Electric Car News

Jaguar’s embrace of electrification won’t hurt its enthusiast appeal: Callum
Jaguar’s chief designer Ian Callum says fans of the brand shouldn’t see the impending electrification of the Jaguar showroom as something to fear

2017 Frankfurt Motor Show: Honda EV Concept gets the green light for 2019
Retro-styled electric city car wins hearts in Frankfurt

BMW i5 electric sedan previewed ahead of official reveal
i5 concept leaks before scheduled debut at the Frankfurt motor show

Japanese company building world’s quickest electric car
Aspark Owl coming to the Frankfurt motor show with a very brief claim to fame – sub-2.0sec 0-100km/h acceleration

Williams teases 480kW battery-powered supercar
The company behind the Nissan Bladeglider and Formula E’s battery technology shows it also has what it takes to build what will sit under a road-going supercar

Continental reinvents the wheel with new concept
Continental New Wheel Concept breaks new ground for EV brakes

Hyundai reveals next-gen fuel-cell SUV
Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell successor rolls out for early preview ahead of its official launch in early 2018

Mazda announces Skyactiv-X petrol engines, EV and autonomous push
Mazda looks ahead in new technology push

How on earth can FCA electrify half of all the cars they sell by 2022?
Given their current position, it seems an impossible target. Could it be done?

Audi to cut R&D spend to jump-start electric cars: report
The rising cost of Dieselgate hits Audi’s research and development plans as focus shifts to EVs, not internal combustion

Formula E is the future whether you like it or not
It’s disliked by many, but manufacturers are flocking to it. How has this happened?

EV superhighway announced by Queensland Government
1800km of road just opened up to electric vehicles in the Sunshine State

Toyota reveals next-gen electric cars won’t use batteries
Media reports say Toyota is developing electric cars that rely on lighter, smaller capacitors to store energy

Mini announces all-electric three-door hatch
Quintessential Mini hatch will be the first model in the brand’s portfolio to sport mass-produced battery power

Audi sports cars to go hybrid
Audi to electrify its performance range

BMW hints at shrinking showroom to help pay for future-car research
Steering wheels and engines in the crosshairs as BMW hunts down cost savings to help pay for EV push

Porsche announces major EV sales plan for next six years
Porsche CEO reveals an ambitious production timeline for EVs over the coming years

2019 Audi e-tron Sportback confirmed
The Audi e-tron Sportback – the second electric vehicle to wear a softly glowing version the German luxury brand’s four-ring logo – will go into production in 2019

Polestar to become Volvo’s performance electric branch
Volvo’s performance and motorsport arm is to transition to all-electrified performance cars

Fisker claims new EV can be charged in just 9 minutes
Electric car company Fisker reveals new EMotion battery-powered sedan with more than 640km range

Electric the way of the future, but not for M cars, BMW says
The head of the ‘i’ skunkworks thinks the electric sub-brand could work with M division on hotted-up hybrids

2018 Nissan Leaf teased
Nissan gives us a peek at its second-generation all-electric hatchback, the 2018 Leaf.

Why the electric Nio EP9’s Nurburgring lap record matters
Chinese electric car with 1000kW resets production car lap record

There’s still life in conventional engines, says Volkswagen
Despite wanting to sell a million battery-powered cars by 2025, VW says the engines we use now will still have a place in future showrooms













