Back in March at the start of the UK lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic, we reported that Mini had made the decision to close its factory in Cowley, Oxfordshire. At the time, Mini were hoping to reopen the factory as well as the other in Europe by April, but obviously that didn’t happen due to the ongoing pandemic. This week, BMW said that production is expected to start again on the […]
Ford announced the new Mustang Mach-E a few months ago, it also appeared on London streets back in February. In the last few days, Ford has revealed some more specs about the car, as well as the pricing here in the UK. Ford has said that a lot of buyers have registered interest in the Mach-E in the UK, stating the order books are “healthy.” Ford Mustang Mach-E will start […]
Following in suit with other car companies here in the UK, BMW owned Mini has closed its factory in Cowley, Oxfordshire. The plant closed on Friday evening last week. This joins other car companies, Bentley and Jaguar Land Rover which both closed their factories on the 20th March for one month. Earlier this month, Nissan closed its Sunderland based factory for a while too. These closures are due to the […]
Ford has been getting involved with electrifying its commercial vehicles for a little while here in the UK, with the plug-in-hybrid Transit Custom panel van, but it isn’t a full electric van. Ford has also proved that it can produce a fully electric vehicle with the new Mustang Mach E SUV which has an impressive range and a reasonable price. Ford announced last week that the Ford Transit, the larger […]
Last week, people in London on the roads near Marble Arch were seeing the new Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV, with deliveries here in the UK scheduled to be later in the year, sometime in the autumn. Ford has also said that dealers here in the UK and parts of Europe would be getting earlier access to the Mach-E than the dealers in the US, hence the early reveal of the […]
Porsche is returning to the Super Bowl ad space for this year and it has been a long time since they were here last, back in 1997, which is 23 years ago. This year, Porsche is using their ad to highlight the new Taycan, which was launched in the last few weeks and is the company’s first all electric car, which rivals the Tesla Model S. “To spotlight the market […]
BMW has been manufacturing the i8 hybrid for over 5 years now, from when the car launched in the US in 2014. This week, BMW announced that production for the car would be ending in April due to the company focusing on more bespoke electric cars, just like Volkswagen is. The BMW i8 was launched as a two seater plug in hybrid as a rival to the Porsche 911 and […]
Aston Martin has been promising and promising us an all electric version of the Rapide saloon car, which was and still is the company’s only four door model. The Rapide E has been on the cards since as early as 2015, with the original plan to make 155 of them for an undisclosed price. This week, car magazine Autocar has been told from a source close to Aston Martin that the Rapide […]
Volkswagen has been battling with the aftermath of ‘dieselgate’ for nearly five years now and since that has been dealt with, the company and most of the VW Group have been focusing on the future, which is electric vehicles. Tesla has been leading the market for EVs in the US for a while now, since the Model 3 was launched. ID.3 Not to get left behind, Volkswagen unveiled the first […]
This weekend, more specifically this Sunday – Tesla is planning to reduce the current lineup of the Model S by removing the most affordable version they sell, the S 75. This news comes courtesy of Engadget, who reached out to Tesla today to confirm the news first reported by electric car blog, Electrek. This news isn’t new, this decision to slim down the Model 3 range was decided back in July, shortly […]
