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. […]
Humanity – Influential People
Cars are all about people. It’s obvious really – but at times this simple truism can get lost. With the obsession
with speed, power, style and design – with the object itself, you can forget that there is nothing more human
than the machine.
And with the current strange situation the world is facing, the simple fact of the humanity of the heart of what
we do at Influx has been brought to the forefront.
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. […]
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.
A Tale of Two Electricities
“I love the shape of a shooting brake.” Says Floris de Raadt, the proud owner of a bespoke green RemetzCar, as he winds the car through opulent streets of Kensington, where this car had been launched to a UK audience just moments earlier. “Ever since I saw a shooting brake conversion on an Aston Martin […]
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 […]
2017 Highlights
As 2017 comes to a close, we celebrate our most exciting, engaging and fun year to date. A year that saw incredible highs with a visit to the largest collection of MX-5s in the world, spending time with alt-fuel cars including the Toyota Mirai, a Porsche 911 converted to electricity and the world’s first Tesla […]
QWest – a new breed of coachbuilder for a new millennium
There’s something familiar about the roads leading to QWest’s HQ. Nestled in a part of Norfolk that is neither flat, city, nor Broadland, these are the roads upon which some incredible cars have been honed to perfection over the last century. And it’s along these winding rural slithers you find QWest, a company which has […]
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 […]
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 […]