Nick Gibbs
@nickgibbs.bsky.social
Staring into the future of automotive. Writing for Automotive News Europe, Autocar and other quality outlets.
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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.
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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
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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...
Somehow, a mate has managed to rent a Polestar 1 from Hertz in San Diego.
August 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Somehow, a mate has managed to rent a Polestar 1 from Hertz in San Diego.
Envious of London rain. Just too far out
August 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Envious of London rain. Just too far out
Sigh, another call to Octopus EV to discover another month added to the predicted delivery date of our Renault Scenic. Was going to be June. Now November! Too many entities in the process to know who to blame. Octopus? Brayleys (supplying dealer)? Renault? Take control car companies!
August 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Sigh, another call to Octopus EV to discover another month added to the predicted delivery date of our Renault Scenic. Was going to be June. Now November! Too many entities in the process to know who to blame. Octopus? Brayleys (supplying dealer)? Renault? Take control car companies!
‘Not an assembly line, more an assembly tree’ - from today’s presentation. Ford’s version of Tesla’s Unboxed, which Tesla reckons it will use to made the Cybercab (odds-on Ford going first)
The new Ford Universal EV Production System will transform the traditional assembly line & enable a whole new generation of affordable electric vehicles. Excited for the world to see what this platform & new manufacturing system can do! www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articl...
August 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
‘Not an assembly line, more an assembly tree’ - from today’s presentation. Ford’s version of Tesla’s Unboxed, which Tesla reckons it will use to made the Cybercab (odds-on Ford going first)
The Electric Car Grant definitely has its thumb on the scales for Nissan if the Japan-made Ariya EV qualifies for the 2nd tier £1500. Carbon intensity of battery and vehicle assembly location is meant to be a big factor, using IEA's 2022 figures, but this is what the IEA has to say about Japan
August 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The Electric Car Grant definitely has its thumb on the scales for Nissan if the Japan-made Ariya EV qualifies for the 2nd tier £1500. Carbon intensity of battery and vehicle assembly location is meant to be a big factor, using IEA's 2022 figures, but this is what the IEA has to say about Japan