Electric Vehicles

MG announces the new all-electric Cyberster

The all new MG Cyberster was announced today at MG’s London Design office, with a few members of the media in attendance. The launch has given us the first glimpse of the upcoming EV sports car in real life, not in video simulations or animations. The car was leaked back in July 2022 from Chinese patent images and shortly afterwards, it was announced that in April 2023, MG would be […]

New Smart #1 to be priced from £36k in the UK

The all new Smart #1 will be priced from £35,950 here in the UK, once the car goes on sale later this summer. The car was revealed this time last year and went up for pre-order in December 2022. The is a complete reinvention of the brand and is entirely unrelated to the previous Smart Fortwo and Smart Forfour EVs, thanks to the SEA architecture on which it is based. […]

MG launches new Comet EV, with 142 mile range

MG has recently launched its smallest car yet, much smaller than the MG3 hatchback. The new MG Comet will go on sale in India priced from ₹798,000 (£7,800) and is aimed at the younger segment of the market. The dimensions place it at just slightly bigger than the Citroën Ami and around the same size as the Volkswagen up! Powering the Comet is a 17.3kWh battery pack, with a range […]

BYD announces new Seagull hatchback, a sub-£8000 EV for China

Last week at the Shanghai auto show, Chinese car manufacturer BYD unveiled its latest car, the BYD Seagull. The small electric hatchback is around the same size as a Volkswagen up!, if not a slightly bit larger and it could be possible that BYD brings the BYD to the UK, considering it has already brought the Dolphin, Seal and Atto to Europe and the UK. Not a ton of information […]

New German electric van, B-ON announced

At the Commercial Vehicle Show 2023 at the NEC last week, German van manufacturer B-ON showed off its electric commercial vehicle, the Max. The van has been in development, production and use since 2015 and the company was previously known as StreetScooter. In the early days of the company, Deutsche Post purchased the company and have been using the electric vans for its postal service as well as for DHL. […]

Maxus launches new electric eDeliver 7 van

Last week at the 2023 Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC in Birmingham, Maxus unveiled its brand new eDeliver 7, the third all electric van from the Chinese company. For those keeping track, Maxus is owned by SAIC who also owns MG and the Maxus brand has come from the former British van company, LDV. We were at the Commercial Vehicle Show last week and spoke to Chris Adams from […]

Ssangyong has rebranded and also launches new EV

South Korean car company Ssangyong has recently rebranded and launched a new electric vehicle. The new name for the company is KG Mobility and comes from the recent takeover of Ssangyong by the KG Group, a large domestic company in the country. The new model is called the Torres EVX and is a full electric vehicle. It is based on an existing combustion model and has a pretty large 73.4kWh […]

Leicester invests £3m in new electric buses as it ditches diesel

The UK government has announced a huge spending boost for electric buses up and down the country, with £3 million dedicated to the city of Leicester. Eighteen brand new electric buses from Wrightbus will be purchased, a bus manufactured here in the UK. The Electroliner model is also claimed to be the world’s most efficient electric bus. All the buses are manufactured by Wrightbus in Northern Ireland and when deployed […]

Ford announces new electric E-Transit Courier

Last week, Ford unveiled its latest electric commercial vehicle, the E-Transit Courier. The new van is likely going to be the smallest van the company is going to produce, which is the case currently. Ford has been closely working with Volkswagen for all of its upcoming electric vehicles, for example the new E-Transit Custom and the ID.Buzz share the same platform, as do the Ford Ranger and the VW Amarock […]