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Jeep confirms plug-in hybrid Renegade

  • by Alex Grant
  • 8 October 2018

Jeep is readying its plant in Melfi, Italy to build the first plug-in hybrid Renegade compact SUV, due for launch in 2020 as part of ongoing plans to phase out diesel in

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Peugeot reveals 49g/km 508 and 3008 PHEVs

  • by Alex Grant
  • 24 September 2018

Peugeot is to launch high-performance plug-in hybrid versions of the 3008 SUV, and the new 508 and 508 SW this autumn, offering CO2 emissions of 49g/km and up to 30 miles of

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Porsche drops diesel to focus on e-mobility

  • by Alex Grant
  • 24 September 2018

Porsche will not reintroduce diesel engines back into its range, claiming the fuel had a ‘secondary role’ and that it will instead focus on meeting growing global demand for hybrid and electric

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PSA ramps up electrification plans

  • by Alex Grant
  • 20 September 2018

PSA Group will offer plug-in hybrid or electric versions of every model in across its five brands by 2025, with all new launches from 2019 set to include plug-in variants.

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BMW X5 previews next-gen PHEV technology

  • by Alex Grant
  • 7 September 2018

BMW will launch a plug-in hybrid X5 next year, designed to do a higher percentage of driving on battery power than its predecessor, and previewing technology likely to go into other model

UK News

HMRC issues mileage rates for EVs, but not PHEVs

  • by Alex Grant
  • 24 August 2018

HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed Advisory Fuel Rates valid from 1 September, including electric vehicles for the first time but not plug-in hybrids, despite ongoing calls from fleets to issue these

UK News

Government’s 2040 EV strategy due within days

  • by Alex Grant
  • 5 July 2018

The UK Government is set to release its delayed ‘Road to Zero’ plan later this month, likely to confirm that only plug-in hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be available

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Seat EV and Leon PHEV due in 2020

  • by Alex Grant
  • 22 March 2018

Seat will launch its first fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in 2020, the latter a version of the all-new Leon, which will launch next year.

UK News

PHEVs now 20% of Range Rover orders

  • by Alex Grant
  • 8 March 2018

Plug-in hybrids now account for a fifth of of Range Rover and Range Rover Sport orders in the UK, but Jaguar Land Rover UK managing director, Jeremy Hicks, is calling for a