One in 32 cars driving in Britain now comes with a plug, amounting to 1,089,241 vehicles – a rise of more than half over the last year MORE BRITONS are getting back into the driving seat following the pandemic, according to new annual Motorparc data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), with
The South Korean company’s new electric ride is a triumph in design and drive tech—and it’s just the beginning of an unbelievable brand turnaround. AT THE START of 2023, the good people at the Department of Experimental Psychology at University College London surveyed 200 men between the ages of 18 and 74, and supposedly discovered scientifically
They might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but they just keep on coming Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron Audi’s first ground-up electric SUV, the Q4 e-tron, spawned a coupeified variant back in 2020, as the trend for sportier coupe crossovers started to gather momentum. No, we’re not sure why either. At time of writing, it’s available
It’s currently possible to save up to £4188 on a new electric car. And you don’t even have to haggle, thanks to our free New Car Buying service… Electric cars have been hugely popular and demand has traditionally been so strong that discounts on them were virtually impossible to find. That has started to change, though,
Ioniq 6 is an impressive EV with good efficiency, a long range, generous rear seat space – plus, those BIK rates… It ought to be unsurprising that Hyundai’s second flagship EV, the Ioniq 6, surprises with its looks. Thanks in part to the firm’s design director SangYup Lee, who received last year’s Design Hero award, Hyundai has
The government must do its bit to make new electric vehicles more affordable if mass adoption is to be achieved on the road to net zero When the government controversially scrapped its discount on the purchase of electric cars last summer, the move was justified on the grounds that its work was done. After 11 years of
The electric vehicle transition is a generational opportunity to rethink personal transportation design, but few automakers are stepping up. Is there a modern-day Ransom Olds or Henry Ford of EVs waiting in the wings? There is an interesting styling trend happening in the design studios of European manufacturers. Retro cars harking back to a simpler,
With high-current cables becoming heavier, Hyundai’s ACR project provides hands-free charging Charging EVs, and particularly how fast EVs can be charged, is seen as a major barrier to their uptake. Speed is going to become an ever more pressing problem because, unlike petrol and diesel cars, EVs need a dedicated parking spot for a significant
G7 ministers have collectively agreed to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels during last week’s meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Sapporo, Japan. The nations – consisting of the UK, US, France, Japan and Canada – agreed “to accelerate the phaseout of unabated fossil fuels so as to achieve net zero in energy
The world will likely use fewer fossil fuels to produce electricity this year in a “turning point” for planet-friendly energy, a new report says. It would be the first ever annual drop in the use of coal, oil and gas to generate electricity, outside of a global recession or pandemic. As a result, fewer warming
