EV features

The electric car industry has had a very good year in 2016, with new models released throughout the year and increasing range and efficiency all the time. Thankfully, 2017 looks as though that will continue, as the plug-in car market warms up...

You wait ages for longer range EVs and then three come along within a few months of each other. Following in the footsteps of Nissan’s Leaf 30kWh setting a new bar for EV range at the end of last year, BMW, Renault...

Zap-Map has added Tesla’s Destination Charging points to its database, rolling out the locations across all platforms. The EV charge point mapping specialists have worked hard to include the new types of charge point after the Tesla Destination Charging network went live...

Last week we visited Mahindra’s UK HQ to get behind the wheel of the e2o. The tiny city car – boasting a tight turning circle, big car connected features, and a clever ‘Revive’ feature – was driven around typical London traffic on...

Zap-Map was invited along to the UK launch of the Nissan Leaf 30kWh at Silverstone yesterday (Tuesday 26th January), giving us another chance at an early test for the new longer-range model. With around 12,000 UK sales, the current Leaf is the...

With autumn definitely upon us and winter just around the corner, motorists are encouraged to prepare their vehicles for winter driving to keep them safe. Here are Zap-Map’s tips to make winter as hassle free as possible for drivers of plug-in cars....

Last week we had the chance to drive the new Nissan LEAF. Making the most of a varied route in the south of France, taking in the congested cities of Nice and Monaco, a climb up the Col de Turini in the...

Monthly sales of new plug-in cars reached their second highest point ever, with 3,912 registrations in September 2015. This figure is only topped by the 6,100 registrations made during March earlier this year, and brings the total number of plug-in cars registered...