Audi aims to sell approximately 800,000 fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids in the year 2025. At this this week’s Annual General Meeting of AUDI AG, the Board of Management presented the updated “Audi.Vorsprung.2025.” strategy. To enable about every third customer to decide in favour of an e-model by the middle of the next decade, there is to be an electrified variant in each model series by then – most of them are to be fully electric, with a smaller proportion as plug-in hybrids.
After displaying the ‘Vision Concept’ study the 2018 Geneva motor show, Lagonda has confirmed plans for its first production model: what it calls a radical, sector-defining zero-emission SUV. Scheduled to be unveiled in 2021, Aston says the Lagonda SUV will be the first luxury SUV exclusively driven by zero emission powertrain technologies and will uphold all the qualities of the reinvented super-luxury marque.
The new Jaguar I-PACE will form the heart of an all-new zero-emissions luxury chauffeur service to and from Heathrow Airport. As many as 200 I-PACEs will be available at Heathrow as part of a deal with WeKnowGroup, creating one of the largest electric vehicle fleets in the UK.
Kia has unveiled a new all-electric version of Niro at the 5th International Electric Vehicle Expo in Jeju, Korea. Due to receive its global debut at the Paris Motor Show in September, the sporty and versatile Niro EV is said by Kia to combine driving enjoyment with eye-catching design and functional utility.
Vauxhall retailers nationwide are offering customers £500 worth of free fuel with any new car and van purchases between Friday 11th May and Monday 14th May as part of its Help to Buy scheme. Customers can get the free fuel card in addition to any of Vauxhall’s 0 per cent APR Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) deals, including on the Vauxhall Corsa Energy which is available from £150 a month.
