Tonik Energy’s new ‘Home & Smart EV’ bundle will provide the growing number of UK households purchasing EVs with “transparency and control” over the running costs of their zero emissions vehicles by allowing them to benefit from competitive fixed overnight charging rates. Smart data from EV chargers installed at customers homes by Tonik’s in-house charger…
Smart hybrid cars that automatically switch off their engines to run purely on electric power when they enter city clean-air zones have been launched in Britain by German car giant BMW. In a world-first, London and Birmingham are among the cities chosen to pioneer the new zero-emissions technology which is now being fitted to BMW’s…
Drivers of Škoda’s all-electric Citigoe iV and Superb iV plug-in hybrid can now use Amazon Alexa voice assistants to start or stop charging remotely and check on the remaining range of their cars. The new features are part of a raft of upgrades added to the Škoda Connect service, with iV owners now able to…
The manufacturers are aware that most first time Electric car buyers are stuck in their ‘Petrol thinking’ and focused on Electric Car Range range as their Petrol or Diesel cars and so are prepared to pay a premium for higher range. Tesla primarily build for the North American market and, because of the longer long…
Oil major Shell says that it wants the UK government to make a bold move to ban petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030, accelerating an existing plan by five years even though it seems to undermine one of Big Oil’s key business planks. The UK government already has a policy in place to ban the…
According to the fast food giant, the ports will allow customers to charge their cars up to 80 per cent in under 20 minutes. Full article Independent
Electric prices converging with Petrol and Diesel In 2025, the fully electric (BEV) versions of most vehicle models will be cheaper than the fossil fuel vehicle (FFV) versions. We see now the first examples of this development with the Peugeot 208 and e-208, the MG ZS and MG ZS EV (only for sale in the…
Don’t compare the range of an Electric vehicle with that of a Petrol or Diesel one, as they require frequent visits to a petrol station. Most people are able to charge their Electric car at home overnight whilst sleeping. This will cover the great majority of their journeys and at a third of the cost…
