Category: Electric Vehicles
Britain’s Best EVs named at 2022 What Car? Electric Car Awards
The UK’s best new and used electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars have been revealed at the 2022 What Car? Electric Car Awards. Now in their third year, the awards were launched following a surge of interest in electric and hybrid cars on the What Car? website, and are designed to help people who are keen…
Osprey partners with British Garden Centres for high speed EV charging
Osprey recently signed a deal with British Gas to help charge their fleet of electric vehicles British Garden Centres, the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group, has partnered with Osprey, one of the UK’s leading networks of electric vehicle (EV) charging, to provide high-speed EV charging for their customers. Osprey’s rapid…
Switch to off-peak tariff to reduce EV charges, Ohme advises
With the market regulator Ofgem having announced a rise in the energy price cap last week, many households are under increasing financial pressures. However, drivers of electric vehicles can offset some of the effects of that rise by switching to one of the many off-peak tariffs available for charging their electric vehicles. With the Standard…
Self charging EVs and public transport to space top mobility wish list of today’s kids
Self-charging electric cars and public transport to space top the future mobility wish list of today’s youngsters. Over seven in 10 children aged 6-10 (72 per cent) said self-charging electric cars were an invention they’d like to see, while over half would like a flying car (51 per cent). And almost two in 10 (17…
Switzerland crowned best place to own an EV, UK in 11th
Switzerland is the most EV-friendly country, followed by Austria and Denmark Norwegians are buying more EVs than any other country across Europe The Netherlands has the most EV charging points and the best road conditions The UK fails to make the top 10, sitting mid-table as the 11th most EV-ready country Each country was ranked…
What Car? journos set EV World Record for most countries visited in 24 hours
What Car? journalists Neil Winn and Doug Revolta have set a new world record for the most countries visited in 24 hours in an electric car. The unmodified Porsche Taycan (Performance Battery Plus) chosen for the challenge required seven charge stops at ultra-rapid 350kW Ionity chargers along the 1199-mile journey across 14 countries. Aside from…
MFG EV Power goes live on Zap-Pay
MFG EV Power, the ultra-rapid charging network from Motor Fuel Group (MFG), is the latest to go live on Zap-Pay, the payment system from within Zap-Map. Zap-Map and MFG, the company that owns and runs the MFG EV Power network, signed an agreement to include the ultra-rapid charging network as a Zap-Pay partner. The MFG…
Record EV sales across the globe despite challenges, reports IDTechEx
While 2022 continues to add to the challenges electric vehicle (EV) makers face, markets are still growing. Indeed, electric car sales for the first half of 2022 reached approximately 3.5 million, according to IDTechEx research. To learn more, the new IDTechEx report, “Electric Cars 2023-2043”, provides a deep dive into future automotive markets with granular…
Polestar electric roadster concept to enter production as Polestar 6
Volvo-owned Swedish electric car company Polestar has confirmed plans to put the Polestar electric roadster concept into production. The production car is expected to launch in 2026 as the Polestar 6 electric performance roadster. Interested customers in all active Polestar markets are able to reserve a car online from 16 August 2022. “With the overwhelming…
Young Driver launches Firefly Sport EV at British Motor Show
Young Driver Motor Cars’ all-British and all-electric Firefly Sport will receive its official debut at this week’s British Motor Show, opening on August 18th. A sister company to Young Driver – the under-17s driving school – Young Driver Motor Cars will start production of the Firefly Sport model this month. The 2.1 metre-long car, which…
