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Ford, the UK’s most popular car brand, has announced today that its entire passenger vehicle line-up in Europe will be electric or plug-in hybrid by mid-2026 and in 2030 will be all-electric only. The US brand’s statement of intent comes just days after Britain’s biggest car maker, Jaguar Land Rover, made its commitment to dump … Read more
British supercar firm McLaren today unleashed its first series-production 205mph electric-hybrid supercar, the Artura. Priced from £185,500, the two-seater super-lightweight plug-in hybrid will sprint from rest to 60mph in three seconds – and possibly fractionally less – subject to official validation. McLaren hailed it as the start of ‘a new chapter for the pioneering supercar … Read more
British supercar firm McLaren today unleashed its first series-production 205mph electric-hybrid supercar, the Artura. Priced from £185,500, the two-seater super-lightweight plug-in hybrid will sprint from rest to 60mph in three seconds – and possibly fractionally less – subject to official validation. McLaren hailed it as the start of ‘a new chapter for the pioneering supercar … Read more
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Also referred to as: Plug-in hybrids Banned in: 2035 Example models: Ford Kuga PHEV, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Volkswagen Golf GTE, BMW 330e, Peugeot 508 PHEV. Plug-in Hybrids are seen as the stepping stone between petrol and diesel cars we’ve always known and battery electric vehicles. They use an internal combustion … Read more
The ban on the sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars is set to come sooner than planned, with reports suggesting a new deadline could be announced this week. All new cars with internal combustion engines – including hybrids – were due to be prohibited from sale in 2040, in accordance with the Government’s Clean … Read more
Ferrari has today lifted the lid on its first hybrid convertible supercar. The powerful new two-seater 1,000 horse-power SF90 Spider is the legendary Italian car firm’s first petrol-electric plug-in hybrid with a retractable hard top designed for the ultimate wind in the hair motoring. That is if you can still keep your hair on in … Read more
Marvel’s WandaVision has been described by one of its stars Teyona Parris as ‘six Marvel movies packed into what they’re presenting as a sitcom’. And to get the second half of the equation right, Marvel approached one of the icons of TV comedy for advice: 94-year-old Dick Van Dyke. The star of The Dick Van … Read more
Thousands of recalled Ford Kuga hybrid cars to have faulty battery packs replaced after seven of the SUVs caught FIRE while charging Some 1,800 UK Puma PHEVs and 27,000 globally have been called back by Ford It says that ‘cell contamination in the drive battery system’ caused the issued UK models should be fixed by … Read more
Jaguar has added a new plug-in hybrid option to its compact E-Pace sports utility vehicle as part of its mid-life upgrade. The new P300e PHEV powertrain combines a sprightly new 200 horsepower 1.5-litre three-cylinder Ingenium petrol engine, 15kWh lithium-ion battery and a 109 horsepower (80kW) electric motor that combine to emit just 44 gram per kilometre … Read more
Is this the pawprint of a vicious giant wild cat on the loose in rural England? Locals fear vicious beast is at large after find near spot where dog walkers saw ‘hybrid jaguar’ Paw print the size of a human foot seen just outside Thornbury, Gloucestershire Residents are speculating over what mysterious animal could be and … Read more