Technology

Ora Funky Cat EV will cost £30,495 in the UK when it launches later this year

Chinese company Great Wall Motors has a new all electric hatch back to bring to the UK, with the Ora Funky Cat. The car has had significant interest from the UK market the company says, with over 6,000 registrations of interest to date. Like most new cars launched lately, the Ora Funky Cat is a full electric car, with a 48kWh battery and a quoted range of 193 miles. When […]

New Volkswagen ID. Buzz priced from £57,115 in the UK

Volkswagen announced the all new ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo earlier this year in March, but the company has finally revealed the pricing structure for the upcoming electric minivan. Pre-orders will take place between now and 30th June and it’ll go on sale in July. Potential customers will need to put a deposit of £2,000 down between now and 30th June to secure a slot, however this is only […]

BMW announces brand new iX1, an all electric SUV with 272 miles of range

Yesterday, BMW revealed its latest all electric model, the new iX1, an all electric SUV with 272 miles of range. This launch follows on from the launch of the brand new X1 model which has some traditional combustion engines too. The new iX1 joins BMW’s ever growing electric car lineup, with now EV versions of the BMW 4 Series, BMW X3 and the BMW 7 Series now on sale. BMW has […]

Dacia bosses are working hard to bring the Spring EV to the UK

We reported around two years ago that the new Dacia Spring electric car could make its way to the UK, since then it has become the best selling car in the company’s home country of Romania and within eight months of going on sale, Dacia has achieved 40,000 orders. Back in December 2021, we also reported that Dacia had said that a UK launch for the Spring was looking ‘very […]

New Smart #1 SUV will be available to order in December 2022

Smart has recently planned on relaunching its brand, once a maker of less expensive cars and then up until lately, a couple of electric only versions of its existing cars were offered. Earlier in April, Smart unveiled its all new electric SUV called the #1. The company is now part owned by Chinese group Geely, which also runs Volvo and Lotus as well as being owned still by Mercedes-Benz, its […]

Amazon to stop supporting the Cloud Cam this year, customers offered free Blink Mini in return

Late last week, Amazon announced that support for the Cloud Cam will be ending later this year on 2nd December 2022. Amazon launched the Cloud Cam back in 2017 and stores video recordings in the cloud, the company also later unveiled a Cloud Cam—Key Edition that was designed to work with smart locks. Amazon has said that on 2nd December 2022 customers will no longer be able to use the […]

Plex releases new beta version of Plex Media Server with native Apple Silicon support

This week, Plex has released a new beta version of its popular Plex Media Server application, with support for Apple Silicon based Mac computers. Up until now, if you were to run Plex on a Mac with a M1 chip, it would run using the Rosetta 2 emulation layer. Plex has said that while existing Plex installs run fine through Rosetta 2, it is better to have native support. When […]

Fiat to remove all models that only use combustion engines from sale in UK

Fiat is planning on removing all the models it sells currently in the UK from sale that don’t have some sort of electrification. By July 2022, the company says the last engine to go is the 1.2-litre petrol engine, which will be removed from the current Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda. Instead, they’ll haver the option of a 1.0-litre hybrid with a 11Ah battery. Fiat started to work towards an […]

History: When Rover Met BMW

At the beginning of the year 1994, Rover Group was sold to BMW for £800m (£1.3b in 2022). Behind the scenes, the Germany company was really only after Land Rover, but was told the two weren’t going to be sold separately. Over the six years Rover was answering to BMW, millions of pounds of investment was poured into the British company, without a significant profit to be made. BMW also […]