Nick Gibbs
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Staring into the future of automotive. Writing for Automotive News Europe, Autocar and other quality outlets.
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If you're wondering how relations are between the govt and the OBR after this morning's budget leak, a govt source has just sent this out about the EV tax.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you're wondering how relations are between the govt and the OBR after this morning's budget leak, a govt source has just sent this out about the EV tax.
Showing no understanding of the scheme!
“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Showing no understanding of the scheme!
PHEVs hit in new electric mileage charge from April 2029. 0.03ppm intially for EVs, 0.015ppm for PHEVs. 8500 miles per year is £255. BUT expensive car tax on EVs increased from £40k to £50k. Suspect that won't mollify the car industry
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
PHEVs hit in new electric mileage charge from April 2029. 0.03ppm intially for EVs, 0.015ppm for PHEVs. 8500 miles per year is £255. BUT expensive car tax on EVs increased from £40k to £50k. Suspect that won't mollify the car industry
Probably on 100g/wk week here. I make my own because shop-bought is meh so can’t do my bit to move the needle
I regret to inform you, but marmalade consumption continues to plummet in the UK.
Back in 1974 each adult, each week, ate on average 27g. It was a mere 4g in 2024 (down from 6g in 2023).
Honey, by contrast, has gone from 5g in 1974 to 9g last year.
Back in 1974 each adult, each week, ate on average 27g. It was a mere 4g in 2024 (down from 6g in 2023).
Honey, by contrast, has gone from 5g in 1974 to 9g last year.
a dog with a peanut butter and cheese sandwich on its head
ALT: a dog with a peanut butter and cheese sandwich on its head
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November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Probably on 100g/wk week here. I make my own because shop-bought is meh so can’t do my bit to move the needle
Woah. Electric buses took a quarter of all bus sales in Europe to the end of Sept (ACEA figs). Biggest market by far was the UK (28% of sales), followed by Germany. Some countries eg Romania, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark EVs well over half of sales. ACEA has no figs on China share but probably big!
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Woah. Electric buses took a quarter of all bus sales in Europe to the end of Sept (ACEA figs). Biggest market by far was the UK (28% of sales), followed by Germany. Some countries eg Romania, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark EVs well over half of sales. ACEA has no figs on China share but probably big!
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Even a simple factoid like this gets overlooked, but it was not long ago that *everyone* directly knew multiple examples of people taken away by this at something preposterous like age 22
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Even a simple factoid like this gets overlooked, but it was not long ago that *everyone* directly knew multiple examples of people taken away by this at something preposterous like age 22
The planned new EV tax as reported is so badly constructed that it’s going to alienate most electric car drivers.
www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/elec...
www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/elec...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The planned new EV tax as reported is so badly constructed that it’s going to alienate most electric car drivers.
www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/elec...
www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/elec...
A month into EV ownership, including two long trips and the main feeling is what the hell was I worried about? Decent range on the Scenic helps as does home charging but v hard now to fathom the anti sentiment. Smoother! Cheaper! Geekier!
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A month into EV ownership, including two long trips and the main feeling is what the hell was I worried about? Decent range on the Scenic helps as does home charging but v hard now to fathom the anti sentiment. Smoother! Cheaper! Geekier!
Michael Leiters, ex of McLaren, to run Porsche. Was a former Porsche engineer but travels to Ferrari and McLaren gives him a broader worldview than the expected Porsche lifer
October 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Michael Leiters, ex of McLaren, to run Porsche. Was a former Porsche engineer but travels to Ferrari and McLaren gives him a broader worldview than the expected Porsche lifer
Jaguar kicking themselves they didn’t do quad headlights, a leaper and a bust of Maggie Thatcher
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Jaguar kicking themselves they didn’t do quad headlights, a leaper and a bust of Maggie Thatcher
Some eye-popping stuff in the Dataforce stats. MG 2nd biggest hybrid seller in the UK in Sept after Toyota, MG3 hybrid beat the Yaris. Chinese took a third of the PHEV market for the month. BYD the second largest EV maker. Jaecoo 7 4th best-seller outright for the month.
MG, BYD and Chery are making strong inroads into the U.K. market with full-electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid cars. www.autonews.com/ev/ane-evs-u...
Electrified drivetrains help Chinese brands to hit a record double-digit market share in the UK
MG, BYD and Chery are making strong inroads into the U.K. market with full-electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid cars.
www.autonews.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Some eye-popping stuff in the Dataforce stats. MG 2nd biggest hybrid seller in the UK in Sept after Toyota, MG3 hybrid beat the Yaris. Chinese took a third of the PHEV market for the month. BYD the second largest EV maker. Jaecoo 7 4th best-seller outright for the month.
Ferrari acting like the leader it is here, not backing down in the face of the EV challenge and going all out to make electric appeal to luxury customers. In the process hopefully undoing some of the damage done by the Taycan! www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
1000hp+, 122kWh, four motors… Stop what you're doing: the electric Ferrari just revealed its secrets | Autocar
Wild active suspension tech, 329-mile range and an authentic "engine" note: secrets of the 2026 Elettrica revealed
www.autocar.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Ferrari acting like the leader it is here, not backing down in the face of the EV challenge and going all out to make electric appeal to luxury customers. In the process hopefully undoing some of the damage done by the Taycan! www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
18 years ago I got the wheels refurbed on my elderly Porsche 944 and it made me so happy I managed a photoshop to brag about it (car long gone sadly)
October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
18 years ago I got the wheels refurbed on my elderly Porsche 944 and it made me so happy I managed a photoshop to brag about it (car long gone sadly)
Here’s how this headline construction jumped the shark, and keeps bloody doing it. If the answer is this bleedin obvious why would anyone click, even if the search algorithm serves it up on a plate?
October 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Here’s how this headline construction jumped the shark, and keeps bloody doing it. If the answer is this bleedin obvious why would anyone click, even if the search algorithm serves it up on a plate?
The Gibbses have gone electric. Hybrid was just too painful (oh the droning). Is charging more painful? Gonna find out!
September 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The Gibbses have gone electric. Hybrid was just too painful (oh the droning). Is charging more painful? Gonna find out!
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September 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
new Mitsubishi Delica Mini. Awfully fabulous. Fabulously awful. Also, banish the idea (pushed in Europe recently) that a Kei category is the path to low tech, low cost. This thing has 360 cameras, sim connectivity, blind spot, lane-change assist etc etc
September 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
new Mitsubishi Delica Mini. Awfully fabulous. Fabulously awful. Also, banish the idea (pushed in Europe recently) that a Kei category is the path to low tech, low cost. This thing has 360 cameras, sim connectivity, blind spot, lane-change assist etc etc
Good to see this ancient stock shot of a belching Peugeot 106 still doing the rounds, here in the Week. Remember using it over 10 years ago in Auto Express and gawd knows how old it was then
September 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Good to see this ancient stock shot of a belching Peugeot 106 still doing the rounds, here in the Week. Remember using it over 10 years ago in Auto Express and gawd knows how old it was then
Very much appreciated the bronze Mitsubishi I-Miev at the launch of the Eclipse Cross yesterday. 2009! 16kWh! A lifetime ago.
September 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Very much appreciated the bronze Mitsubishi I-Miev at the launch of the Eclipse Cross yesterday. 2009! 16kWh! A lifetime ago.
Amen to that
We must unite against those who seek to divide us.
September 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Amen to that
If this is an Aspark Owl in Munich then I’m the car-cricket permanent title holder across all the galaxies
September 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If this is an Aspark Owl in Munich then I’m the car-cricket permanent title holder across all the galaxies
Now THAT is what I call a back-to-school promotion. UAE only. Can't find those T&Cs but I bet they're good.
September 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Now THAT is what I call a back-to-school promotion. UAE only. Can't find those T&Cs but I bet they're good.
Okay that’s enough precipitation now
September 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Okay that’s enough precipitation now
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Very succinct WSJ summary of the staggering migration shock that successive Tory governments inflicted on Britain as they tried to mitigate and hide the economic consequences of the Brexit disaster
August 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Very succinct WSJ summary of the staggering migration shock that successive Tory governments inflicted on Britain as they tried to mitigate and hide the economic consequences of the Brexit disaster
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How are the CEOs of Ford, BYD, Lamborghini, Polestar, and more planning to survive the hellscape that is the current automotive world? We asked them. www.wired.com/story/the-gl...
The Global Car Reckoning Is Here. Far Too Many Auto Companies Don’t Have a Plan
How are the CEOs of Ford, BYD, Lamborghini, Polestar, and more planning to survive the hellscape that is the current automotive world? We asked them.
www.wired.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
How are the CEOs of Ford, BYD, Lamborghini, Polestar, and more planning to survive the hellscape that is the current automotive world? We asked them. www.wired.com/story/the-gl...