Preconditioning is one of the lesser-known but brilliantly useful features of electric cars. On both cold winter days and hot summer days, you can benefit from it. Put simply, preconditioning allows you to pre-heat or pre-cool the car’s cabin before you start your journey. Not only will you feel more comfortable, you’ll maximise the car’s
Ford drops Fiesta to focus on electric vehicles It’s the end of an era, as the Ford Fiesta will be dropped from the automaker’s lineup sooner than expected. Ford says it will be saying farewell to the iconic little model that 22 million drivers trusted to get them where they need to go over five
Wind power could save each UK household nearly £250 in savings per year compared to gas, says new analysis conducted by RenewableUK. The analysis showed that the 19GW of wind farm capacity that won Contracts for Difference (CfDs) support will generate around 93TWh by the time it is all operational in 2027. This is around
EV chargepoint manufacturer EVIOS has confirmed the acquisition of Andersen EV, a home charging company. Under the agreement, the two brands will co-exist, serving different parts of the EV market and benefit from shared investment in technology, installation personnel and customer support. EVIOS was founded by former founder and CEO of Chargemaster, David Martell. In April,
The Renault Zoe, first released in 2012, will not be replaced, Renault boss Fabrice Cambolive has confirmed, ending its life as one of the best-selling electric cars in its home country. Instead, the Renault Clio and Renault Captur will continue so they can supplement Renault’s new electric compact car line-up, headed by the Renault 4 and 5 – both arriving by 2025. Cambolive described this to Autocar as a dual
Agrivoltaics – the practice of using land for both solar energy and agriculture – is on the rise across France. In the Haute-Saône region, in the northeastern part of the country, an experiment is being conducted by solar-energy company TSE. It is hoping to find out whether solar energy can be generated without hindering large-scale cereal crops. Previous
Second-hand electric cars are becoming more popular, with hopes that the automotive sector will adapt to the change and encourage motorists to invest in electric. According to the RAC, sales of second-hand electric cars reached record levels in 2021. Sales of used battery electric vehicles soared by 119.1 percent to 40,228 last year compared with 2020. Demand for plug-in
The UK is set to see major growth in electric car sales in the coming years once supply chain issues have been resolved. The UK Government plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030, followed by a similar ban on plug-in hybrid vehicles five years later. Petrol, diesel and hybrid HGVs over 26 tonnes could be banned from
Electric cars can be half as cheap to run as petrol or diesel vehicles, according to new data. Drivers charging at home on electric vehicle (EV) tariff save just over 56 percent compared to petrol or diesel per-mile costs. They are nearly a quarter cheaper (24 percent) for those who charge at home on a
Electric vehicle drivers are missing out. This is according to a recent European study conducted by Delta-EE which discovered that: 42% of electric vehicle (EV) drivers are not on the best charging tariffs for their vehicles because they are not using a dedicated home charging point to charge their car Less than 50% of people have a
