Kia’s Niro PHEV is a plug-in hybrid for stealth environmentalists The 2018 Kia Niro is a car for people who don’t really know what they want. We tested it with a plug-in hybrid powertrain, but Kia also offers a conventional hybrid, and will soon add an all-electric model to the lineup. The Niro’s tall body
Jaguar I-Pace Sets a Laguna Seca Electric Car Lap Record
The Jaguar I-Pace has set the best time around Laguna Seca for an unmodified electric car. Jaguar announced Thursday that its electric I-Pace crossover has set the lap record for unmodified electric vehicles at Laguna Seca. A 2019 I-Pace HSE First Edition was piloted by professional racing driver Randy Pobst, who achieved a lap time
Automakers are tapping nostalgia to promote electric cars — and it’s working
Reaching into the past to promote the future Automakers around the world have spent the last few years promoting hybrid and electric drivetrain technology in order to show how they’re thinking about the future. But lately, some of them are looking back to the past to promote these new technologies. Friday was the first day
Survey: Half of young people want electric cars
Half of young people in the UK would like to own an electric car – compared with just a quarter of their parents, a survey suggests. The research comes from motoring group the AA, which says myths about electric vehicles are putting off many drivers. This matters because cleaning up air pollution and tackling climate
It’s The Business!
We’re in Skegness for the aquarium, our youngest is diving with the sharks! While she waits to go in I’m off to get the car charged. The i3 has plenty enough range to get back to the Peterborough services. In fact it’s suggesting we could get 160 miles out of this charge which theoretically could
A1 Service
We’ve just had A1 Service from Ecotricity. We’re on our way from home in Northampton to the Skegness Aquarium and charged up at the A1 Services at Peterborough. We used an Ecotricity CCS rapid charger. There was no queuing and it worked first time. It was quick, with the i3 fully charged in half the
Charging Our Car at Devon Cliffs
We are currently holidaying in the Devon Cliffs Holiday Park at Sandy Bay, Exmouth. We arrived last week from Northampton, having charged on the M4 at Chieveley and on the M5 at Sedgemoor. On arrival we found a pleasant surprise – a solar powered charging bay in the main reception car park. I have since
BMW 530e iPerformance SE 2017 review
Plug-in hybrid version of BMW’s 5 Series is well-placed to take sales away from its higher-end diesel siblings. Strong performance and handling with favourable running costs. What is it? This is the first plug-in hybrid 5 Series. It’s not the first hybrid 5 Series, that being the ActiveHybrid 5 available with the last-generation model range.
More than two thirds of UK interested in EVs
New research shows 69% of people in the UK would consider switching to an electric vehicle (EV). Charge point provider NewMotion surveyed more than 3,000 consumers to gain insight into their understanding of EVs and the issues surrounding them. When asked why they would buy an EV, 59% of respondents said they wanted to reduce
Refreshed Renault Kangoo ZE Now On Sale In Europe, With Improved Range
The newly refreshed Renault Kangoo ZE is now on sale in the European market, bringing with it an improved range and a number of other changes. The small electric van offering from Renault now features an official New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) range rating of 270 kilometers (167 miles). The company acknowledges that a real-world