The new Mini is a curious confection.
The car is a British icon with roots going back to 1959.
Now under German ownership with giant automotive parent company BMW at the strings, the popular hatchback is in its fourth generation and s set to play a major part in the brand’s transition to electric power at the end of the decade.
However, the battery-powered Cooper E and SE versions aren’t being built in Britain or Germany but in China as
Would you buy a Chinese electric car?
No matter your answer, the fact of the matter is that brands from China are starting to flood the UK market, offering a number of electric vehicles that can match the performance and range of legacy European and Japanese makers for a fraction of the price.
But are they any good? Here, we take a look at which five models already on sale, or coming soon, are worth keeping an eye on. And
If you asked someone new to electric vehicles to picture charging an EV, they might imagine a charger at the back of a motorway service station car park potentially with snaking queues, with some chargers out of order amid growing demand.
But some companies are attempting to make the EV charging experience far smoother. A new era of electric charging is bringing some of the smartest, and most sustainable car re-filling experiences ever on offer.
Leading the charge is Griderserve
Britons will soon be able to get their hands on an affordable electric car, as budget-friendly brand Dacia has confirmed its Spring EV will go on sale in Britain next month.
The small battery-powered hatchback has been in showrooms in mainland Europe since 2021, but bosses at parent group Renault had been reluctant to launch the low-cost EV in the UK… until now.
From March, order books will open for the Spring in Britain, just in time for the chunky
Without question, this year has been a turbulent one for used electric vehicle (EV) prices.
The value of second-hand battery cars have taken a battering as a result of falling demand, increasing supply entering the market and more appealing deals on brand-new electric models.
As such, some have seen their second-hand prices compared to 12 months earlier slashed almost in half.
We exclusively reveal which 30 EV models were hit hardest – and by how much their used value has
Britain’s enormous new super hub for charging electric vehicles (EVs) has a major shock in store for eco-punters – it’s more expensive than fuel.
Drivers claim that using the nation’s largest ‘Gigahub’ is much more costly than charging at home and paying can be a nightmare.
The site at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) has 180 charging points operated by BP Pulse UK, a subsidiary of the oil giant.
At any given time most of them are standing idle, but
Discounts on new electric vehicles (EVs) have increased by a staggering 323 per cent in the last year as in a desperate bid to stimulate sales by car manufacturers and their networks.
With consumer demand for EVs waning in recent months, the average combined cash and finance discount on a new battery-powered car has grown to a whopping £4,399 in the last 12 months, according to new market analysis.
By comparison, discounts on petrol and diesel models over the same
For a car firm that extols safety as its core value, Sweden’s Volvo has just launched a pocket-rocket compact family crossover that offers supercar performance combined with a green persona.
The new EX30 is Volvo’s smallest ever SUV but the most powerful of its three pure electric powertrains allows it to accelerate from rest to 62mph in just 3.6 seconds.
Yet as a Swedish Tesla-rival built in China, prices for the first EX30 versions to reach the UK begin from
The Government’s decision to delay its ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035 has put a cat amongst the pigeons in terms of manufacturer plans to fill their showrooms exclusively with electric vehicles.
Rishi Sunak announced in August 2023 that the deadline would be pushed back due to high EV prices at a time when families are already struggling through a cost-of-living crisis.
The statement comes as many car firms had already committed to ditching the
Ministers have said a Zero Emission Vehicle mandate will still be introduced next year, despite Rishi Sunak’s decision to postpone the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035.
The PM addressed the nation on Wednesday to confirm he would roll back a number of net zero deadlines, including when car manufacturers had been told to remove all fossil-fuelled models from showrooms.
The move has cast doubt over the implementation of the ZEV mandate, which
