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All-electric Lightning GT to go on display at The British Motor Museum

9th April 2022

All-electric British-built Lightning GT is to go on display at The British Motor Museum until 2024... They tell us: One of two Lightning GTs ever made will be displayed at the British Motor Museum until 2024 and is the latest exciting and impressive vehicle to go on display at the Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The Lightning GT was created and built in just nine months by a small team at the … [Read more...]

VW ID.4 – Road Test

4th April 2022

The Volkswagen ID.4 77 kWh 204 PS tried and tested by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). Volkswagen has played a waiting game and very carefully entered the burgeoning battery car sector with its ID.4. VW has dabbled with small electric versions of its cars beginning with the Up! and its Golf-sized ID.3 hatchback is sold exclusively across Europe, but the larger ID.4 is a global car … [Read more...]

Road Test – MG ZS Extended Range EV – Trophy Connect

4th March 2022

Chris Adamson has been testing out MG’s claims for its new long range ZS sports utility in real world driving conditions… (All words and photographs by, and copyright, Chris Adamson). MG has surprised many of its rivals by how popular its initially unfancied all-electric ZS has been, regularly sitting in the top 10 best-selling EVs in the country and pushing the brand to record sales figures … [Read more...]

Upgraded Nissan LEAF – Road Test

29th March 2021

Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency) connects with the latest Nissan LEAF. It was the first and for some it’s still the best modern electric car you can buy in Britain. The Nissan Leaf is the world’s best selling electric passenger car and a benchmark for newer rivals, a genuine five-seater with a good practical range over 200 miles and comes with a sensible choice of domestic or fast … [Read more...]

All-electric Vauxhall Corsa – Road Test

21st December 2020

Vauxhall Corsa-e Elite Nav 11kW plugged-in… …and driven by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). Britain’s oldest car-maker is gearing up for the electric future, beginning with the Corsa-e. The highly popular small hatchback is a natural starting point aimed at those who mostly commute or have low mileage lifestyles. It has dabbled in the EV sector between 2012 and 2015 with the … [Read more...]

Kia e-Niro – First Impressions

6th June 2019

KIA’S ROAD TO GREENER MOTORING WITH THE e-NIRO… David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) takes a test drive. Alternatively fuelled vehicles, pure electric, petrol-electric hybrids and plug-in hybrids saw a 21% increase in UK new car sales last year to 141,270 units, but only 15,474 of those vehicles were pure electric models. So far this year only around 2,000 battery electric cars were sold in … [Read more...]

‘me’ micro electric – First Ever UK Road Test

15th April 2019

In a Wheels-Alive ‘exclusive’, we bring you the very first UK road test drive report on the new ‘me’ ('micro electric') all-electric city vehicle. Ant Henson has taken to the streets of London to put this charming diminutive newcomer through its paces… With emissions-based road charging becoming the norm in the capital (and potentially soon other cities around the country), is it time to … [Read more...]

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