TESLA PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON COSTS

Last month I was explaining how the degree of choice in the lowest price bracket for electric cars is probably going down, even as the overall number of models of electric vehicles on the market multiplies seemingly day-by-day. Cars like the smart EQ range, Volkswagen’s e-Up! and the Hyundai Ioniq are fading away without immediate […]

Aside from environmental reasons, is now a good time to buy an Electric car?

According to the latest Society of Motoring Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data, battery electric models now make up 14.3% of new car sales in the UK, overtaking diesel (7.7%) and plug-in hybrids (6.7%) by a significant margin. So does that mean it now makes good financial sense to buy an EV, as well as an […]

Charge anxiety

Drivers get more time to go electric in energy strategy. That was the headline that appeared above a recent online newspaper article about the Scottish government’s new 194-page ‘Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan’, which apparently moved the phase-out date for new petrol and diesel car sales from 2030 to 2032. It soon turned […]

The Chancellor has spoken

Owning an electric car is getting less and less financially attractive. The latest chipping away of the fiscal advantages enjoyed by electric vehicle owners comes with the decision by the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, to end the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) exemption for electric cars. The change, announced in the Autumn Statement in November, means that […]

February issue out now

It’s another bright cover this month, but this car still has its fair share of disguise still on it, thanks to Volkswagen’s teaser campaign for its upcoming ID.7. You can find out everything we know about the pure electric large car in the February 2023 issue of Diesel&EcoCar. We’ve also got the first photos of […]