounds unremarkable but that … [Read more...]
£2 Billion Dyson electric car project stops
The £2-Billion Dyson electric car project is dead. In an email to staff yesterday, Sir James Dyson said it was no longer considered a commercially viable project and the 500 people engaged in developing the car would be relocated. Dyson had been working on his idea for a groundbreaking mass market electric car for over three years and bought a former UK … [Read more...]
