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When asked if they would consider buying an electric vehicle as their next car, 70% of European drivers say they would. The most popular reason for drivers considering the change is the environmental benefits offered by a zero-emissions vehicle (49%). The pan-European survey...

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng has announced the construction of another plant. It is to be built in Wuhan and will have an annual capacity of 100,000 cars. A timetable for the start of construction has not yet been given. The...

NIO, a pioneer in the global premium electric vehicle market, has this week reached another milestone in its corporate history by producing its 100,000th production vehicle. Exactly 1,046 days on from NIO’s flagship ES8 SUV starting serial production, the 100,000th NIO car...

In Polestar’s first annual review, the Swedish electric performance car brand announced its goal to create the first truly climate neutral car by 2030. Environmental experts have warned that offsetting is not sustainable in the long run. Questions around the long-term carbon-storage capacity...

Peter Rawlinson has worked at Jaguar, Lotus and Tesla. Now he’s the chief executive of Lucid Motors. Of course, Lucid was known as Atieva when Rawlinson started there in 2013 – and made batteries for electric cars rather than the cars themselves – but that’s...

New figures from the SMMT have today been released detailing new car registrations in March 2021. In a fantastic month for sales of electric vehicles (EVs), March saw more than double the number of EVs sold versus the same period last year. Just...

Tesla has announced new record deliveries of 184,800 electric cars during the first quarter of 2021. Q1 of any year is traditionally a slow quarter for car companies, and especially so during the pandemic, which makes the achievement even more remarkable. From...

Mercedes-Benz Vans has announced that it will build the next generation of the eSprinter in a total of three plants from 2023, with two of them in Germany. The vehicle will also be based on a new platform. At the end of...

Tesla and Toyota are reportedly negotiating the joint development of a platform for a small electric SUV. According to a South Korean media report, talks on the joint venture began last year and are said to be nearing their final stages. Reported...