Half of drivers are SCARED to drive in the dark, survey of more than 16,000 motorists finds A quarter of drivers said they get nervous in a car on unfamiliar roads in the dark One in five said they feel nervous driving on unlit roads in the dark By Rob Hull For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 19:11 … Read more
Mercedes has just revealed its latest luxury limousine that will go head-to-head with swanky British saloons built by Rolls-Royce and Bentley. The Maybach S-Class is aimed at diplomats and ultra-rich millionaire businessmen who want to be driven in the utmost luxury and tranquility. Revealed just a day after Boris Johnson announced Britons won’t be able … Read more
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Also referred to as: Plug-in hybrids Banned in: 2035 Example models: Ford Kuga PHEV, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Volkswagen Golf GTE, BMW 330e, Peugeot 508 PHEV. Plug-in Hybrids are seen as the stepping stone between petrol and diesel cars we’ve always known and battery electric vehicles. They use an internal combustion … Read more
If you haven’t got a drive or a garage, then you are likely to rely on public charging points for electric cars, and in my experience the infrastructure just isn’t good enough When you talk cars, it rarely turns into a chat about petrol stations – but discuss electric cars and charging inevitably crops up. … Read more
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2030. But will this deadline have any impact on the vehicles that were going to be in showrooms in nine years’ time? It has finally been confirmed. After months of speculation, Boris Johnson has laid bare his ambitious plans to steer us all towards … Read more
The National Grid says it is confident that it is ‘suitably robust to cope with the forecast uptake in electric vehicles’ from 2030 – the new date that new petrol and diesel passenger cars and vans will be banned from sale. The Prime Minister has tonight confirmed an accelerated deadline for when car makers must … Read more
Mini has showcased a new electric and self-driving compact car that at the push of a button can transform into a ‘living room on wheels’ – and it could be on the road within a decade, which will be just in time for when the ban on new petrol and diesel cars is expected to … Read more
Porsche has produced some absolutely stunning cars in recent years. From the jaw-dropping 918 Spyder hypercar to the svelte Taycan electric vehicle, the German car maker’s design team has had far more hits than misses. But there are models that have been brought to the drawing board in the last decade that haven’t made it … Read more
The ban on the sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars is set to come sooner than planned, with reports suggesting a new deadline could be announced this week. All new cars with internal combustion engines – including hybrids – were due to be prohibited from sale in 2040, in accordance with the Government’s Clean … Read more
British car maker Jaguar Land Rover is accelerating its development of self-driving technology by building a ‘smart city hub’ in Ireland where it can test its cars of the future. The specially-created city environment will be established at the Future Mobility Campus Ireland in Shannon Free Zone business park, near Limerick, and be completed next … Read more