Motoring

Volvo XC60

Swede Electric Dreams

Is Volvo’s bid to become all-electric the shrewdest business move of the year, or a cynical ploy to capitalise on the world’s mounting affection...
Tat Motors Pune plant

You want chips with that? Semiconductor shortage hits luxury car market

THE OWNER of Jaguar Land Rover, India’s Tata Motors, has announced a quarterly loss of more than £700m — and says a global semiconductor...

Jaguar warns of investment cuts over Brexit concerns

BRITISH car manufacturers have been fretting over a no-deal or hard Brexit since the controversial referendum. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) company executives are warning of...
Ford Explorer 2014 model

Another huge recall by Ford, and $180m bill will hit company...

FORD Motor Company has recalled more than a million sport utility vehicles in north America for a suspension fault which could increase the risk...
Tesla Model 3 2018

Buy, sell, fire: Musk hits the ground flailing

ELON Musk has sold another 19.5 million Tesla shares. The sell-off comes just days after his $44bn Twitter takeover. Tesla's share price has fallen by more...
Electric car

It’s all about power, and which kind the world really needs…

The EV Summit 2020 is in progress; BV specialist RICHARD THOMAS reports with a summary of day one THE EV SUMMIT 2020 comes theoretically from...
Tesla Model S P85D

Clean? Check. Cool? Check. But e-vehicles have poke too

Hot new electric wheels offer more than just zero emissions – the latest offerings have some serious grunt, too By HAL WILLIAMS THE TIMES are changing,...
DHL Express Eviation Alice

EV News Round-up Winter 2021-22

By RICHARD THOMAS STARTING with company news, UK sports car marque Lotus is following MG to China. It signed a deal with Chinese EV maker...
Electric car (EV) charging station

EV Summit sees charging sites as major block to global uptake

BV’s electric vehicle specialist RICHARD THOMAS reports from the first day of the EV Summit 2021, being held at the Said Business School of...
Electric Classic Cars Porsche 911

EV News Round-up Spring 2020

By RICHARD THOMAS APART from range anxiety, the main reservation about electric vehicles (EVs) has been the question of whether they are actually "greener" than...