Category Automotive

BYD has launched the DOLPHIN Cargo e-Van, a UK-built electric light commercial vehicle priced from £29,358 excluding VAT, offering up to 347 miles of WLTP city range for fleets.

Green NCAP rated eight of Europe's best-selling cars cradle-to-grave, with the electric Jeep Avenger topping the group at 96 percent and the petrol BMW 5 Series placing lowest.

Range Rover begins an invitation-only summer preview tour of its first UK-built electric SUV across venues including Chelsea, Sardinia, and Wimbledon ahead of order books opening later in 2026.

Honda has begun Japan sales of the Super-ONE compact EV at 3,390,200 yen, pairing a 70 kW BOOST Mode and simulated 7-speed transmission with a 274 km WLTC range.

Ferrari unveiled the Luce in Rome, its first fully electric production car. The four-door, five-seat sedan delivers 1,050 cv from four motors, a 122 kWh battery, and over 530 km of range.

BYD has unveiled the DOLPHIN G DM-i, a B-segment plug-in hybrid hatchback offering more than 1,000 km combined range, with European sales opening in June and deliveries by end of summer.

Audi Concept C has won four international design awards in 2025 and 2026, including the Car Design Award and the Driving Vision News Award for Best Concept Car Lighting, confirming the brand's new design direction.

Horse Powertrain has launched an upgraded HORSE V20, a 2.0-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine available as a 400V plug-in hybrid or 48V mild hybrid, now in production at Skövde.

VinFast names Repairwise an authorized U.S. after-sales service partner as part of a global push to scale its service network to more than 1,100 workshops in 2026.

The Geely Starray EM-i completed a dual-sided side-impact crash test at UTAC in France on May 23, with a moving barrier at 60 km/h driving the vehicle into a far-side rigid pole.

Škoda has confirmed Škoda Epiq UK pricing from £24,950 OTR, with two trims, two batteries and a limited First Edition. Order books open in July 2026, with a WLTP range of up to 272 miles.

Kia's EV4 has won the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2026 "Best of the Best" distinction, with the PV5 and Hyundai Motor Group's MobED mobile robot platform also recognized as Winners.

BMW Plant Landshut has begun pre-series production of the Energy Master control unit for the iX5 Hydrogen, while commissioning a second production line for the battery-electric version used in the iX3 and i3.

Unplugged Performance has expanded its UP INVINCIBLE® Cybertruck upgrade package lineup, covering suspension, armor, wheels, lighting, and full expedition builds, timed to Tesla's lower-cost coil-sprung AWD trim.

Mazda Motors UK has set Mazda6e pricing from £38,995 with a 78 kWh LFP battery and 348-mile WLTP range, plus a half-price Pod Point home charger on orders placed by 30 June.

Stellantis unveiled FaSTLAne 2030, a €60 billion plan featuring 29 BEVs, 15 PHEV/REEV models, the new STLA One platform, and STLA AutoDrive launching in 2027.

VinFast unveils the new-generation VF 8 priced at VND 999 million (~US$38,000), featuring a 60.13 kWh battery, 500 km NEDC range, software-defined architecture, and pre-orders opening May 27 in Vietnam.