Today a Nissan leaf owned by our friend Robert Sharpe of EV Consultancy, EverGreen Consulting, came by for a visit, test drive and a quick charge. We do like the Leaf – it offers superb engineering with solid build quality and reliability. Robert is driving close to 20,000 miles per year on electricity in the Leaf and loving it. For more details on EverGreen EV Consulting see their website.
UK car manufacturing output fell -15.3% in October, the eighth consecutive month of decline, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 77,484 units left factory gates, 14,037 fewer than in the same month last year, with plants continuing their retooling to enable production of the next
125 kWh Produced in September 2024 with just 21 kWh exported October 2024 – What a grey month with hardly any sun shine. The Solar Edge system produced just 125 kWh compared with 231 during October 2023 or just 54% of last year. Dismal month. The month suffered from days of Dunkelflaute, a German term
Tesla Model 3 pricing remain unchanged during October 2024, making 18 months of no increase to UK retail pricing. While the Model Y price has increased by £2,,000 to £46,990. Model 3 base price remains at £39,990 and Model Y increases to £46,990. Model 3 Performance now available to order from £59,990. This is great
Tesla launch new longer range Model 3 Now on sale Tesla offer a model 3 rear wheel drive with the larger battery pack that will get you 436 miles. The cars sits between the base RWD and the AWD long range model and costs £44,990, half way between the two other models. We don’t know
