The Tesla Model X brings full electrification to the SUV class. We see if it’s as impressive as the Model S saloon What is it? Tesla has already shaken up the luxury car market with the electric Model S, thanks to a combination of rapid performance, low running costs and respectable range. But as impressive
New battery pack gives BMW’s appealing electric hatchback a useful increase in driving range but it doesn’t come cheap What is it? The BMW i3 94Ah is the first major upgrade of the German company’s radical city car since it was launched two and a half years ago. The ‘94Ah’ in the name refers to
In April 2016, Jess Shanahan drove 2,500 miles across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland in an electric car – through cities, villages, national parks and more. Here, Jess shares her experiences and encounters of driving Route 57, the Great British & Irish Road Trip. Read more: Route 57
The plug-in sports sedan for the modern age. A dip in the Toyota Prius pool might elevate your state of environmentally responsible bliss, but surely you’d miss the driving joy that hybrids sacrifice to trim their CO2 footprints. Good news: Salvation has arrived in the form of a plug-in-hybrid sedan that’s actually fun to drive.
Sales of electric cars continue to break records with the announcement by Go Ultra Low that more plug-in vehicles have been sold in the first half of 2016 than at any other half-way point. Electric car registrations are up almost a third compared to January – June last year at 31.8 per cent. In 2015,
There will be more public EV charging locations than petrol stations by August 2020 according to market analysis by leading electric vehicle manufacturer Nissan. Using information from Zap-Map and the Energy Institute – for charging locations and fuel stations respectively – expectations are that in four year’s time EV’s will have an easier time than
London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) could be introduced as early as 2019 in the latest attempt to reduce air pollution across the capital. This will be a year earlier than previously anticipated, with the roll-out initially focused on inner London, before expanding to both the North
BMW i3 (94Ah) Promises 120 Mile Range
With the ZOE we had before getting the i3 I used to enjoy the challenge of seeing how far I could get on a charge. While it was exciting when our ZOE first promised 100 mile range, such a distance should be no challenge for the ‘94Ah’ (longer-range) version of the i3. When I collected
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