Electric car battery life is one of the main concerns for those interested in buying an EV. Most electric cars use lithium-ion batteries – the same as the ones in your laptop or smartphone – and these ...

And you may well get away with that. But if you have any reason to leave your electric or plug-in hybrid car idle for a long period, it’s worth taking a few simple measures to maintain both the ...

Such strong value is making more take the plunge to buy a used EV, with secondhand battery-electric cars sales up 90 per cent in 2023. On this page you’ll find CAR’s expert take on the best ...

It’s a lot of car and equipment for your £23,495, with the entry-level model packing a 96bhp electric motor and 42kWh battery enabling a touch over 200 miles of range. A longer-range and more ...

With battery replacement being one of the most expensive components of an EV, extending its life is crucial. Here are some practical tips to help you maximize the lifespan of your electric car ...

The rear-drive E07 ($64,900) is priced between a Tesla Model Y RWD and Long Range, and $11,000 dearer than the related Deepal S07 electric mid-size SUV. The same money in a 'normal' diesel dual-cab ...

The owner says his EV6 has needed three or four new 12V batteries in a year despite only being driven 4,500 miles ...

Car manufacturers generally guarantee their EV batteries for eight years/160,000km, but some EV experts reckon that electric car battery life is somewhere between 10 and 20 years. That’s anyone’s ...

But as the advantages of petrol cars became more apparent, producers stopped developing the electric car battery. "So we could have had a completely different world. And that is a bit interesting to ...

The idea being that you could plug your bidirectional electric car into your home charger at 5pm or 6pm presumably with some amount of charge still left in the battery. That being peak electricity ...

The tray is big enough to take ... in the market for a relatively affordable electric car and you’re not too bothered about passenger space or battery range, there are a few cheaper options ...

3:34 EV shoppers have concerns about electric car batteries, but those concerns likely are focused on the wrong thing. We’ll explain how to best preserve your EV’s battery capacity and range.