Bikes in The City: Stirling Eco: a new gold standard in urban electric?
Legislation is going to change everything about the nature and aesthetic of urban transport. Stirling Eco have one solution. On October 25, 2021 the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanding out to the North and South Circular Roads. This — and other recently announced emissions legislation, amounts to an atomic explosion in urban […]
Electric Bikes: Brand Focus – Cake
Part of the problem with electric bikes is the way they look. Even the most forward-thinking motorcyclist will have, at one time or another, fetishised the visible mechanicity of a motorbike. It’s the simple fact that the engine is out on show that has been responsible for so many people getting into motorbikes – and […]
Electric Options: Join The Resistance
The world of electric biking can be bewildering. We had a look around at what’s available – so you don’t have to! Here is a fistful of interesting electric bikes for every purpose. Entry Level Scooter Staggering statistic alert. In 2018, 22.7 million electric scooters were sold in China. That’s a lot of emissions avoided. […]
The Tesla Model 3: game changer?
Until now, Tesla products have been somewhat unobtainable for most of the population. A base specification Model S costs £77,000+, a Model X with just a paint option will cost £84,000+. However, Tesla’s continued progression was with the Model 3 in mind, an affordable electric vehicle with great range and driving characteristics without sacrificing aesthetics. […]
Silent Running
The smell of a small, two-stroke engine and the sound of it ring-ding-dinging into life still sends a little excited shiver down my back.
As kids, even if we couldn’t get out to ride, my brother and I used to love starting our little dirt bike up in the shed, reveling in the smell and dreaming of the next opportunity to kit up and go charging through some puddles. And then the neighbours would come knocking, wondering why their washing now smelled like a garage full of old chainsaws.
Visions of the future – DeLorean x Tesla
The DeLorean is one of the most recognisable cars of all time.
That angular design, the square headlights, those gullwing doors, the brushed stainless steel panels and a starring role in the Back to the Future movie trilogy have anchored the 1980s machine firmly in the public consciousness.
It’s a car which has a history worthy of its own film script. The twisting saga involves a successful automotive figurehead who decided to go it alone. Against the might of established manufacturers, John DeLorean secured celebrity money and British government backing to build his rear-engined sportscar near Belfast, using a French V6, chassis engineering from Colin Chapman and bodywork design by Giorgetto Giugiaro.
QWest – the Tesla Estate
There’s a lot of pressure for a sequel to perform, yet comic book movie franchises seem keen to push their product out over and over again, weaving ever more tech and intricacy into their storylines. Often, after the building blocks of the first movie had been put into place and left you excited, thrilled and […]
Tesla Model 3: the everyman EV that changes everything
If you haven’t heard of the Tesla Model 3 you may have been living under a rock. Because the Tesla Model 3 is the most pre-ordered consumer product in history. Pitched as the everyman extension to what has thus far been an exclusive, premium automotive brand – the first Tesla Model 3 units for sale […]
Robert Llewellyn: Guest blogger
There are occasions when sitting in my Tesla Model S that I recall the Talking Heads song, Once in a Lifetime. “And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile, And you may ask yourself, well…how did I get here?” The journey to get behind that wheel has been long and often […]
Ludicrous: Tesla Model S P90D L
In case you were wondering. We don’t know what the ‘S’ stands for. The ‘P’, however, definitely stands for ‘performance’. The ’90’ refers to the kilowatts put out by the electric motors. The ‘D’ denotes ‘dual motor’ (there’s an electric motor on each axle). The ‘L’ is for Ludicrous – and with 0-60 in 2.8 […]