This week, Mercedes has officially broken the lap record at the Nurburgring with the AMG GT Black Series, a £335,000, 720bhp track monster with manually adjustable suspension and manually adjustable aero. The Black Series can do 0-60mph in 3.2 seconds and on to 201mph. The AMG GT Black Series did the lap in 6:43.616 minutes beating the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ which achieved it in 6:44:97 back in July 2018. The lap […]
This week, the UK Prime Minister has confirmed the news that general sale of brand new petrol and diesel cars and vans will now be banned from the year 2030, which has been brought forward from the 2040 goal it was previously. One thing to remember is that the sale of hybrids will be allowed for a little longer after 2030, which will be extended until 2035. This whole campaign […]
Last week the news broke that GM has recently started recalling Chevy Bolts due to the risk of the battery catching fire, GM is recalling a lot of cars, 68,677 of them and only ones manufactured earlier than 2020 due to the new model having improved battery chemistry. Detroit News broke the news last week and the recall will aid GM in getting to the bottom of five fires between 2017 and […]
Tesla cars are incredibly popular and here in the UK the popularity has increased a lot since the Model 3 went on sale last year. Back in April, at the start of the lockdown in the UK, while other car companies seemed to struggle in the transition from dealership sales only, The Model 3 became the best selling car in the UK, beating out the ever popular Ford Fiesta. Thanks […]
Yesterday, Ford announced its first all-electric Transit van which will be coming to Europe in 2022 at the earliest. The E-Transit wont be a one size fits all product either, in traditional Transit form it’ll come in about 25 different sizes, roof heights and lengths. Ford has also said the range will be up to 217 miles. Range, Charging and Power The batteries in the E-Transit are mounted under the […]
The Tesla Model 3 is now the first ever electric vehicle to be officially approved as a yellow cab in New York City. The car was approved for use as a yellow cab over a year ago in October 2019. The Model 3 is also in use in the Netherlands where 100 are in use at the moment at the airport in Amsterdam. This is certainly good to see at […]
This is the brand new BMW iX, the company’s first all electric flagship SUV and it’s certainly an interesting looking car. The iX will go on sale in late 2021 and it’s a five seat SUV which looks like it is taking on the very capable Tesla Model X – as it has 500bhp, a range of 373 miles and can do 0-60mph in under five seconds. The first thing […]
Yesterday, Tesla announced that it now has 20,000 Superchargers world wide and quite a lot of expansion has come in the last few months, for example in September of this year Tesla had 17,500 chargers with a lot of new ones being the new V3 which is capable of adding 1,000 miles of range to a car per hour. 20k Superchargers and counting pic.twitter.com/urudyt9Eui — Tesla (@Tesla) November 8, 2020 […]
Volvo has recently announced that it will begin selling all electric “heavy-duty” trucks next year with large mass production starting the following year. Volvo already has some smaller more urban focused trucks with the Volvo FE Electric and EF Electric models which are designed to complete shorter journeys. These two models went on sale last year. Volvo is also planning on much longer range trucks, to launch “in this decade” […]
Earlier this week, Vauxhall revealed the prices for the new Crossland SUV, gone is the X from the name and it has a brand new face to match Vauxhall’s look going forward. The base spec SE model is £19,060 all the way up to £27,430 for the top of the range model. All cars inside LED headlights, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Higher spec models add reversing camera and rear […]
