Opinion

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Skoda Elroq and Leapmotor B10 electric SUVs compared for UK buyers

Skoda Elroq vs Leapmotor B10: Is the Chinese SUV Still the Better Deal in the UK?

Skoda Elroq vs Leapmotor B10 in the UK: after £1,500 off each, the B10 costs £30,995 (€36,451), £1,800 less than the cheapest Elroq ...
essential EV accessories

Seven Essential EV Accessories I’d Recommend to Every Owner

Most lists of essential EV accessories start with a home wallbox and finish with a phone mount. The things I actually recommend to friends are far less exciting. None of them requires tools or a trip to the dealer, and ...
Renault 5 E-Tech MY27

Renault Updates the 5 E-Tech With More Range and Smarter Tech, Keeps the Price the Same

Renault has announced a MY27 update for the 5 E-Tech in the UK, and nothing about it costs the buyer more. According to Renault's official press release, both battery versions get more range, the car gains a new automatic driving ...
Geely e2

Everything You Need to Know About the Geely e2

The Geely E2 was China's best selling car in 2025, ahead of every other model regardless of price or fuel type. It has now gone on sale across most of Europe as a small, affordable electric hatchback, built to be ...
Leapmotor B03X

Leapmotor’s B03X Undercuts Nearly Every Rival In Its Segment

Leapmotor's B03X starts from €23,900 in France, and that number alone should worry a few established rivals nearby. The Stellantis backed brand picked Marbella, of all places, to show the car to journalists this month, parking a budget minded electric ...

Comparisons

Car Safety

Euro NCAP Chinese EVs five star

Three Chinese EVs Just Scored Five Stars in Euro NCAP’s Toughest Tests Yet

Euro NCAP published a fresh batch of results this week, and three Chinese electric cars, the Aion UT, Geely E2, and Leapmotor B05, all came away with the maximum five star rating under the tougher 2026 protocols. The Cupra Raval ...
Chinese EV reliability vs European - EV prices falling Europe

BYD Beats BMW, Mercedes and Audi on Reliability, New European Data Shows

I wrote about J.D. Power's own dependability data recently, the study that tracks how many problems owners report on three-year-old cars in the US. That got me wondering how Chinese brands actually compare to European ones on the same measure ...
J.D. Power vehicle dependability software

Car Dependability Just Hit a Three-Year Low, and Software Is Why

J.D. Power's 2026 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study came out in February, and it recorded the worst score since the study was redesigned in 2022. Cars owned for three years now average 204 problems per 100 vehicles, up from 202 the ...
touchscreen car controls driver distraction

Touchscreen Car Controls Are Getting More Distracting, Not Less

Car interiors have never had more screen space, and drivers have never spent longer looking at it instead of the road. That's the uncomfortable conclusion from a new Swedish test that repeated a 2022 experiment on ten current car models, ...
Tesla FSD China

China Just Set the Rules for Self Driving Cars, and Tesla’s FSD Doesn’t Meet Them Yet

Tesla spent months trying to get FSD deeper into the Chinese market, but the goalposts just moved. According to a South China Morning Post report, analysts now say broader Beijing approval for Tesla's higher level autonomous driving remains a distant ...