Electric vehicles

Electrification firm Lunaz resumes operations after restructuring

Firm targets "long-term sustainable growth" as it restarts production of electric bin lorries and restomods

23 May 2024
Autocar Business
Electrification firm Lunaz resumes operations after restructuring
Callum Skye front left three quarter lights on
The Skye has a target weight of just 1150kg and a 50:50 weight distribution
New cars

Callum Skye revealed as go-anywhere EV sports car with 247bhp

Ex-Jaguar design chief’s Ariel Nomad rival is one of the lightest EVs on the market

23 May 2024
Callum Skye revealed as go-anywhere EV sports car with 247bhp
Peugeot 208 ICE Peugeot 208 EV
EVs will make up 6% of used car parc by 2027, petrols 62%
Consumer

Prices of used electric cars approach ICE equivalents

The average two- to four-year-old EV is now worth £16k, while the equivalent diesel is £18k

23 May 2024
Prices of used electric cars approach ICE equivalents
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It looks like a real car, but in reality the Blower Junior is classed as a quadricycle
Features

Ultimate city EV? £90k baby Bentley Blower driven

85%-scaled recreation Blower gets a 10.8kWh battery, 20bhp and a 65-mile range

23 May 2024
Ultimate city EV? £90k baby Bentley Blower driven
Vera Hedges Butler
Hedges Butler and Charles Rolls (left) were also flying pioneers
From the archive

Remembering one of motoring's most pioneering women

We remember Vera Hedges Butler, the first British woman to earn a driving licence and herioc Red Cross volunteer

23 May 2024
Remembering one of motoring's most pioneering women
New cars

Mercedes SL spawns radical F1-inspired Purespeed speedster

Hardcore debut model from Merc's new Mythos luxury brand gets an F1 halo and motorsport-inspired livery

22 May 2024
Mercedes SL spawns radical F1-inspired Purespeed speedster
Jeep Wagoneer S front lead
The Wagoneer S will be Jeep's new range-topping model
New cars

Watch: 600bhp Jeep Wagoneer S outpaces Tesla Model Y

Jeep's second EV will be revealed on 30 May, with performance that outstrips even the V8 Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

22 May 2024
Watch: 600bhp Jeep Wagoneer S outpaces Tesla Model Y
leapmotor t03 side
The T03 supermini is sold for the equivalent of just £5500 before taxes in China
Electric vehicles

Why UK-bound Leapmotor is different from other Chinese EV makers

Stellantis will bring the electric car maker's T03 supermini and C10 SUV to Europe from September

22 May 2024
Autocar Business
Why UK-bound Leapmotor is different from other Chinese EV makers
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New Toyota MR2 detailed, BMW 5 Series vs Mercedes E-Class, and the Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster rated

22 May 2024
Autocar magazine 22 May: on sale now
Bedeo Defender driving through mud
The Defender 110 conversion is the work of the Farnham-based Bedeo Group
Electric cars

Driving Bedeo's Land Rover Defender EV

UK-based consortium aims to perfect in-wheel motors with a drive in a modified Defender

22 May 2024
Driving Bedeo's Land Rover Defender EV

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