Category: EV News

Since we started the EV RESCUES series, we’ve seen a lot of interest in the Maeving RM1. It’s easy to see why—with its 1920s board-tracker styling and British engineering, it’s one of the most distinctive bikes on the road. After successfully rescuing this 2023 model in our workshop, we took it out through the streets of Durham to see if the reality lives up to the retro-cool aesthetic.

This specific RM1 arrived as a non-runner, but as is often the case with EVs, the faults were more “ghosts in the machine” than mechanical failures.

• The Fix: We replaced the 12V auxiliary battery and repaired both the kickstand and battery [...]

What would you do if you saw a 2023 electric motorcycle listed for a fraction of its retail price at a salvage auction? Most people would see a “Non-Runner” label and walk away, fearing a four-figure battery replacement. But here at Kinghorn Electric Vehicles, we see an opportunity for a rescue.

In the debut episode of our new series, EV RESCUES, we headed to Peterlee to pick up a Maeving RM1 that the previous owner had given up on.

The Maeving RM1 is a beautiful, British-built piece of engineering, but like any EV, it’s only as good as its electrical health. When this bike hit the auction block, it was a total mystery. With [...]

I recently watched a brilliant video from Autocar, where one of their writers sets out to answer a deceptively simple question:

Can an old diesel car really average 100 miles per gallon in the real world?

The car is an Audi A2 1.4 TDI, and the result is genuinely impressive.

If you haven’t seen the video yet, it’s well worth a watch:

👉 https://youtu.be/q1YmIpCEym8

What I liked most about it is how honest it is. This isn’t a laboratory test or a steady motorway crawl — it’s real UK driving, with towns, dual carriageways, motorways, rain, traffic, and compromises.

Watching it made me wonder something slightly different:

If a car can do 100 mpg, how much does that actually cost — and could an electric car cover the same distance for less?

One thing the Autocar video makes [...]

We launch our regular podcast series so please tune in to this first episode, available exclusively on YouTube to find out what’s happening in UK Electric Motorsport.

Welcome our hosts Ben & Jerry and let us know what you think of it so we can make future episodes as good as possible.

Stick around to the end for a surprise on how this podcast was made

https://youtu.be/uRjjI0GXVog

The latest video on our YouTube channel opens the discussion on whether an electric vehicle is than an internal combustion engine vehicle for commuting.

George realised that being stuck in traffic on the way to work whist driving a 2012 Renault Kangoo EV van that it was the perfect time to open this discussion.

We are happy to announce that we will be featured on episode 1 of the next series of Bangers and Cash : Restoring classics.

The episode airs in the UK on the Yesterday Channel (where to find this below) on Thursday April 10th at 8pm.

The episode features the Austin Van that we converted to electric for the show. The build happened in late 2023 and it was challenging. Watch the episode to find out why!

We will be releasing more detail of the build once the episode goes to air so subscribe to our conversion newsletter to be notified when we this is published.

How to watch Yesterday TV in the UK

Freeview Channel 27

Sky Channel 155

Stream online at U.co.uk