Electric Cars

Honda e (2020) review

The Honda e is the electric car of 2030, available to buy today. It’s pricey and the range isn’t great, but it’s still hugely desirable.

All-electric classic Range Rover ready for production

Silverstone-based Lunaz is ready to begin building 50 examples of the Range Rover Classic, featuring battery power and four-wheel drive

North-south divide in electric car charging points revealed

Research shows 45 percent of new electric car charging points were opened in London and the south east during the past year.

Electric cars get top marks in Green NCAP tests

The Renault Zoe and Hyundai Kona Electric were awarded five stars in the latest Green NCAP tests. A total of 24 cars have been tested.

Just one in six councils have on-street EV charging points

Research undertaken by the AA finds that some local authorities have also used government grant money to fund off-street charging instead

‘Pretty terrible’ electric car charging app to be shut down

The Polar Instant app will be closed down following negative feedback from EV drivers. A new BP Chargemaster app takes its place.

2021 Mazda MX-30 news, prices, specs and on-sale date

The new all-electric Mazda MX-30 arrives in the UK in March 2021 with prices starting from £25,545 including the Plug-in Car Grant

Nissan Re-Leaf EV provides mobile power in natural disasters

Nissan has created an electric concept car to show how EVs can help restore power during natural disaster outages

Zap-Map adds payment service to cure ‘charger anxiety’

Zap-Pay is a new service from leading EV chargepoint location tool Zap-Map that lets electric car owners pay to charge on any participating network

1 in 3 motorists ‘optimistic’ about buying an electric car by 2025

A new survey has shown how divided British motorists currently are about electric cars but there are growing numbers who are feeling positive about the switch