BMW is going to stop selling the all electric i3 in the US come July, it’ll remain on sale here in the UK and Europe but the American’s desire for ever larger vehicles is killing the smaller car market. Ford stopped selling the Fiesta a couple years back and now only sells trucks and SUVs state side. Now the i3, is arguably one of BMW’s first all electric cars – […]
Dacia is a brand known in the UK for its budget cars, good quality basic ones and Dacia has the cheapest new car on sale in the UK still, with the Sandero at £7,170. However, the product line up fro the Renault owned brand doesn’t contain any electric or hybrid cars yet, even though it does offer LPG powered models. Dacia has a new electric car which has gone on […]
Volkswagen has recently launched the cheapest all-wheel-drive electric car in the US this month, with the ID.4 AWD Pro which comes in at $36,175 after the government incentives in the country. The ID.4 launched here in the UK and Europe last year and then earlier this year in the US, with the First Edition ID.4 which has only been rear wheel drive. The company is now expanding the line up […]
Mazda has announced this week that it is planning on launching 13 new electric car models by 2025, with that including not just pure BEV vehicles but hybrids and plug-in hybrids. Throughout the world, the need to move away from combustion based vehicles is becoming more and more important and in the UK, there will be a ban from 2030 for any new combustion cars to be sold, with 2035 […]
Ford announced the new entry level truck, the Maverick last week which is the company’s new smaller pickup, sitting on the same platform as the Bronco Sport and in size, sitting below the the Ranger. The company is looking to expand its rollout of electric vehicles and is aiming to have 40% all electric sales by 2030 in the US. However, while Ford is expanding into all electric pickup trucks […]
Ford put its new all electric truck, the F-150 Lighting up for pre-order around three weeks ago and the company gained 44,500 pre-orders in 48 hours. By comparison, when the Cybertruck went up for pre-order, Tesla had 250,000 orders in the first five days. Jim Farley, CEO of Ford spoke to the New York Times this week about the F-150 Lightning and said that the pre-orders had already hit 100,000. […]
Jaguar updated the I-Pace here in the UK last summer, with faster charging and the company’s new infotainment screen, Pivi Pro – which features an eSIM for internet access for the mapping system. Jaguar has now updated the I-Pace for the US market with most of these changes, with the Pivi Pro infotainment screen, featuring over the air updates and the new faster 11kW AC charger. This now means an […]
Tesla has announced this week that the upcoming Model S Plaid and Model X Plaid+ models won’t be going on sale after all, with Tesla CEO Elon Musk saying that the model is cancelled as the standard Plaid model is powerful enough. The standard Model S Plaid and Model X Plaid models come with 1,006bhp from the three motors on board, with a claimed 0-60mph time of under 2 seconds, at 1.99 […]
Tesla has released a new update for its cars which activates the cabin camera to be used for detecting whether or not the driver is paying attention when Autopilot is being used. Version 2021.4.15.11 mentions that the camera will be used to “detect and alert driver inattentiveness while Autopilot is engaged.” Elon Musk did say a while ago that using cameras to detect whether or not a driver is paying […]
Kia announced at the end of last month that it would be offering a free Apple Watch to customers who purchases its new all electric SUV. The EV6 First Edition went up for pre-order on 3rd June and the first 1,500 customers who pre-order will receive the free Apple Watch, although it is unclear which version they will get. Kia is offering a free Apple Watch, EV charging credits, or […]
