Tag: EV
Will EV sales hit UK’s required 22% target for 2024?
DriveElectric, one of the UK’s leading electric vehicle leasing companies, makes its predictions about what we can expect in 2024... As we enter 2024 there are a number of changes happening in the electric vehicle (EV) industry. But what will be the result of these changes in terms of electric car sales? The UK…
Hyundai Kona gets sporty with N line treatment
Hyundai Motor Europe is making its best-selling electric vehicle a little sportier. The Kona will be the first Hyundai EV to receive the sporty N Line treatment. Key features of the Kona Electric N Line include unique bumpers on both the front and rear, stylish side skirts, and a set of dedicated 19-inch wheels, designed…
Hyundai appoints Ohme as its official EV home charging partner.
Hyundai Motor UK has appointed smart home charging business Ohme as its official home charging partner. Ohme's dynamic smart chargers can connect with the grid in real-time, automatically adjusting to optimise the cost of charging. Using Ohme’s software and technology, Hyundai claims EV owners can generate significant cost-savings over a year, without the need to…
CES2024: VW announces in car ChatGPT
Cerence Chat Pro will be available in the new Golf At CES 2024, the world's leading electronics trade fair held in Las Vegas, Volkswagen will unveil its first vehicles with integrated ChatGPT. Soon customers will have seamless access to the constantly growing artificial intelligence database in all Volkswagen models equipped with…
Range Anxiety to be ‘thing of the past’, LG to announce 98inch TV at CES
Fear of running out of battery far from the nearest charging point is the stuff of nightmares for many electric car drivers. But so-called range anxiety will soon become a “thing of the past”, according to the AA, as the number of breakdown calls for low batteries plummeted this year. Only 2.3pc of emergency callouts…
UK could introduce driverless cars in 2026, record number of EV chargers installed in 2023
Driverless cars could be on some UK roads by the end of 2026, the transport secretary has told the BBC. Mark Harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without having to watch where they're going by the end of that year. Last month the government announced…
Osprey celebrates 1000 high power EV chargers in UK
Salmon's Leap - Osprey's 16 bay dedicated EV charging location on the A38 Devon Expressway EV rapid-charging network Osprey Charging has now installed over 1,000 high-power EV charging points throughout the UK, more than doubling the size of its network in the last year. 2023 was, Osprey claims, its most successful…
Review: Kia EV9 £65,000 electric vehicle
The Kia EV9 at Eilean Donan castle in the Scottish Highlands. Despite the icy conditions the electric vehicle handled the roads very impressively Despite being a big beast, the Kia EV9 is a smashing electric SUV. Perfect for those with large families and offering a five-star safety rating. It also handles…
Hyundai IONIQ 5 N crowned Car of the Year at Top Gear awards
The Hyundai IONIQ 5 N electric 'hyperhatch' has been crowned Car of the Year at the 2023 TopGear.com Awards. The IONIQ 5 N was revealed earlier this year at July’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The high-performance model combines the Electrified-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) of the standard IONIQ 5 – the 2022 World Car of the…
Young drivers three times more likely to buy EV than older drivers
Younger drivers are nearly three times as likely to make their next car an electric vehicle (EV) than older drivers, an independent study has revealed. Research commissioned by mobility provider SOGO reveals that 59% of drivers aged 18-24 are more likely to replace their existing car with an EV than 12 months ago, compared with…
