EV focused magazine and website, DrivingElectric has awarded the all new MG4 EV with ‘Car of the Year’ for 2023. The budget focused EV from MG comfortably undercuts the likes of pretty much everything on the market, coming in at just £25,995 in the UK, over £10k less than the comparable Volkswagen ID.3. The VW is currently priced from £36,990. It isn’t like the MG4 is down on specs, it […]
Electric Vehicles
Turns out, the new VW ID Buzz is pretty darn safe
The new Volkswagen ID. Buzz is pretty safe, as reported by the latest Euro NCAP testing conducted this week. The all-electric bus was one of 11 cars tested in December to achieve a full five star rating, with an over 90% rating for passenger occupants, both adults and children. However, due to its slab sided van like design, which it can’t really get away from – the ‘vulnerable road users’ […]
Polestar 2 gets more power through a one-time paid update
Polestar has this week released a new software update for the Polestar 2 which adds more power to the car, to the tune of 68hp and 15lb ft of torque, but is available for a flat one time fee. Other companies, such as Mercedes do the same, but charge an annual fee of $1,200 (£1,000) for boosted acceleration on the EQS and the EQE. Polestar will be selling this new […]
All-electric Jeep Avenger now on sale in Europe for €39k, not UK yet
Jeep has this week put the all-electric Avenger SUV on sale in most of Europe, except the UK for now. The only model on sale is the range topping ‘1st Edition’ and in Germany for example, it costs €39,000 which is around £33,000 here in the UK. Jeep announced the Avenger in October and is the company’s first electric vehicle, it has a decent battery pack which it shares with […]
DHL orders 2,000 all-electric E-Transit vans from Ford
DHL is working hard to make sure its delivery fleet is using more sustainable transport. To aid this, the company has ordered around 2,000 all-electric Ford E-Transit vans for use in last mile situations and these will be deployed around the world. Of course, delivery companies like DHL are already using EV vans as part of their fleet and DHL already has 27,000 EVs in its fleet, but this new […]
New Mercedes EQT is an all-electric van crossed with an MPV
Mercedes has launched the new EQT, which is an all electric people carrier crossed with a van crossed with an MPV. The vehicle is based on the upcoming T-Class and offers a practical way to move the family and the things that go with that family about, all in quiet electric comfort. Mercedes has managed to create this, thanks to a partnership between Mercedes and Renault, which has been in […]
Vauxhall announces the new all electric Astra, complete with estate version
Vauxhall has today announced the new Astra Electric and Astra Sports Tourer Electric, both will be going on sale here in the UK in June 2023. The most interesting bit of news is that there is going to be an estate version, of which there aren’t many available, the other being the new MG5 which is only made in an estate option. The Astra Electric does away with the naming […]
Tesla is reported to be redesigning Model 3 in order to cut costs
Tesla has been reported to be cutting production costs for the Model 3, with a new redesigned version in the works. The news comes to us from Reuters and will be one of the first thorougher reworkings of the car since the company launched it back in 2017 and will affect the exterior and powertrain performance of the car. Reuters has also reported that the Shanghai Gigafactory will start production of the new […]
Tesla recalls 30,000 Model X units, due to faulty airbags
Tesla has recently recalled 29,348 Model X vehicles due to a software issue that could affect the functionality of the airbag. This recall affects vehicles in the US and ones that were manufactured between 2021 2022. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published a PDF outlining the specifics. According to the NHTSA, this issue could cause the airbag to deploy in some low-speed collisions when it wasn’t needed. The […]
Toyota has revealed the all new, fifth generation Prius
A few days ago, Toyota revealed the all new fifth generation Prius which will be available in 2023. At the moment, we have access to some specs which Toyota has released so far, with more detailed charging specs to be revealed at a separate event on the 5th December. However, for the first time since the car was introduced over 20 years ago, Toyota won’t be putting it on sale […]