This week, Citroën has expanded its line up of the e-C4 with a new less expensive model sitting at the base, with the new Sense. Citroën says customer demands have requested for a more price accessible model and this is it. Sitting at £28,495 including the government’s £1,500 plug in car grant, the e-C4 is around £2,500 cheaper than it used to be. So, what has Citroën done to knock […]
Dacia seem to have a hit on their hands already with the new Spring electric car. It is one of the cheapest on the market and is already on sale in most of Europe, including France, Romania and others. In Dacia’s home market of Romania the little Spring has now become the best selling car there, not the best selling EV but the overall car in the country. In just […]
Smart has now ended production of the EQ ForFour, which has been on sale in the UK since 2017, with a small facelift in 2019. The EQ ForFour had a 80bhp electric motor and 17.6kWh battery with only 70 miles of range. Smart is to focus on the Concept #1 SUV which is due to go on sale later this year and is to be the first model the company has […]
Volkswagen has taken the decision to discontinue the saloon version of the Passat, with only the Estate remaining on sale. The company has said that sales of the newer Arteon are higher and sales of the Passat Estate are higher too. Customers can now no longer order a brand new one and production ceased in December 2021. The Passat was last refreshed in 2014 with a new one expected in […]
Some Ford SUV models in the US will be getting Amazon Fire TV preinstalled on the head units, with the capability to use Alexa, run apps and watch TV when on the road. Amazon has already partnered with Jeep for the same thing and starting this year, the 2022 Ford Explorer and the Lincoln Navigator SUV will be getting access too, as well as some SUVs from Stellantis. The interface […]
Stellantis has announced that a lot of its MPV versions of commercial vans are now going to be electric only, as the company discontinues all combustion versions. The Citroen Berlingo, Peugeot Rifter and Vauxhall Combo Life are now going to be EV only in most of Europe as the need for electric propulsion accelerates. Vauxhall is investing £100 million into the old Vauxhall Astra factory at Ellesmere Port to produce […]
Tesla has this week announced that it now has Supercharger locations available for the public in all 50 US states. Earlier in the week, the company announced that a new location was made live in Hawaii, specifically in the town of Aiea with six stalls available. This is actually the second Supercharger supercharger location in Hawaii, the first is not available for public use as it was installed especially by […]
Today during its keynote at CES 2022, GM announced the all new, all electric Chevrolet Silverado. Thee truck is going up against the F-150 Lightning from Ford and has a range of 400 miles on both models. The Silverado will go on sale in the US later this year and two models will be available, the RST First Edition and the WT, which is more geared towards fleet use. Both […]
Ford has announced today that is doubling production of its latest EV, the Ford F-150 Lightning. It has recently stopped taking new reservations of the electric pickup due to increased demand and the company has said it is “completely oversubscribed.” Production will be increased to 150,000 vehicles per year and the pre-orders for the F-150 Lightning have been capped at 200,000 for now. To help with the demand, Ford has drafted in […]
Tesla has now added ‘Active Road Noise Reduction’ to the latest Model S and Model X electric cars. The new feature is available now via a software update and uses very similar technology found in headphones that have ANC built in to reduce the surrounding noise. Tesla say that Active Road Noise Reduction uses two microphones in the front seats that measures the interior noise, then the speakers will push […]
