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The all-electric Vauxhall Vivaro-e has won the first What Car? Van of the Year title, run in association with commercial vehicle retailer Vansdirect. It was voted the winner for its combination of zero-emissions power, ultra-low running and ownership costs and impressive performance and practicality. The Vivaro-e was launched this year, and is rated as having up to 205-miles of range ...

Kia Motors Corporation has shared part of its global electric vehicle (EV) business strategy today, revealing an early sketch of several of the brand’s future dedicated Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). Details of Kia’s future EV product strategy were announced by Kia President and CEO Ho Sung Song during an event at the brand’s Hwasung plant in Korea. The brand said ...

Vauxhall has confirmed prices for its new all-electric Vivaro-e Life multi-seat passenger car. The Vivaro-e Life is available with up to nine seats and is capable of driving up to 143 miles with zero emissions from a single charge, priced from £34,645. Customers can place orders now, with deliveries starting from late October. The new Vivaro-e Life is the next ...

Hyundai Motor Company has announced the launch of its new IONIQ brand dedicated to battery electric vehicles. Under the IONIQ brand, Hyundai Motor will introduce three new dedicated models over the next four years with more innovative models to follow. The creation of IONIQ brand is in response to fast-growing market demand. Hyundai first introduced the term IONIQ, which fuses ...

The UK’s best new electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars for every budget have been revealed at the inaugural What Car? Electric Car Awards, held in association with charging point provider Myenergi. The Awards were launched following a surge in interest in electric cars online during lockdown. As restrictions eased in early July, 26% of What Car?’s audience said ...

Nissan today revealed the new Nissan Ariya electric coupé crossover. CEO Makoto Uchida and chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta unveiled the Ariya to a global audience during a livestreamed event at the soon-to-open Nissan Pavilion in Yokohama. The Ariya – Nissan’s first all-electric coupé crossover – offers powerful acceleration and smooth, quiet operation, as well as an interior with a welcoming, luxurious lounge-like ...

The Audi e-tron is the EV that holds its value best according to Vanarama. Audi, Jaguar and Tesla took the top spots in research, with the e-tron, I-PACE and Model X, respectively in the top three places. However, the more affordable VW all-electric e-Up! is expected to drop less than £4,000 in its first 5,000 miles on the road a ...

Vauxhall today released the first pictures of the Vivaro-e, its first factory-built, fully electric van, set to arrive in the market as more and more UK cities welcome emissions-free vehicles. Built on the same line as the diesel-engined Vivaro, and available to order from June in two lengths and two body variants, the new battery electric Vivaro-e enables business users ...

What Car? has named the new Ford Puma as its 2020 Car of the Year. It took the top prize while also winning the Small SUV category, where it saw off competition from the Audi Q2 and Skoda Kamiq. Rivals for the overall Car of the Year title included the Skoda Scala, Range Rover Evoque and Tesla Model 3. The ...

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) personnel make repeated references to avoiding “difficult second album syndrome” when describing the all-new second-generation version of the Range Rover Evoque compact SUV, and with good reason. Before the first Evoque launched in 2011, effectively creating the premium compact SUV market, JLR as a whole had annual sales volumes of 144,000 cars. After the first year ...