Consumer

Top tips for happy EV ownership - from an electric car veteran

What to buy, what to avoid – and how to make money from solar panels. What years of EV motoring have taught me

9 September 2026
Top tips for happy EV ownership - from an electric car veteran
Slideshow

The meanings behind the badges of your favourite cars

These logos are etched deep into our collective consciousness, but do you know the reasoning behind them?

8 September 2026
The meanings behind the badges of your favourite cars
Electric cars

Dacia Spring reinvented as sub-£18k EV with 155-mile range

Second-generation Spring leads new model push that will also bring an electric Sandero

8 September 2026
Dacia Spring reinvented as sub-£18k EV with 155-mile range
New cars

BMW 3 Series M350 brings 437bhp straight six – and drift mode

Replacement for the M340i keeps its 3.0-litre straight six but puts out 50bhp and 30lb ft more

7 September 2026
BMW 3 Series M350 brings 437bhp straight six – and drift mode
New cars

Skoda CEO: "We will have to find" an electric Fabia

"This is an area we need to cover" says Klaus Zellmer of a future electric supermini

7 September 2026
Skoda CEO: "We will have to find" an electric Fabia
Electric cars

Polestar to preview new look with Formula 2030 concept

Show car will hint at new 2 and 7 models – and is first penned under design chief Philipp Römers

7 September 2026
Polestar to preview new look with Formula 2030 concept
Electric cars

New Audi A2 revealed as ultra-efficient EV with 400-mile range

New EV follows trail blazed by 1990s supermini with big range and wind-cheating design

7 September 2026
New Audi A2 revealed as ultra-efficient EV with 400-mile range
Business

Confirmed: JLR to axe roughly 9% of global workforce

Company trims non-manufacturing roles – mostly UK-based – as it targets £1.7bn in savings

7 September 2026
Autocar Business
Confirmed: JLR to axe roughly 9% of global workforce
New cars

Skoda Superb in line for retirement as brand shapes future line-up

Skoda is considering whether the production version of Vision O concept could replace both Octavia and Superb

7 September 2026
Skoda Superb in line for retirement as brand shapes future line-up
New cars

Chinese brand Li Auto eyes UK launch with i6 SUV

Successful start-up is branching out into Europe and is working on RHD versions of its line-up

7 September 2026
Chinese brand Li Auto eyes UK launch with i6 SUV

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