The all-electric Nissan e-NV200 has underlined its versatility and class-leading efficiency by carrying away the ‘Green’ award at the What Van? Awards 2019. The annual awards highlight the best of the best in the highly competitive LCV market with What…
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Pininfarina christens its e-sportscar ‘Battista’
The Automobili Pininfarina e-super sports car – previously known as PF0 – will now bear the name Battista and celebrate its premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2019. In the meantime competitor Lotus is following suit with its own fully electric super sports car. First place goes to the Battista: Pininfarina not only […]
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Almost 5,000 Plug-In Electric Cars Were Sold In UK In November
Market share was maintained at 3% As expected, the plug-in electric car market in the UK was affected by lower incentives and withdrawal of some plug-in hybrids models (not certified to WLTP requirements). Overall, plug-in sales increased but by only 16.3% to 4,855 as the PHEVs barely noted an increase: 1,414 BEVs (up 69.5% year-over-year) 3,441 […]
Volkswagen e-Crafter To Debut At Milton Keynes EV Experience Centre
Van operators interested in finding out more about making the switch to electric vehicles can always get a knowledge boost and advice from experts at the EV Experience Centre in Milton Keynes. And to get a real taste of what’s coming up, they’ll also h…
Volkswagen e-Crafter Won’t Be Available In UK Until Mid-2021
Van operators interested in switching to EVs can always get… a knowledge boost After the UK debut at the CV Show in Birmingham, Volkswagen presents its all-electric large van e-Crafter also at Milton Keynes EV Experience Centre (from Friday 7 to Monday 10 December), however, it’s still more than two years from market launch. The […]
Astor Martin future-proofed with electric motor
Aston Martin Works will be equipping their classic cars with an electric drive and battery. This has been made possible by means of the “cassette” electric drive system developed with the know-how and components from their upcoming Rapide e-range. The first Aston vintage car to be equipped with the electric drive will be the 1970 […]
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Audi E-Tron Launch Edition Priced In UK
Audi announced the well-equipped Launch Edition e-tron Audi intends to introduce the e-tron in the UK from early 2019 at a starting price of £71,490 OTR (€80,250). There will be a special Launch Edition packed with high-tech features, at a price of £82,240 OTR (€92,320). The package includes (more in the press release below): virtual door mirrors […]
FreeWire Seeks Business Case For On-Demand EV Charging
It’s time to check which alternative charging solutions work. Because around 40% of the UK’s homes have no access to off-street parking, it’s time to think about innovative/alternative charging solutions that maybe could increase electric car adoption. Recently, FreeWire Technologies, Centrica and Zipcar received funding from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and Innovate UK to […]
Kia e-Niro Priced at £32,995 in the UK
The e-Niro is Kia’s second globally-sold electric vehicle after the Soul EV. The new model made its European debut at the 2018 Paris Motor Show and will go on sale in the UK from 1 April 2019. More than 200,000 examples of the Niro Hybrid a…
VW Teams With Tesco & Pod Point To Install 2,400 Charging Stalls In UK
The new project will expand the national charging network by 14% Volkswagen and Tesco announced a big charging infrastructure project in the UK where more than 2,400 charging bays are to be installed at 600 Tesco stores. The number of new charging points represent about 14% of the total number today and the timeframe for the project […]
