Finally there’s a mainstream EV that takes advantage of its elements to be a thoroughly well engineered modern everyday vehicle The ID.3 is an important car for VW. It’s the first model from a ground-up exercise in the creation of not just one battery electric model, but a whole range of different electric cars across
Electric cars have been a long time in rising to prominence, but they’ve now well and truly arrived. There are more options to choose from than ever before, which helps to bring prices down, and smarter battery technology means you can travel further on a single charge, too. Add in the fact that electric vehicles
Wallbox charger or smart charger? And how do you install your charger once you’ve chosen it? We answer all your questions about charging your EV at home Around 80 percent of all electric car charging takes place at home, which means it’s important to make sure you’ve got the right technology to make plugging in
‘Bi-directional’ car can seat four and has 75mph top speed ZOOX, the autonomous taxi company owned by online marketplace Amazon, has unveiled its self-driving vehicle. The “Robotaxi” is 3.63 metres in length, making it only slightly longer than a Fiat 500 city car, but is designed to seat four adults in comfort. With no steering
The electric Mach-E is competent, cool, and composed, an excellent car to drive. But it’s not a Mustang, and Ford’s decision to portray it as such is a head-scratcher. Despite an epic media blitz, a gallimaufry of tacked-on design elements, and a 0-60 time that trounces some of its two-door equine cohorts, the all-new, battery-powered
Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas wrote in a note to clients on Friday that global EV sales will grow 50% or more next year, while sales of internal combustion engine vehicles are expected to grow 2% to 5%. He also predicted that global EV penetration will rise from 4% to 31% by 2030. Those predictions
Washington, DC (CNN)Tesla’s fortunes have made quite a journey since April 2018, when CEO Elon Musk posted a photo on Twitter of himself apparently asleep, lying on a Model 3, holding a ragged cardboard sign that read “Bankwupt!” “There are many chapters of bankruptcy and, as critics so rightly pointed out, Tesla has them *all*”
Covid has caused a slump in new car sales that could slow the switch to electric vehicles, pushing up emissions The Government should slap a 50 per cent tax on the most polluting cars from next year to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles over the next decade, experts have said. New analysis from the
The Renault Zoe has managed to beat every other electric model in the market so far and is the best-selling EV in Europe year-to-date. According to the numbers posted by the French automaker, the zero-emission supermini accounted for over 84,000 units from January to November 2020, almost twice as many compared to the same period
Although 2020 will be primarily remembered for the pandemic, it has also been a watershed moment for electric vehicles. The rest of the car industry has seen massive drops in sales every month during the worst months of COVID-19, but the EV market has continued to grow. In the UK, by November, 162% more battery
