Is the all-electric Hyundai Kona a better SUV buy than a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV or the hybrid Toyota C-HR? As emissions regulations become ever more stringent, car manufacturers are increasingly looking for ways to cut down their models’ CO2 outputs – or eradicate them altogether. This in turn means buyers who take the plunge have
Traditional auto manufacturers and middle distillate refiners should be wary that a niche technology could be about to snowball into full-scale disruption Clayton Christiansen’s classic business book The Innovator’s Dilemma argues that value to innovation is an S-curve, with a long initial phase of relatively slow value growth followed by an explosive ramp-up once the
The company is cutting 15 percent of its workforce and shuttering five plants. General Motors announced today that is planning to lay off 15 percent of its contract workers, shutter five plants in North America, and discontinue production on six vehicle models next year. The move comes as part of a major restructuring of the
Nissan doesn’t want chairman’s arrest to overshadow the Leaf’s debut. When it introduced the second generation of the Leaf electric car in 2017, Nissan promised that a “higher power, longer range version at a higher price” would arrive in 2019. However, with Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn embroiled in a scandal, it seems we’ll have to
Another new i3? Yup, another. In its brief life the i3 has had an improved battery, a facelift, and a warmed-over ‘s’ version. And now both the normal i3 and the i3s get a bigger-capacity battery again. How big? BMW calls it 120Ah. Twice the capacity of the original i3, and so roughly double the
British Gas has launched Green Drive Nov 2020, a new smart time-of-use tariff for electric vehicle users. It offers cheaper electricity for seven hours, between 12.30am and 7.30am, for users to charge their car. Electric vehicle drivers use up to 80% more electricity if they charge at home, according to British Gas. They can benefit
Electric vehicle sales are likely to jump over the next two to three years as prices fall and more options are made available to customers, according to Evy Hambro, BlackRock’s global head of thematic and sector investing. Customers will have more opportunities to move away from traditional combustion engines to electric vehicles and their options
