Power firm Schneider Electric to turn its 1,200 cars all electric

One of biggest energy services specialists in Britain switching transport fleet to electric vehicles and will install chargers at employees’ homes By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2021 One of the biggest energy services specialists in Britain is switching its entire transport … Read more

A behind-the-scenes Turismo of Porsche’s new Taycan electric estate

There’s nothing quite like the buzz and intrigue when road testing a car that’s yet to be officially unveiled, never mind hit the road or appear in showrooms. Especially if the lightening-fast car you are driving under-cover is the very same one that will be revealed live to the world, priced at £140,000, at the … Read more

Hyundai takes aim at Tesla’s Model 3 with its bold electric Ioniq 5 crossover

Hyundai is the latest car maker to unleash a new electric vehicle on the market, and it has clear intentions of taking down the market-leading Tesla Model 3. The Ioniq 5 is a bold new family-size crossover to be launched under the Korean manufacturer’s ‘Ioniq’ EV sub-brand this summer. Reports suggest entry models will cost … Read more

British Gas orders 2,000 electric vans in big upgrade

British Gas orders 2,000 electric vans, in one of the biggest such upgrades by a UK company so far By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 22 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 22 February 2021 British Gas has ordered 2,000 electric vans, in one of the biggest such upgrades by a … Read more

Hilary Duff shows off new electric blue hair… and details ways to help her home state of Texas

Hilary Duff shows off new electric blue hair on Instagram… as she details ways to help her home state of Texas after deadly winter storm By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 20:43 GMT, 19 February 2021 | Updated: 20:52 GMT, 19 February 2021 She’s never been afraid to play with her look. And Hilary Duff … Read more

Drivers predict there will be more electric cars than diesels in the UK by 2030

The general consensus among motorists is that there will be more electric cars on UK roads by 2030 than diesels, a huge poll of drivers has found. By the time the ban on new petrol and diesel-engined cars comes into force at the end of this decade, drivers reckon there will be 6.5million EVs being … Read more

The electric car public charging lottery revealed

The huge gulf in costs faced by electric car owners who use public devices to replenish the batteries of their plug-in vehicles has been revealed in a new study. The priciest companies charge up to four times as much as the cheapest provider for the same amount of charge, a market comparison of user costs … Read more

All new Fords sold from mid-2026 will be electric or plug-in hybrid

Ford, the UK’s most popular car brand, has announced today that its entire passenger vehicle line-up in Europe will be electric or plug-in hybrid by mid-2026 and in 2030 will be all-electric only. The US brand’s statement of intent comes just days after Britain’s biggest car maker, Jaguar Land Rover, made its commitment to dump … Read more

Dancing On Ice’s Jason Donovan shares a glimpse of his electric physio treatment for ‘back issues’

Dancing On Ice’s Jason Donovan endures an electric physio treatment for his back after being forced to miss last live show due to injury concerns By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 08:35 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 08:39 GMT, 17 February 2021 Dancing On Ice star Jason Donovan shared a glimpse of his latest … Read more

The best and worst electric car public charging networks ranked by drivers

The Government has published its latest update on the growth in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, confirming the UK has passed 20,000 publicly-accessible devices.  A total of 4,270 new charge points were added to the network in 2020, an increase of 26 per cent. And of the 20,775 plug-in points now available, 3,880 are judged to … Read more