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Hyundai's Ioniq 6 voted car of the year in AA Ireland awards

The three cars most closely vying for the top slot in the AA Ireland Car Awards were all electric, with Hyundai's Ioniq 6 pipping the BYD Atto 3 and the MG 4 to take the overall Car of the Year award.
Motors • 08 Oct 23

Review: Nissan and Skoda's new electric SUVs

We're still waiting for the arrival of a big choice of budget electric cars with good range, but it would seem we're still about two years away from that reality. In the meantime, there are plenty of expensive ones. We've driven two from Nissan and Skoda.
Motors • 28 Sep 23

Volvo to drop diesel engines completely from early next year

Volvo Cars is to end production of remaining diesel models by early next year as diesel sales continue their decline in Europe and manufacturers race to become fully-electric producers. It was thought Volvo's transition to fully electric would be in 2030.
Diesel cars • 19 Sep 23

BYD to drop Build Your Dreams badging in Europe

It's not surprising that BYD has decided to drop the full Build Your Dreams badging from its European models, given the number of eyebrows its dominance raised from customers when they saw it on their tailgates.
Motors • 11 Sep 23

Peugeot claims EV range of up to 700 km for new 3008

Details of Peugeot's new electric version of the 3008 model are not being announced until next week but the company's CEO has revealed in advance that there will be a claimed range of "up to 700 kilometres".
Motors • 06 Sep 23

Next year likely to see smaller electric car prices drop

More and more car companies are chasing cheaper electric car market share as inflation hits customers and Chinese competition ramps up. Cheaper EV prices are finally on the way.
Motors • 18 Aug 23

Ford enters EV mainstream, finally, with new Explorer.

By the end of next year, Ford will have four all-electric vehicles on sale - the first of them being its new EV version of the Ford Explorer. It's not exactly an accelerated transition from internal combustion engines to electrification.
Motors • 08 Aug 23

Reviewed: two of the new Chinese arrivals from BYD and Ora

The latest car sales figures show sales of electric cars are up by 65 per cent compared to last year and Chinese manufacturers are making their presence felt in this burgeoning market. We review two cars from China - the BYD Atto and the Ora Funky Cat.
Motors • 01 Aug 23

Reviewed: Range Rover Sport and Lexus RX

Sales of fully-electric vehicles have risen by 46% in the first four months of this year, up to 9,828 compared to 6,748 in the same period last year. Yet large plug-in petrol SUV's are still selling, albeit in small numbers.
Motors • 20 Jul 23

Dacia to launch budget electric car in Ireland

Dacia, the Romanian brand owned by Renault, makes a virtue of its no frills approach to car production and a unique selling point of its pricing structure. It's planning the same strategy for its new small urban electric car.
Motors • 13 Jul 23
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