Electric Cars

There's a new Chinese electric car brand that's coming to the UK next year - and one of its first models is a dinky city runaround. EV start-up Leapmotor will begin selling cars in nine European countries from September, having 完全にするd a 共同の 投機・賭ける with Vauxhall's parent company. It will then enter the UK market in March 2025. Leapmotor will 申し込む／申し出 two 殴打／砲列 models from 開始する，打ち上げる - the C10 SUV and the diminutive T03 (pictured), which could become Britain's cheapest EV. It will also become the 最新の example of a Chinese EV brand plotting to 製造（する） cars in Europe.

The new Tesla Model 業績／成果 model will 加速する from 0 to 60mph in 2.9 seconds. It'll cost £59,990 and is 利用できる to order now. 配達／演説／出産s are 推定する／予想するd in the summer. The 業績／成果 variant follows on from the recently updated Model 3 - it had a facelift in 2023 - joining the 後部-Wheel 運動 and Long 範囲 models to 完全にする Model 3 offerings.

Mercedes has 明かすd its new electric G-Class - the 'G580 with EQ 科学（工学）技術'. Mercedes says the electric 高級な 4x4 is 始める，決める to be its best off-roader yet, and comes with 293 miles of 範囲. It will 開始する，打ち上げる later this year, with the first '版 One' variant costing from around £190,000.

The new 小型の Aceman is coming to a road 近づく you very soon to fill the crossover-size electric 乗り物 (EV) 穴を開ける in the BMW-owned brand's 範囲 between the Cooper supermini and the 同国人 SUV. 小型の 最新の electric 申し込む／申し出ing - the Aceman - has been 明かすd at the Beijing International 自動推進の 展示 this week -?and the British marque has 確認するd it will be produced in 中国 along with the new Cooper. And the price tag will be far from 小型の. It'll （犯罪の）一味 in from just over £31,000 and UK 配達／演説／出産s will 現れる in the autumn.

The very first all-electric 範囲 Rover is 予定 to be 明かすd later this year - but we've already been given an 初期の glimpse of how the 殴打／砲列-力／強力にするd 高級な SUV will look and 成し遂げる. Parent company JLR (以前は Jaguar Land Rover) has 明らかにする／漏らすd images and （映画の）フィート数 of its debut electric 範囲 Rover during final-行う／開催する／段階 実験（する）ing in icy 条件s in the Artic Circle. It shows a 原型 見解／翻訳／版 of the SUV 存在 driven in 気温s as low as -40 degrees Celsius as part of its sub-無 'calibration 査定／評価' - and, importantly, it's the first time we've seen the 範囲 Rover Electric without any 偽装する to hide some of its angles.

The 早い 開発 of electric 乗り物s, their 殴打／砲列s and モーターs in 最近の years means a number of EVs will now be able to 運動 the 十分な length of the UK with just one quick 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 en 大勝する. Here, we 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） the 10 models with the longest '公式の／役人' distances on a 十分な 殴打／砲列... though 非，不，無 of them are what you'd call cheap.

Alfa Romeo has 明らかにする／漏らすd the new Milano - a sporty,?compact car 始める，決める to attract a fresh - and greener - 世代 of Alfisti fans.That's because it's the first fully-electric model from the brand out of Turin. First 配達／演説／出産s will arrive this summer, と一緒に a hybrid 見解／翻訳／版 for those who don't want to make the leap to 十分な electrification.

ーするために 始める 非難する at many public 装置s, EV drivers 要求する 接近 to a smartphone app. This 許すs 使用者s to choose the charger they want to use and then 支払う／賃金 for the electricity. Most slow-非難する 装置s - the most popular type - do not 許す for contactless 支払い（額） with a debit or credit card, meaning EV owners are ひどく reliant on their phones to operate them. However, a new 報告（する）／憶測 by the RAC 創立／基礎 設立する that 66.4% of the 非難する point 場所s it analysed didn't have 動きやすい phone signal from at least one of the four major providers: O2, EE, Three and Vodaphone. Without a phone signal, it means EV owners will be unable to 活動させる／戦時編成する the charger when they need to 補充する the 殴打／砲列 of their car.

As of January, the UK saw its one millionth EV 攻撃する，衝突する the road. With every year (and pretty much every month) new EVs 攻撃する，衝突するs the market. So, which are the best EVs coming this year? We've 一連の会議、交渉／完成するd up our 最高の，を越す ten EVs to keep your 注目する，もくろむ out for.

BMW 見通し 'Neue Klasse' (New Class) has 明かすd its lifestyle off-roading 未来 with a 原型 iX3. The next 世代 of BMW sports activity 乗り物s (SAVs) will come into 生産／産物 next year. First models are 推定する／予想するd in showrooms by the end of 2025.

The price of a new electric car will 減少（する） to the same level as an 同等（の） new 石油 or ディーゼル model 'much faster than 最初 推定する／予想するd,' によれば a 報告（する）／憶測 published this month. This is because electric 乗り物s (EVs) will, on 普通の／平均（する）, will be cheaper to make than cars with 内部の 燃焼 engines by 2027, says US market 研究 会社／堅い, Gartner. But it's not all good news for the EV 移行, as there is one thing in 特に that will become a lot more expensive in the coming years.

Starting from just under £15,000, the Spring EV will be a staggering £12,000 cheaper than Britain's 現在の cheapest EV, the MG4. Incredibly, the Spring is just £200 more expensive than Dacia's most affordable Sandero supermini, and its 取引 price tag is only bettered by four other models, making this Britain's sixth cheapest new モーター across all 燃料 types. And it's 衝撃 on the EV market could be groundbreaking, as its low price point should 軍隊 the 手渡す of 競争相手 brands to make their 殴打／砲列-力／強力にするd cars いっそう少なく expensive. Here's everything you need to know about the game-changing EV, 含むing its 範囲, 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） and 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 times

Jeremy 追跡（する）'s 拒絶するd 産業 calls for more incentives to 私的な EV 買い手s in the form 'fair 税金s' making it hard for car 製造者s to 攻撃する，衝突する the 政府's ZEV. The most 最近の new car 登録 人物／姿／数字s show EV sales are growing の中で (n)艦隊／(a)素早いs and 商売／仕事s, but sales to 私的な 買い手s have 高原d.

Dodge has 明かすd its blue-血d electric American muscle car - the Dodge Charger Daytona. It'll pacify 業績／成果 petrolheads with 0 to 60mph in 3.3 seconds and a 抱擁する 670 horsepower. The US company's engineers are 現在／一般に 罰金-tuning its 'Fratzonic 議会d Exhaust', which uses a pair of 外部の （衆議院の）議長s to 供給する a synthetic soundtrack you can 活動させる／戦時編成する at the touch of a button to にわか景気 out a V8 engine 公式文書，認める.

Bosses 約束 an 'electrified go-kart' experience with the 柔軟性 of the largest and most spacious 小型の on the market. But does the new 同国人 Electric live up to the hype? We drove one in the sunnier climes of Portugal to find out if it's the better 選択 instead of the racy John Cooper 作品 石油 we drove earlier...

Fiat had said 初めは that it would 申し込む／申し出 only the electric 600e in the UK, but said that in light of 不振の EV sales it had been 軍隊d to 改訂する its 計画（する）s and introduce also a 600 Hybrid. (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs from the Italian car 会社／堅い say that it is time for a reality check and a wake-up call for 大臣s to do more to 上げる 需要・要求する for EVs.

BMW's new second 世代 X2 compact crossover - the first 申し込む／申し出d also in all-electric iX2 form - really is a bit of a headbanger, says Ray Massey. He went to Portugal for the international 開始する，打ち上げる and the first chance to 運動 examples of both 見解／翻訳／版s, ahead of first 配達／演説／出産s from March. So what happened when we put the X2 and iX2 長，率いる-to-長，率いる?

The new Renault 5 E-Tech is 利用できる to pre-order now with first 配達／演説／出産s 推定する／予想するd in 早期に 2025. It will start from around £25,000 and come with nearly 250 miles of 範囲. Much like its best-selling 1972 前任者, this 5 E-Tech will be a small, nippy runaround that won't break the bank - 的ing at the cost-conscious 買い手.

公式の／役人 産業 人物／姿／数字s from the SMMT 明らかにする／漏らす a Tesla takes the 最高の，を越す 位置／汚点／見つけ出す… but it might not be the model you might think... 登録 data collected by the SMMT show the 10 最高の，を越す selling electric 乗り物s in Britain by sales 人物／姿／数字s, 同様に as the best-selling new cars.

The Advertising 基準s 当局 確認するd today it had upheld 判決，裁定s against BMW and MG モーター UK for 広告s that appeared on Google last year. It said the both had misled 消費者s by 示唆するing their EVs do not produce 放出／発行s during the 製造業の 過程 - or when they're 存在 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d by 非，不，無-renewable electricity.

The 普通の／平均（する） 割引 on a new EV has 増加するd by 204% since last January, によれば market 分析 by What Car?, as dealerships are going to 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の lengths to 刺激する sales. It comes just days after the Lord 委員会 警告するd the 政府 that UK drivers are turning their 支援する on the electric 移行, 非難するing a 有毒な combination of high 購入（する） costs, insufficient 非難する 組織／基盤／下部構造 and mixed messaging from 大臣s. We 明らかにする／漏らす the 10 EV models 存在 sold with the biggest cash 貯金 権利 now, with some 申し込む／申し出ing up to 24% off 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） price.

The 政府 needs to 本気で 加速する its 移行 to electric 乗り物s (EVs) if the UK is going to 会合，会う 逮捕する 無 的s in time, a House of Lords 調査 finds. Without hitting EV 的s, CO2 放出／発行s from 乗客 乗り物s will not 落ちる at the 率s needed to 取り組む 気候 change.

While the 存在するing Macan with 石油 engines remain in showrooms for the next two year, from 2026 顧客s will only be able to buy this second-世代 electric model. Two 見解／翻訳／版s are already 利用できる to order, with the longest-範囲 選択 約束ing up to 381 miles of 非，不，無-stop 運動ing on a 選び出す／独身 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 - that's enough to get from London to the Scottish 国境s without pulling over. Here's how much they'll cost from 開始する，打ち上げる...

For the first time ever, Europe's most popular new car doesn't have a 燃焼 engine. The Tesla Model Y has been 指名するd the continent's best 販売人 in 2023, with over a ４半期/4分の1 of a million entering European roads last year, 人物／姿／数字s show. The US brand's electric 乗り物 （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the Dacia Sandero to the model sales 栄冠を与える in Europe by almost 20,000 乗り物s. While the data is inclusive of UK car 登録s, there are 抱擁する differences in regard to which models are bought in biggest 容積／容量s in Britain compared to the 残り／休憩（する） of the continent.

Tesla's new extensively updated Model 3 saloon has a 確認するd arrival date for UK roads - and it will be here within days. The new Model 3 is 高度に 心配するd, given it is a 徹底的な refresh of one of the world's best-selling electric cars that is one of the 中心存在s of Tesla's 最近の success. It 誇るs?a longer 範囲 in 超過 of 400 miles on a 選び出す／独身 殴打／砲列 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金, which will make it one of the longest-範囲 electric 乗り物s (EVs) sold in Britain.

Honda's 発表するd its new electric 乗り物 (EV) 0 Series, with two 概念 cars coming this １０年間. The Saloon and Space-中心 models will feature Honda's redesigned 'H' logo. Honda's 未来 EVs will 含むd AI and 自治権のある 運動ing tech, 維持できる 構成要素s and help the to 達成する 100% EV sales by 2040.

Kia 明かすd three 概念 先頭s under its new 目的 Built 乗り物 (PVB) system, with the first model, the PV5, arriving in 2026. Futuristic '平易な 交換（する）' design means the 後部 部分 of the 乗り物 is interchangeable with taxi, camper or MPV 'life modules'. PV1 and PV7 variants will arrive に向かって the end of the １０年間. Already catching the 注目する，もくろむ of eco-conscious 商業の partners, Kia has 調印するd a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uber to 配達する PVBs to drivers on the ride 株ing 壇・綱領・公約. With Uber's goal of 無-放出／発行s by 2040, the 共同 will create 概念, 原型 and 生産／産物 PBVs to help 達成する this 的.

New 法律s have come into 軍隊 today (3 January 2024) that that mean car 製造者s need to sell an 増加するing number of electric 乗り物s (EV) from this year until the 禁止（する） on sales of new 石油s and ディーゼルs in 2035. Dubbed by minsters as 'the world's most ambitious regulatory 枠組み for the 移行 to electric 乗り物s', the 無 放出／発行 乗り物 (ZEV) 委任統治（領） has 公式に been 制定するd and will 需要・要求する of 製造業者s to 毎年 増加する their 株 of 殴打／砲列 car sales from this year. The 法律 means 22% of each mainstream brand's car 登録s in 2024 must be electric, 規模ing up to 28% for next year and to 80% by the end of the １０年間 - before rising to 100% from 2035. 失敗 to 会合，会う the ZEV 委任統治（領） sales 的s can result in 抱擁する 罰金s for 自動車 製造者s of £15,000 per model below the 要求するd threshold.

The European Union has climbed 負かす／撃墜する over a ぼんやり現れるing 地位，任命する-Brexit cliff 辛勝する／優位 on the 貿易（する） of electric 乗り物s (EVs) - in a 抱擁する 上げる for UK car 製造者s and a move that will 妨げる the cost of 殴打／砲列 models 急に上がるing in just days. Brussels has 提案するd a three-year 延期する to 10% '支配する of origin' 関税s that were 予定 to kick in from January. 商売／仕事 長官 Kemi Badenoch had 繰り返して 押し進めるd EU 公式の／役人s to 延長する the 最終期限. Car 製造業者s had 警告するd the 関税s would 追加する an 普通の／平均（する） extra £3,400 to the cost of an EV and 大打撃を与える the 産業 on both 味方するs of the Channel to the tune of £4.3billion.

Almost four years to the date the bonkers Cybertruck was 明かすd, Tesla has finally 配達するd the first examples to US 顧客s. An event at the 会社／堅い's Giga Texas 施設 夜通し saw CEO Elon Musk 現在の a dozen Cybertrucks to their lucky owners in a glitzy handover that comes two years later than when Tesla 最初 said the トラックで運ぶ would be 配達するd. And fans were given another major shock as the 十分な line-up of specifications was 明らかにする／漏らすd, 含むing their disappointing 範囲s and higher-than-約束d prices. Not that this 事柄s to UK drivers, because the electric 選ぶ-up is ありそうもない to be sold here or in Europe for one 推論する／理由 in particular.

The quirky compact car that was first 開始する，打ち上げるd in Europe in 1992 (pictured inset) will be reborn as a major 競争相手 to Chinese brands as Renault looks to 動かす up 競争 at the 予算 end of the electric 乗り物 market. Luca de Meo, Renault's 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある, 明かすd the car in 概念 form during a 贈呈 in Paris, 約束ing it will 配達する 'best-in-class efficiency' when it goes on sale in 2026. Here's what we know about it so far...

The Nevera's 公式の／役人 backwards time was clocked at a whopping 171.34mph (275.74kph) - 粉砕するing the previous 記録，記録的な／記録する that stood for 22 years by a staggering 69mph. It comes some 53 years after the Lamborghini Miura became the first 生産／産物 car to break the 170mph 障壁 travelling 今後s.

With electric and hybrid car sales 増加するing and 石油 and ディーゼル 登録s going in the opposite direction, it comes as little surprise to see that there has been a rise in 報告（する）／憶測d EV 解雇する／砲火／射撃s in 最近の years. As more 事例／患者s of these 炎s are 報告（する）／憶測d, public 関心 over the safety of electrified cars has amplified in 最近の months. But are EVs more likely to catch 解雇する／砲火／射撃 than 伝統的な 石油 and ディーゼル models??Are they more difficult to put out??And how have 緊急 services had to change their 策略 to 取り組む EV 炎s? We dig into the data to find the answers...

Fiat has 明かすd a new 都市の-friendly electric 乗り物 that will be sold to British drivers from next year - and it will undoubtedly be the cutest new car to 攻撃する，衝突する the road in 2024. Called Topolino, the dinky EV is a two-door 'quadricycle'. Two 見解／翻訳／版s will be sold in the UK next year - a 基準 Topolino and an 'open' Topolino Dolce Vita with a sunroof and no doors! The adorable little machine features retro looks 含むing oval headlamps, dish-style wheel 削減するs and even a スーツケース rack at the 後部, harking 支援する to the iconic Cinquecento classic that was first 開始する，打ち上げるd in 1957. And for those of us looking to rinse off after a hard day, it even has its own portably にわか雨 attachment! But don't 推定する／予想する to travel far - or 急速な／放蕩な - in the delightfully-petite electric Fiat...

The UK 政府's 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 延期する its 禁止（する） on new 石油 and ディーゼル cars from 2030 to 2035 has put a cat amongst the pigeons ーに関して／ーの点でs of 製造業者 計画（する）s to fill their showrooms 排他的に with electric 乗り物s. Rishi Sunak 発表するd in August 2023 that the 最終期限 would be 押し進めるd 支援する 予定 to high EV prices at a time when families are already struggling through a cost-of-living 危機. The 声明 comes as many car 会社／堅いs had already committed to 溝へはまらせる／不時着するing the 内部の 燃焼 engine, with some in 前進するd planning to fill showrooms with EVs much earlier than the new date 始める，決める out by the PM. In this guide we take a look at 44 major car 会社／堅いs and what they have said about their electrification own 計画（する）s, 含むing when they ーするつもりである to stop selling モーターs with 石油 and ディーゼル engines once and for all.