Category: Electric Vehicles
Tesla to recall Model S and Model X over touch-screen failures
Tesla is recalling approximately 135,000 Model S luxury sedans and Model X sport-utility vehicles in the US over touch-screen failures. The move comes after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requested a recall last month, saying the touch screen in some models can fail when a memory chip runs out of storage capacity, affecting…
Citroen AMI named Microcar of the Year by GQ
Citroën’s innovative and quirky looking AMI has scooped the ‘Microcar of the Year’ title in the GQ Car Awards 2021 - despite not having launched in the UK yet. Having already been recognised with Top Gear magazine's ‘Disruptor Award’ in the BBC Top Gear magazine Electric Awards 2020, the all-electric AMI boasts zero emissions and…
Nissan launching LEAF10 to mark 10th anniversary of EV
Nissan has launched the LEAF10, a special edition of the popular all-electric car, to celebrate 10 years of sales as the first mass-market EV in the world. Available in UK dealerships from today, the LEAF10 features a comprehensive suite of technologies, including in-car Wi-Fi plus new connected services. The latest special version also boasts the…
Ducati expands e-scooter range with PRO-I EVO
Best known for its classic motorbikes, Italian brand Ducati - now owned by Audi via its Lamborghini subsidiary - is launching the latest model in its e-scooter line-up. Called the PRO-I EVO, the new model is billed as the evolution of the PRO-I Plus. The urban-smart design combines with more decisive lines in the rear…
Lime adds e-mopeds to its line up
Electric vehicle company Lime is to add e-mopeds to its platform, starting with rollouts in Paris and Washington DC. Lime claims the addition of mopeds makes it the first micromobility provider to offer three shared electric vehicles on one platform: e-bikes, e-scooters and now e-mopeds. Designed to complement Lime’s e-bikes and e-scooters, the e-moped is…
Voi unveils Voiager 4 pollution sensing e-scooter
Swedish micromobility company Voi Technology has launched an e-scooter that can measure air quality as it travels through urban areas. The latest e-scooter model also offers new safety features - including audible alarms and indicators - which are designed to increase the visibility of e-scooters to pedestrians as well as to vulnerable road users, including…
Car production down 30% in 2020 but EV market share up
UK car production declined 29.3% in 2020, to 920,928 units, according to the latest figures issued today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). December output was down 2.3% to 71,403, with some firms affected by border closures and thus component supply issues. This rounded off a dreadful year, the worst since 1984…
Premier Inn owner to install 1000 ENGIE EV charging points
Whitbread, the owner of Premier Inn hotels and restaurants Beefeater and Brewers’ Fayre, has struck a deal with energy company ENGIE, to deliver what it claims is the UK hospitality sector’s biggest roll-out of high-powered electric charging points. Whitbread, which has over 800 hotels across the UK, aims to install up to a thousand GeniePoint…
White van man ‘going green’, claims Fiat survey
The ‘white van man’ is going green with more than a third considering switching from petrol to electric and 20 per cent ditching fry-ups in favour of a meat-free diet, research has revealed. A survey of 500 van drivers found 91 per cent think it's vital for everyone to be as environmentally friendly as possible.…
Zero-emissions drones airport to launch in Coventry
The world’s first mobile zero-emissions airport for flying cars and autonomous delivery drones is set to launch in Coventry later this year.Air-One has been designed to transform urban transport - allowing air taxis and electric drones to land and recharge, helping to reduce congestion, cut air pollution, and contribute to a zero-carbon future. The zero-emission…
