Electric car manufacturers join forces Electric car makers are combining efforts to cut costs. They intend to save billions by reducing duplicating business functions. Manufacturers: Daimler, Renault, Nissan, Lada, Mitsubishi and Infiniti etc. anticipate the production of 14 pure electric cars and a fleet self-driving taxis by 2022. Bandwagon It’s …

Mercedes-Benz goes electric Not to be outdone by other car manufacturers with their electric vehicles, Mercedes-Benz have jumped on the electric car bandwagon. The indication is that Mercedes-Benz will offer some 50 electrified models – hybrid and fully electric by 2022. We can now add Mercedes-Benz to the illustrious list …

Uber jumps on electric vehicle bandwagon to fight air pollution! Uber announced a £150 million fund to tackle UK air pollution and offer a diesel scrappage scheme. They want to encourage their drivers to switch to electric or hybrid vehicles. Their aim is for all vehicles in London using its …

BMW electric dreams are big. Just a quick update to my previous electric car posts. I see report from BMW says that they have 25 electric and hybrid models by 2025 for sale, twelve of which will be entirely electric. They also say that they will have more than 200,000 …

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to go electric. This is brilliant… Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced today (07/09/17) that their vehicles from 2020 will be electric or hybrid. They said, ‘Every new Jaguar Land Rover model line will be electrified from 2020 – giving customers even more choice.’ The first fully …

France to explore new law to ban oil & gas production. In a previous post I wrote about France’s plan to end the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040. I notice a new plan now being considered is to introduce a law to ban the production of …

Scotland to phase out new petrol and diesel cars. Scotland has announced plans to phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2032. That’s eight years ahead of the rest of the UK. Why not have some unity here and plan together? No wonder BREXIT is a complete nightmare when …

Nissan announce improved Leaf battery performance As competition in the electric car industry starts to motor (and about time in my opinion) Nissan announce range improvements to their Leaf electric car. The new Leaf electric car can travel approximately 50% further than its predecessor (depends on terrain). The new Leaf …

A date with Apple Diary at the ready – electronic or otherwise. The 12th September 2017 at 10am a BIG Apple announcement is due! Could it be the next-generation Apple iPhone? The next-generation Apple watch? 4K Apple TV? Or, something completely different – such as an Apple electric car? (Or …

More on the electric Mini The first electric mini is expected to be unveiled by BMW at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Production version of the Mini scheduled for 2019 We’ll keep you updated. Visit BMW website here The electric Mini will be built in the UK