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12,000 miles with a BMW i5: is this the ultimate electric estate?
Time is up with our bells-and-whistles electric exec. How did it fare? Before this BMW i5 Touring arrived, I’d spent some time looking after a Land Rover Defender. The two are about the same price, at approximately £100,000 – and, no, I don’t know how so many people appear able to
New Tesla Model Y brings 311 miles of range for £45k
Aerodynamic tweaks cut the drag coefficient to 0.22Cd, boosting range Best-selling electric SUV has been given a futuristic new look and more miles per charge The full range of trims for the facelifted Tesla Model Y has gone on sale in the UK, dropping the electric SUV's starting price down to £44,990. That
BMW Neue Klasse platform to reduce price of EVs and add range
New Gen6 EV architecture includes slimmer batteries, more efficient motors and clever tech New electric powertrain technology will allow BMW Group to launch electric cars at a cheaper price but while offering more range and better efficiency than today's cars, the firm has claimed. The Munich firm has been working on an entirely
Next generation Mini EVs could move from front-wheel-drive setup
Switch to new BMW Group platform means future Mini models could be driven from the rear Next-generation electric Minis could switch from the firm's customary front-wheel-drove set-up to rear-drive, due to the adoption of a new BMW Group platform. The new “Gen6” 800-volt architecture developed by that Mini's parent firm is claimed to be a “huge leap
BMW says it is eight years away from needing a solid-state battery
The updated BMW iX in xDrive 60 guise offers the most range in the brand's stable with 426 miles Munich firm claims advances in current battery technology will yield more range benefits to customers in coming years BMW is not focussing on solid-state battery technology for the coming years, and
Classic Peugeot 504 Break gets the Pikes Peak treatment
The Peugeot 504 Break was introduced in 1970 and could be had with seven seats Brand’s in-house design studio presents three radical takes on the 1970s family estate The Peugeot Design Lab has given a 504 Break the Pikes Peak treatment as part of a series of radical reimaginings of the classic