Volkswagen starts production of ID.4 electric SUV

Series production of Volkswagen’s first all-electric SUV, the ID.4, gets under way in Zwickau. The world premiere of the ID.4 follows at the end of September. The brand expects to produce 1.5 million electric cars in 2025.

Electric taxi-maker LEVC expands UK service network

LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) has significantly grown its authorised service and maintenance network by signing a partnership with one of the UK’s largest end-to-end fleet management companies, Rivus Fleet Solutions.  These additional 20 authorised service centres join LEVC’s existing 17 sites, increasing the British brand’s existing UK network to 37 locations by the end of October. Each authorised site will be able to carry out servicing, maintenance, general repairs and MoTs for LEVC TX taxi as well as its new electric van, VN5. 

Prices and specs for Mercedes eSprinter

The UK’s market-leading large van has now joined Mercedes-Benz’ electric line up. Priced from £51,950 based on an eSprinter Van PROGRESSIVE L2 H2 front-wheel drive, excluding VAT and OLEV grant, the eSprinter is offered exclusively in the PROGRESSIVE trim.

Bright Spark

We already know that the coronavirus crisis has hammered the motor industry. Factories and showrooms have closed, and international supply chains have been badly disrupted. The only real question is what the hoped-for recovery will look like. Will it, in the jargon of the economists, be V-shaped, with activity quickly bouncing back to previous levels […]

UX 300e is the first all-electric Lexus

Lexus begins a new era in electrified motoring with the opening of online reservations for the new UX 300e, an all-electric version of its compact urban SUV. It is the first battery electric model from Lexus, a brand associated with hybrid electric vehicles for more than 15 years.