EV
Electric car reviews for Irish buyers. Range, charging and running costs tested on local roads.
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The New XPENG G6 Another New Model For Ireland From China.
Road tested by Hugh Maguire. XPENG is yet another new manufacturer from China that has now arrived on our shores. We already have MG, Polestar, and BYD, and more are sure to follow. Equipped with a range of new features and new ‘know-how’ – much of it a product of their widespread use of AI…
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Tesla Gives The Model 3 A Refresh For 2025.
Road Tested by: Hugh Maguire. Tesla have been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons. Notably a backlash against their CEO Elon Musk due to his political stance in The USA of late and of course the well documented fall off globally in EV sales. Tesla’s problems don’t end there as the…
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Peugeot continues to launch some rather good new cars!
Road tested by Hugh Maguire. It’s only March but Peugeot just don’t seem to have slowed down with a continuous flow of new models coming to the market. So this week we are road testing the new Peugeot e-3008. Peugeot also offer this car as a 1.2 litre petrol plug-in-hybrid and I can’t help but…
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Peugeot’s New 5008 Is Impressive and Available As hybrid or EV.
Road Tested by Hugh Maguire. It is interesting how manufacturers are leaning towards hybrid and not solely EV’s in their latest models. No doubt due to the rapid slowdown in EV uptake for reasons I have discussed here many times. So this week its a quick intro via the Irish Press launch of the all…
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A Real Head Turner, But Does It Live Up To Its Vibrant Style? The New MG Cyberster.
Road Tested by Hugh Maguire. The original British MG brand was of course famous for its two seat roadsters. I guess it was just a matter of time before the now Chinese owned brand harked back to that era with a two seat roadster of their own. Well now we have it. The new MG…
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Kia Launches New EV3 Crossover
Road tested by Hugh Maguire. Kia’s EV journey started with the higher end models such as the sleek looking EV6 and the huge EV9 a model designed to rival the likes of the Defender or even maybe a Range Rover. It certainly looks a bit like one! So with EV sales in decline, down some…
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Tesla’s Model Y, Offers Space Aplenty And Decent Range.
Road Tested by: Hugh Maguire. Tesla as most will know have been pioneers in the push for mass market usage of the electric car. After all they produce nothing but electric cars. As we enter 2025 though the electric car market has slumped with many first adopters going back to hybrid and others avoiding electric…
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New KGM Torres EVX……Who are KGM?
Road tested By Hugh Maguire. Who are KGM I hear you ask? Yet another new Chinese brand entering the Irish market? Well no! It is actually the re birth of the SsangYong brand. SsangYong went bust back in 2022 but were purchased by a south Korean company called KG Mobility and so KGM was born.…
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Toyota bZ4X, Is Toyota’s First Full EV. So What’s it like?
Road tested By Hugh Maguire. I am still not convinced on this mad rush to EV’s. There is a growing realisation that is is not well. Dreadful infrastructure, huge depreciation and some companies deciding to roll back or even for now stop production of EV’s. Renewable fuels are coming, battery technology is rapidly changing, and already the…
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Smart #1 Brabus Edition.
Road Tested By Hugh Maguire. Mercedes actually own the Smart brand but in an attempt to revive the product range they have teamed up with Chinese brand Geely (who own Polestar, Volvo and Lotus) to launch two all new EV’s called the Smart #1 and Smart #3. Strange names but there you go! The Smart…