A new 30kWh battery in the Nissan Leaf will go on sale in December, delivering a claimed range of 155 miles. It will go on sale alongside the 24kWh unit but will only be available in Acenta and Tekna trim, priced from £24,490 to £27,940 including the UK government’s £5000 Plug-in grant, which was recently
… Then comes along the Renault Zoe (Zero Emissions). I’d be lying if I said my heart doesn’t sink whenever an electric car turns up at Motors HQ for a test. It just seems like hard work – working out how far you need to travel, checking the battery level available and then faffing around
Watch out petrol, it’s time for electric vehicles to shine Stephen Hill is an enthusiast for electric vehicles, noble and economical successor to the internal combustion engine Since the beginning of time, mankind has needed a form of transport to move faster and further than his legs could carry him. For millennia, this need –
I’m looking forward to this reaching the UK – especially the V2H option. Mitsubishi confirmed that the new 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which in July went on sale in Japan, will be unveiled in Frankfurt at the 66th International Motor Show (IAA). Sales of revamped Outlander PHEV in Europe will begin in September. On the
Here’s The Fast Lane Car’s review of the BMW i3 REx. “The 2015 BMW i3 is an electric car that can also be purchased with a range extending gasoline engine. In this TFLcar review Nathan and Emme spend a day living and testing BMW’s least expensive EV.” Source: Inside EVs
The BMW i3’s strong regenerative braking allows for one pedal driving in most situations. Here’s a BMW-made video showing how one pedal driving works. Video description: “In this video, learn more about the different modes of the accelerator pedal, brake energy recuperation, and One Pedal Drive in the BMW i3.” Source: Inside EVs
Why not in England too? Scottish motorists are set to benefit from a £2.5 million electric car fund where they can apply for an interest-free loan of up to £50,000 for electric of plug-in hybrid vehicles. The Electric Vehicle Loan is open to anyone buying a new electric or plug-in hybrid car or van, and
Not a great surprise to Leaf owners! Carbuyer released its list of the top 10 most reliable cars from superminis to SUVs. The list was compiled according to information and statistics from the the 2015 Auto Express Driver Power Survey. The annual questionnaire, filled out by around 61,000 car owners, shows that in reliability category,
News from Ford in the US (but note that unfortunately the Ford Focus Electric is still not available in the UK) Fully nine out of 10 electric-car drivers say they won’t go back to cars with internal-combustion engines, according to a new Ford survey. The results included responses from 10,000 drivers of both battery-electric cars
For most of this summer Renault has had an astonishing offer on the sale of the all-electric ZOE. However on 1st September Renault announced that the low prices would only last until the end of the month: £5000 deposit contribution on ZOE Dynamique Nav That means that this offer has just one week left to
