Citroen’s new back-to-basics green electric city car costing around £6,000 is to be sold in the UK following ‘unprecedented’ demand for it to cross the Channel. Bosses gave the green light to the quirky two-seater Citroen Ami runaround coming here in spring 2022 after receiving more than 12,000 expressions of interest from potential British customers. … Read more
A Volkswagen Golf GTI kept in storage from new without turning a wheel in almost 20 years has sold for a profit with bidders duking it out until a winning bid of £38,250 was made to secure the keys to the little-used hot hatch this weekend. The 2002 VW, a 25th Anniversary Edition of the … Read more
The AA has warned Britons not to panic buy petrol ahead of the introduction of E10 unleaded next year – though says petrol-powered lawnmowers and generators won’t be able to run on the greener fuel The arrival of greener E10 petrol is just a month away but the AA has told drivers there’s no need … Read more
Cars are designed to be driven – but in some instances, they’re models earmarked as lucrative investments by buyers hoping they will dramatically appreciate, if stored the right way and temptation to take it for a spin ignored. Collectors are pretty savvy, too, purchasing limited-edition models from new, immediately putting them into storage and not … Read more
Two and a half years ago I wrote about a game you could play in London if you were so inclined: take a walk down a suburban residential street and count the cars that would be hit by the £12.50 per day ULEZ charge. We are now less than three months from the date that … Read more
Two and a half years ago I wrote about a game you could play in London if you were so inclined: take a walk down a suburban residential street and count the cars that would be hit by the £12.50 per day ULEZ charge. We are now less than three months from the date that … Read more
Birmingham City Council has dished out more than 44,000 fines to drivers who failed to pay an £8 daily charge to enter its new Clean Air Zone. The CAZ, which went live at the beginning of June, began charging users of non-compliant older vehicles from 14 June. Non-payment results in a fine of £120, though … Read more
Even some of the best-rated electric cars on the market today are missing their claimed battery range figures by almost a third, according to real-world test results revealed on Wednesday. A test of ten of the latest EVs in showrooms revealed that some fell just 3 per cent short of the quoted ranges, while others … Read more
The Transport Committee has called on the Government to increase efforts to make electric car ownership more attainable for Britain’s drivers, in a new report released this morning. The group of cross-party MPs outlined demands that ministers provide assurances the grid can cope with the surge in demand for electricity as EV sales rise – … Read more
German manufacturer BMW has revealed its two latest electric vehicles – though neither is a car. The first is a signal that the 3 Series maker is considering a move into the e-scooter market, despite laws in the UK prohibiting the use of private models on the road – though hire schemes in busy cities … Read more