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Decision to add PHEV tech to #5 is a response to market trends in China
New cars

Smart #5 to gain plug-in hybrid as brand slows EV plans

New SUV to go hybrid in selected markets as Smart steps back from all-electric line-up

21 January 2025
Smart #5 to gain plug-in hybrid as brand slows EV plans
Land Rover Defender P400e hybrid
Defender is already offered with PHEV but "it's not easy to find the extra space" needed for more batteries
New cars

Land Rover Defender to get EV in next generation

JLR's chief operating officer reveals potentially insurmountable packaging difficulties with current Defender

21 January 2025
Land Rover Defender to get EV in next generation
New cars

The new electric cars coming in 2025

New EVs are arriving thick and fast – here's your guide to what's to come this year

20 January 2025
The new electric cars coming in 2025
New cars

Alpina has revealed its final standalone car - now what?

Buchloe has been turning out belters since 1965 – but that run might now be ending

17 January 2025
Alpina has revealed its final standalone car - now what?
2025 Volkswagen T Roc leak front quarter
New look includes LED light bars front and rear
New cars

First pictures of new 2025 Volkswagen T-Roc leaked

Images posted to online forums reveal a more aggressive look in line with the new Tiguan

17 January 2025
First pictures of new 2025 Volkswagen T-Roc leaked
New cars

Polestar 7 confirmed as Europe-built, Evoque-rivalling SUV

Swedish firm targets significant sales growth with expanded line-up led by crucial new electric SUV

16 January 2025
Polestar 7 confirmed as Europe-built, Evoque-rivalling SUV
Alpina B8 GT front quarter
Just 99 examples will be built, each priced from €225,000
New cars

Alpina B8 GT revealed as firm's final and most powerful car

Overhauled BMW 8 Series with 625bhp V8 is final Alpina model before BMW takes full ownership of the brand

16 January 2025
Alpina B8 GT revealed as firm's final and most powerful car
Peugeot electric cars drive through a desert in formation
Peugeot now offers an electric version of each of its cars
New cars

Peugeot boss calls on government to "stimulate" electric car sales

CEO Linda Jackson says "there are only so many things we can do as a manufacturer" to boost EV uptake

16 January 2025
Peugeot boss calls on government to "stimulate" electric car sales
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Elaphe's motors feature in the radical Italdesign Quintessenza
New cars

2000bhp EV super-truck uses radical in-wheel performance motors

Slovenian firm Elaphe's new in-wheel motors are said to be the first compatible with large performance brakes

16 January 2025
2000bhp EV super-truck uses radical in-wheel performance motors
Nvidia Drive Hyperion
"Herky-jerky" behaviour of current autonomous cars will take time and advanced hardware to resolve
Technology

Nvidia: fully autonomous cars 'not close' to production reality

"If one firm makes one mistake, the whole industry gets pushed back a few years," says tech giant expert

16 January 2025
Nvidia: fully autonomous cars 'not close' to production reality

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