More electric vehicles were registered than diesel cars for the second month in a row in July, according to car industry figures. It is the third time battery electric vehicles have overtaken diesel in the past two years. However, new car registrations fell by almost a third, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)
The current generation ZOE is expected to continue only until around 2024. According to Luca de Meo, Renault CEO, the ZOE will not live to see a next-generation as the company is switching to a new all-electric platform. So far, the Renault ZOE was the best-selling all-electric model from Renault and one of the best-selling
Executives at Toyota had a moment of inspiration when the company first developed the Prius. That moment, apparently, has long since passed. The Prius was the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car, years ahead of any competitors. The first model, a small sedan, was classic Toyota—a reliable vehicle tailor-made for commuting. After a major redesign in
ELECTRIC cars are on average more cost effective than petrol and diesel vehicles, according to a new study. It found that over a seven-year period of owning a car, electric vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf, Volkswagen ID and the MG ZS EV are more cost effective than internal combustion engine equivalents. This is due
Some electric vehicles (EVs) are cheaper over a seven year-period than a petrol or diesel alternative, according to research conducted by LV General Insurance. The researchers examined the purchase, financing and running costs for nine popular EV models and their petrol and diesel equivalents. They found that three of the nine EVs: Nissan Leaf, WV
Rachel Maclean, Minister for the Future of Transport and Decarbonisation, has dropped a fresh hint that the Government intents to scrap grants to help drivers buy expensive electric vehicles. With the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars just eight-and-a-half years away, driver purchases are soon to be limited to battery-powered models only.
When Henry Ford started to build his first car assembly line, horse dung was still littering the streets. What he invented in 1913 was not a new technology. Ford understood that mass production would mean the end of cars as a luxury item. 10 years on, motor cars had become accessible to most working people
IEA analysis offers hope for climate action but says inflated oil price may slow global economic recovery from Covid-19 Rising oil prices could help speed climate action by accelerating the shift to electric vehicles, but would come at the expense of the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the global energy watchdog. The
Last August included an exciting day with the arrival of my first electric car. From an early age I took an interest in cars and in particular their internal-combustion engines. I never expected to see a competing automotive propulsion technology in my lifetime. At the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009, Tesla Inc. stunned the world
Sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) hit 19,842 in June, beating the 15,027 sales of diesel vehicles recorded in the month. The BEV sales represent a 122.9% increase compared with June 2020, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It’s led to BEVs securing 10.7% of the market
