• Haymarket launches dedicated E-mobility website

    • 1 December 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A new website dedicated to e-mobility has been launched by Haymarket Automotive, publishers of What Car and Autocar Move Electric is intended to be the go-to destination for anyone looking to investigate or own any type of electric vehicle, from cars to bikes to scooters Central to the launch is a partnership [...]
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  • Plug-in sales set to accelerate

    • 4 November 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    More plug-in vehicles are expected to be sold in 2021 than during the whole of the last decade According to SMMT, a total of 271,962 new battery electric (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) were registered between 2010 and 2019 However, SMMT is now forecasting that businesses and consumers will take up [...]
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  • Electric model tops wanted list

    • 18 October 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Aston Barclay has revealed that an electric car has topped its used car desirability Index for October It has found that the Hyundai IONIQ was the most in-demand across both its physical and online auction channels This is the second month running the index has featured a large number of low and zero emission [...]
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  • MG Motor sets new monthly record

    • 9 August 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    MG Motor achieved a record month in July, taking nearly two per cent of the UK car market The company’s year-to-date figures are now up 675%, making MG Motor the fastest growing mainstream brand in the industry Commercial director Guy Pigounakis, said: “MG’s growth in July and year-to-date means we are [...]
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  • Drivers planning EV switch rises by a third

    • 28 July 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research has found that the number of drivers expecting their next car to be fully electric has risen by 32% in 12 months A study for Kwik Fit revealed that 11% of drivers who are planning to change their car expect its replacement to be fully electric This compares to eight per cent of drivers a year [...]
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  • Quarter of UK families to go electric

    • 24 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Research by Ofgem has found that one in four UK households plan to buy an electric car in the next five years It has found that more than 65 million households plans to make the switch, which equates to 24% of all UK households However, the research also found more than more than a third (38%) of households said [...]
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  • Autonomous Tesla has arrived

    • 15 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Tesla has launched a new software update for its vehicles, enabling the cars to have an ‘autopilot’ mode While not fully autonomous, the new software update allows the Model S and new Model X to ‘automatically steer down the highway, change lanes, and adjust speed in response to traffic’ Other major [...]
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  • Tesla opens European factory

    • 29 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has opened the doors to the company’s first European factory in Tilburg in the Netherlands The new 77,648sqm facility that sits near the Belgian border, will be assembling Tesla Model S cars destined for the UK and the rest of Europe, with the aim of improving waiting times for new [...]
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  • Bosch acquire battery tech for EV’s

    • 17 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Bosch will debut a battery technology for electric cars that could be production-ready in as little as five years In addition to its own development in the area of battery technology, Bosch now has crucial know-how in innovative solid-state cells for lithium batteries as well as exclusive patents, thanks to the [...]
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  • TESLA MODEL S SURPASS ONE BILLION ELECTRIC MILES

    • 23 June 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Electric car company Tesla, has announced today that its total worldwide vehicle fleet have driven over a billion miles collectively In just the three years since Model S hit the road, owners across the world have travelled the equivalent of over 4,000 trips to the moon, or almost 40,000 times around the Earth By [...]
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