Electric Vehicles

Gary Martin from Modern Heroes took delivery of the first UK Citroën Ami last week

Gary Martin who runs the rather excellent YouTube channel, Modern Heroes was the first customer in the UK to receive a Citroën Ami. The fully electric quadricycle has been a long time coming for the UK market, after finally being announced it was coming around a year ago. Gary received his Ami last week on 28th September and has since published three videos to his YouTube channel which offer an […]

Smart announces prices for the #1 SUV

Smart revealed the all new #1 electric SUV in April earlier this year, but hasn’t yet announced the pricing for it. However, last week the company revealed the full price list ahead of the car being available to order this year. For customers in Germany, the #1 will start at €41,490 and here in the UK those haven’t been revealed just yet. However, €41,490 converted to GBP is around £36,500. When […]

Elon Musk says the Tesla Semi has started production

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk has announced that the long awaited Semi has finally entered production. Musk announced the news on Twitter today and the first customer to going to be Pepsi. The first vehicles are to be delivered on 1st December, later this year. Tesla announced the Semi back in 2017, alongside the all new Roadster. At the time, the company expected to be manufacturing it by 2019. However, by […]

Fully electric cars are now the second most registered car type in the UK, in 2022

This week, it has been revealed that the second most popular type of car, for new sales at leat are fully electric vehicles. So far this year, a total of 175,614 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have now been registered which is up by 40.3% compared to the same time period in 2021. In comparison with the most popular type of new car, petrol – this is pretty far behind. 350,185 […]

Chevy Bolt EV seeing record sales currently, GM to increase production

Chevrolet has revealed that it has had so much demand for the Chevy Bolt EV that it is having to increase production, after a recent record quarter of sales. GM has announced production for the small EV will be increased, following issues with battery fires. The record sales aren’t a huge surprise, the EV is a pretty good price at the moment at just $26,595 (£23,500). This quarter, the company […]

Tata Motors reveals the new Tiago.ev, a sub £10k electric car

This week, Tata Motors has announced an all new electric hatchback which when converted to GBP, comes in at £9,820 in the UK. The Indian car manufacturer is well known in the UK for owning Jaguar Land Rover, having purchased the company back in 2008. For the most part, the Indian car market has been far behind with regards to all electric cars, mainly due to how the Indian government […]

Honda is planning to launch more than ten new electric motorbikes by 2030

Honda has announced it is working on a range of all electric cars, with a plan to launch ten 10 models by 2030. Honda is aiming to sell 3.5 million all electric motorbikes by the end of the decade and one million within the next five years. These won’t be the first all electric bikes to be available, not by any stretch – there have been many companies trying their […]

Citroën to launch an all-new electric C3 next year

Citroën is planning on launching an all new C3 hatchback in 2023. The new car will be all electric and is set to be a complete reinvention of the model, with a more rugged look with some design influences taken from the Citroën Ami. The new C3 is likely gonigto use a battery that’s on the smaller side, likely with enough capacity to take it 250 miles on one charge. […]

New updated Peugeot e-208 now has more range and power

Peugeot has this week updated its all electric e-208 hatchback with more range and more power too. The updated model is due to go on sale in 2023 with no word yet on any revision to the pricing. The new powertrain comes from the recently launched Peugeot e-308. To start with, the range has gone up by nearly 25 miles, from 225 to 248 miles of range. The power output […]

Polestar will reveal the Polestar 3 SUV on 12th October

Polestar is planning on revealing its first full size SUV next month, the Polestar 3. The new SUV will be revealed at an event in Denmark on 12th October 2022 and once the event is finished, potential customers will be able to pre-order the all electric car. Pricing has already been revealed had of time, with it starting from £79,845 in the UK. Polestar is making this a premium rival […]