Tag: uk

  • British Taxi Firm To Transition To An All-Electric Fleet Thanks To VW

    British Taxi Firm To Transition To An All-Electric Fleet Thanks To VW

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    The largest private vehicle hire firm in the UK has announced it will transition to a fully electric fleet and do so with the help of Volkswagen. Addison Lee has announced a £160 million ($219 million) investment in order to become an EV-only taxi firm by 2023. The switch will begin with the company adopting…

  • Nissan Teases New Electric Crossover As It Announces UK-based Battery Plant

    Nissan Teases New Electric Crossover As It Announces UK-based Battery Plant

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    One day after Renaut’s eWays ElectroPop event, fellow Alliance member Nissan announced its own plans for the electric future. These include a flagship £1 billion ($1.4 billion) EV Hub to be built in Sunderland, UK alongside Envision AESC’s new battery manufacturing facility. Nissan also confirmed a brand new electric crossover to be built in the UK…

  • UK Government To Ban Sales Of New Petrol And Diesel Cars In 2030

    UK Government To Ban Sales Of New Petrol And Diesel Cars In 2030

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    The UK Government will ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans in 2030, as confirmed by the country’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The UK Prime Minister said that the ban is part of the country’s wider plan to become carbon-neutral by 2050. Johnson said that the government is going to “invest more…

  • Global equities find some footing after another slide in US tech stocks, led by a record fall in Tesla

    Global equities find some footing after another slide in US tech stocks, led by a record fall in Tesla

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    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the start of trading August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson European and US equity futures rose on Wednesday as investors went bargain-hunting following a massive sell-off in Big Tech.Asian indices declined after the previous day’s total wash-out saw tech favorites such as Apple,…

  • Honda e Put To The Test Through The Streets Of London

    Honda e Put To The Test Through The Streets Of London

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    All too often, we see car reviews that take vehicles into environments (usually racetracks) where owners will almost never venture. This review Honda e from CarWow is a little different. As the Honda e has been designed for urban use, the British publication put it to the test through London, the kind of place where…

  • Half Of UK Motorists Say They’d Buy An EV As Their Next Car

    Half Of UK Motorists Say They’d Buy An EV As Their Next Car

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    A survey conducted in the UK indicates that almost half of respondents would consider buying an electric car as their next vehicle. In a joint survey from the AA and British current affairs program ITV Tonight, more than 17,000 people provided their thoughts on electric cars. In total, 47 per cent of respondents said they…

  • First Batch Of VW ID.3 EVs Quietly Arrives On British Shores

    First Batch Of VW ID.3 EVs Quietly Arrives On British Shores

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    The first batch of VW ID.3 models has reached British shores at the Grimsby interface in 1st Edition spec, in preparation for initial client deliveries that are slated for later this month. Every ID.3 1st Edition version comes with a pre-loaded We Charge card, supplying customers with as much as one year of charging –…

  • Electric Rolls-Royce Classic Cars Are Here And They Start From $463,000

    Electric Rolls-Royce Classic Cars Are Here And They Start From $463,000

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    Rolls-Royce has confirmed it will become an EV-only brand in the future but the company said it will launch its first electric vehicle “when the time is right”. As it turns out, you can already buy an electric Rolls-Royce, just not from Rolls-Royce. British electric classic car conversion specialist Lunaz has begun production of the…

  • The Mercedes-Benz EQV Is One Pricey Cookie In The UK

    The Mercedes-Benz EQV Is One Pricey Cookie In The UK

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    Mercedes-Benz has begun accepting orders for its EQV electrical luxury minivan at the United Kingdomwhere deliveries will begin this fall. The second member of the EQ sub-brand, following the EQC crossover, is priced out of pound;70,665, or $91,592 at current exchange rates, at EQV 300 Sport guise. In return, customers will find a nicely-specced minivan…

  • Study Says 1/3 Of New Cars Sold Globally By 2030 Will Be Electric

    Study Says 1/3 Of New Cars Sold Globally By 2030 Will Be Electric

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    According to a study conducted by Deloitte, a third of all cars sold around the world will be electric by this decade’s end. The study estimates that approximately 31.1 million EVs will be marketed each year from 2030 – 10 million more in contrast to the previous forecast from January of 2019. Interestingly , the…