Critic Reviews: Nissan Leaf
The arrival of the original Nissan Leaf was a landmark moment for electric cars back in 2011. We’d seen electric cars before, but they were either shoddily built, laughably impractical or a nightmare to drive...
Sweden’s Electrifying eRoad
We’ve been covering the rise of the electric vehicle here at Smart Motoring for a long time, but it’s only in recent years that the technology has become bolder and more inventive.
Introducing e-Road
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Our Top 5 Electric and Hybrid Supercars
It’s safe to say that electric supercars are no longer a futuristic dream. They are out there on our roads right now and it seems every manufacturer is working on a concept right now. Here are five of our fav...
The New Road Tax – What does it affect?
In the biggest tax shake up since the old-fashioned tax disc was abolished in 2014, rates are now set to change from the 1st of April 2017 and this will affect any vehicle first registered from that date.
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VW’s electric future
Volkswagen will unveil a new Golf-sized electric concept car at the upcoming Paris Motor Show.
These sketches provide a glimpse of what VW cars could look like in a few years’ time, with various featur...
Best Road Tax Free Cars
One of the necessary evils of motoring is road tax - officially known as Vehicle Excise Duty. Just how much motorists pay to have their car on the road boils down to how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is pumped out ...
Electric Cars – The Uprising
There is no question that electric cars are the future as fossil fuel deposits slowly start to decline and global warming becomes more apparent. Many car manufacturers are starting to produce their own electric...
Record breaking electric car set for Regent Street show
The latest exciting exhibit has been revealed for the upcoming Regent Street Motor Show, with motoring enthusiasts looking forward to seeing a very special record breaking machine.
Originally built in Britain, ...
Nissan ZEOD RC – not your average electric car
What looks like a NASA spacecraft, can go 185 mph and has the ability to emit zero carbon-emissions?
Give up? Can't quite believe it's true? Well here it is… the Nissan ZEOD RC.
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Lola Drayson electric car breaks world land speed record
Well there’s one subject I keep regularly returning to over the months, and that’s electric transport. It’s clear that, in a world where The Gadget Show has enough to report on for an hour each week (imag...