Electric cars

New single-motor Volvo EX90 shaves £14k off SUV's starting price

New rear-wheel-drive model brings EV's price down to £82,660 while boosting range to 380 miles

8 April 2025
New single-motor Volvo EX90 shaves £14k off SUV's starting price
Volvo EX30 Cross Country tracking front quarter
Cross Country sits 19mm higher than regular EX30 and rides on all-terrain tyres
New cars

Volvo EX30 Cross Country goes on sale at £47,060

Rugged variant of Volvo's smallest car becomes the first SUV or EV to wear its Cross Country badge

8 April 2025
Volvo EX30 Cross Country goes on sale at £47,060
Volvo XC60 refresh front quarter
New grille mirrors that fitted to the XC90
New cars

Volvo XC60 gets refreshed look and upgraded interior for £49,240

Brand’s best-selling SUV gets a further update ahead of the arrival of its electric sibling, the EX60

8 April 2025
Volvo XC60 gets refreshed look and upgraded interior for £49,240
New cars

Ford launches EV incentives to win over buyers with new Puma

Blue Oval to give all EV buyers free home chargers as it aims to remove concerns about EV switch

8 April 2025
Ford launches EV incentives to win over buyers with new Puma
Car sales

Private EV sales finally on the rise, thanks to cheap deals, greater choice

The rise has been put down to keener pricing at the lower end of the market

8 April 2025
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Private EV sales finally on the rise, thanks to cheap deals, greater choice
New cars

Banning hybrids from 2030 would have been 'too soon', says PM

Government brings forward changes to ZEV mandate, allowing wider variety of hybrids to remain on sale until 2035

7 April 2025
Banning hybrids from 2030 would have been 'too soon', says PM
Electric cars

ZEV mandate: what it is and how it will impact UK drivers

The government's zero-emission vehicle mandate is shaking up the British car market and car industry

7 April 2025
ZEV mandate: what it is and how it will impact UK drivers
New cars

2026 Mercedes-AMG C63 to drop PHEV four for new PHEV six

Sales of the existing car have lagged well behind expectations, despite being the most powerful C-Class model to date

7 April 2025
2026 Mercedes-AMG C63 to drop PHEV four for new PHEV six
Chevrolet Corvette EV concept GM Advanced Design Europe front quarter lead
Concept is one metre tall and mixes historic cues with technical features
New cars

Next Chevrolet Corvette to be influenced by new British concept

Ex-Jaguar designer Julian Thomson leads GM's British design studio in imagining C9 'Vette

7 April 2025
Next Chevrolet Corvette to be influenced by new British concept
Vaxuhall Chevette HS front quarter tracking
Chevette, launched in the UK as a Vauxhall in 1975, was merely a renosed Opel Kadett
From the archive

How Vauxhall lost its independence to Opel

Opel produced cars on the continent while Vauxhall built cars at Luton and Ellesmere Port

7 April 2025
How Vauxhall lost its independence to Opel

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