electric vehicle Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/electric-vehicle/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:57:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Five minute EV FLASH charging from BYD https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/five-minute-ev-flash-charging-from-byd/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/five-minute-ev-flash-charging-from-byd/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:55:50 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13201 Electric vehicle manufacturer BYD have just demonstrated their FLASH charging system for the first time in the UK. This could be something of a game-changer. As we all know, one of the main disadvantages of electric vehicles is the time it takes to re-charge. Despite improved charging systems, you simply can’t pull into a service […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/five-minute-ev-flash-charging-from-byd/feed/ 0 More motor vehicles than ever on UK roads, and over a million of them are electric https://mechtraveller.com/2025/04/more-motor-vehicles-than-ever-on-uk-roads-and-over-a-million-of-them-are-electric/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/04/more-motor-vehicles-than-ever-on-uk-roads-and-over-a-million-of-them-are-electric/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:57:25 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11594 The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has just published its latest annual statistics for vehicles registered in the UK, aka the UK 2024 motorparc* data. There are some interesting, if not entirely surprising, trends. In 2024 there were a record 42 million vehicles on UK roads, an increase of 1.4% on the previous […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/04/more-motor-vehicles-than-ever-on-uk-roads-and-over-a-million-of-them-are-electric/feed/ 0 Electric vehicle Pole to Pole team complete their expedition https://mechtraveller.com/2023/12/electric-vehicle-pole-to-pole-team-complete-their-expedition/ https://mechtraveller.com/2023/12/electric-vehicle-pole-to-pole-team-complete-their-expedition/#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:43:07 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=9477 Chris and Julie Ramsey, husband and wife adventurers, have completed their all-electric journey to the South Pole in Antarctica. Their 10-month, 30,000 km adventure that started on the frozen Arctic Sea at the 1823 Magnetic North Pole, has seen them drive the varied terrains and conditions of North, Central and South America before carefully traversing […]

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