PHEV
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Long Term 13 AugVolvo XC60 plug-in hybrid is a Usain Bolt of SUVs
AM editor Tim Rose's long-term review of the Volvo XC60 T8 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle finds that competition is fierce in the premium SUV PHEV segment however speed and grace are in the Volvo's favour.
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Latest News 8 NovVolvo incentivises UK PHEV car sales with a year's free electricity deal
Volvo offers free electricity charging deal to its plug-in hybrid buyers.
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Manufacturer 4 JulNew Renault Captur unveiled (gallery)
Renault is preparing to follow the launch of the new Clio hatchback with an all-new Renault Captur crossover, which is set to arrive in UK dealerships with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) drivetrain.
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Latest News 3 JulSuzuki drives fleet sales with Business Partner Programme launch
Suzuki has officially launched its Business Partner Programme to drive fleet sales through its franchised car retail network by a third over the next three years.
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Market Insight 14 DecNFDA electric vehicle (EV) guide to be issued to 5,000 car dealers
Car dealers’ efforts to keep car buyers informed about plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and electric vehicles (EVs) have been boosted by The National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) publication of a new guide on the subject.
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Manufacturer 1 OctMitsubishi to offer 24-hour Outlander PHEV test drives
Mitsubishi Motors UK has invited customers to test drive the Outlander PHEV for a full 24 hours, so potential buyers can experience living with a plug-in hybrid.
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Manufacturer 20 SepFord reveals PHEV Transit van ready for 2019 launch
Ford will begin full production of an plug-in hybrid electric powered Transit van in mid 2019
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Market Insight 24 Apr
Growth in UK plug-in hybrid car market masks dip in pure electric vehicle sales.
In the first three months of this year there were 13,327 new electric and plug-in hybrid cars registered, a 16% increase on the same quarter last year.
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Manufacturer 9 SepCan Mitsubishi double its volume in five years?
Mitsubishi UK managing director Lance Bradley believes a new SUV a year and training for dealership staff could take it to 50,000 registrations by 2021.
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Car Model News 25 AugKia adds PHEV and Sportswagon to Optima range (picture gallery)
Kia’s Optima range is growing with the addition of a plug-in hybrid offering 37g/km CO2 emissions and a Sportswagon with a minimum of 552-litres of load space.
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Finance 20 May
Plug-in vehicle customers opt for PCP
Alphera has seen the majority of plug-in vehicle customers opt for personal contract purchase (PCP) as the method for financing their vehicles, rather than the industry’s expectation for personal contract hire (PCH) to be the preferred method.
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Opinion 9 MarGuest opinion: in defence of the appeal of electric hybrids to used car buyers
The opinion expressed that ‘popularity of PHEV’s is being driven almost entirely by company car taxation and is unlikely to be matched by used car buyers’ is not supported by real-life sales data.
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Used Cars 8 MarUsed car buyers unlikely to replicate success of hybrids in new car market
The success of plug-in petrol hybrids in the new car market is unlikely to be replicated in the used market.
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Car Manufacturer News 15 Feb
New hybrid engines from Toyota Deeside plant to power new C-segment crossover
Next generation hybrid engines for a future Toyota crossover car are to be built at the manufacturer’s Deeside plant in North Wales.
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Car Dealer News 20 AprFirs Garage lends Chipping Norton Literary Festival organisers an Outlander PHEV
Firs Garage Mitsubishi in Hook Norton has lent the organisers of the Chipping North Literary Festival an Outlander PHEV to transport the likes of David Baddiel, Lee Child and Sheila Hancock.
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Car Manufacturer News 9 AprMitsubishi Motors UK celebrates sale of 10,000th Outlander PHEV
Humphries and Parks Mitsubishi is celebrating with the manufacturer after selling the 10,000th Outlander PHEV to be sold in the UK.
