The benefits of electrification are not just about making cars cleaner and more fuel efficient. There are also real opportunities to deliver a more exciting driving experience, as Lexus’s radical new RX 500h F Sport Performance model proves. This exclusive member of the all-new RX family of large luxury SUVs is a new kind of hybrid electric model – one with a primary focus on performance. The … [Read more...]
MG4 ev begins under £26,000
MG is announcing more specifications of its all-new, much-anticipated MG4 EV – an all-electric hatchback dedicated to offering customers space, technology, affordability and driving quality. The all-electric hatchback range promises to offer UK customers affordable zero emissions motoring without compromise. Three specifications will be offered at next month's launch - the MG4 EV SE … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: MINI Electric Shadow Edition
The coming of the electric car age is going to make us all re-evaluate our motoring lives and what we expect from them, much in the same way as the diminutive Mini drove a change in our lives over 60 years ago. So it seems reasonable that the MINI Electric might just do what its petrol forebears did and change our views towards electric cars of today. While some brands are locked in stretching … [Read more...]
Genesis open book for third ev model
Genesis has revealed full pricing and specification for the Electrified GV70 SUV, the brand’s third all-electric vehicle following on from the GV60 and Electrified G80. Featuring an exceptional range, tranquil luxury and state-of-the-art electrical architecture, Electrified GV70 represents the latest step in Genesis’ commitment to deliver an all-electric line-up of vehicles by 2025. Available … [Read more...]
Newlines 1 March
The forthcoming new Nissan Juke hybrid powertrain consists of a new generation, state-of-the-art Nissan internal combustion engine and transmission specifically developed for working in a hybrid powertrain application. It produces 69kW (94hp) and 148Nm of torque and has been engineered to always start in electric mode and change to petrol in the best circumstances saving the enlarged battery and … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Nissan LEAF e+ Tekna ProPilot 62kWh
How a car holds onto its popularity and value is a good indicator of its real worth, as in the case of the Nissan LEAF. The world’s first mass market all-electric family car was introduced in 2010 and for the UK and Europe it’s built in Sunderland where about 200,000 have been made in a decade and it's won seven used car awards in three years. Over the 12 years of its run and two model … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Volvo V60 Recharge PHEV R-Design
Volvo had a truly remarkable 2021 and with an enhanced range unfolding this year that success will continue. In a UK market which saw just 1% expansion, the Volvo line up increased 4% to 48,260 cars giving them a record 2.93% share of the British total. Most of that came from the new Volvo Recharge PHEVs and pure electric models which doubled in demand and accounted for 37% of registrations. … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Ford Mustang Mach-E (extended range)
A famous name from the past will lead Ford’s fight for sales in the new all-electric age of our cars. The venerable Mustang name has been cloned from the muscle sports car launched in the mid-60s and now in its seventh generation as the brand’s longest-lived nameplate on a family SUV. The Mustang Mach-E is vitally important to Ford and in familiar style has arrived with a choice of … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Audi Q4 e-tron Sport 40 204ps
The Audi Q4 e-tron really is shaping up to challenge in the pure-battery electric car sector with its first compact SUV. As befits Audi, the Q4 e-tron is available with a wide choice of power units, 125, 150 or 220kW outputs from two battery capacities, rear or all-wheel-drive and four trim levels including a well-specified launch edition. Depending on the battery pack chosen … [Read more...]
UK site considered for new Rivian ev-models’ assembly
The Amazon and Ford backed Rivian pure electric pickup may be built in Britain at a new energy park planned in the West Country. The proposed Gravity Park a few miles north east of Bridgewater and adjacent to the M5 has been earmarked for the potential £1 Billion investment, reported Sky News. The project is being courted by German and Netherlands Governments as well so there is no guarantee it … [Read more...]