Nick Gibbs
@nickgibbs.bsky.social
Staring into the future of automotive. Writing for Automotive News Europe, Autocar and other quality outlets.
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!
Fenomeno you say? These guys are waiting for the ad director's call
October 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Fenomeno you say? These guys are waiting for the ad director's call
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?
FB just reminded me that 13 years ago our 3-series diesel upchucked its water pump and subjected Streatham to another traffic jam. Since then diesel, petrol, petrol, hybrid, EV.
September 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
FB just reminded me that 13 years ago our 3-series diesel upchucked its water pump and subjected Streatham to another traffic jam. Since then diesel, petrol, petrol, hybrid, EV.
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!
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.
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.
Tata Safari pickup. Just the most excruciating vehicle to drive in every way
August 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Tata Safari pickup. Just the most excruciating vehicle to drive in every way
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.
Quite some slippage! Well beyond the emergency three months extension offered by Kinto for our Corolla. Kinto owned by Toyota so better to deal with, although the date of that delivery slipped horribly two years ago and we had to accept dull grey or await an untold time for our preferred blue.
August 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Quite some slippage! Well beyond the emergency three months extension offered by Kinto for our Corolla. Kinto owned by Toyota so better to deal with, although the date of that delivery slipped horribly two years ago and we had to accept dull grey or await an untold time for our preferred blue.
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
'It's not hard [for me as a Telegraph columnist] to work out why. Sure my research has shown customers now prefer SUVs, but it's not hard for me just to blame EVs'
August 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
'It's not hard [for me as a Telegraph columnist] to work out why. Sure my research has shown customers now prefer SUVs, but it's not hard for me just to blame EVs'
Well done Andy for calling out this bollox from the Telegraph. Also subs, you've spelled Cyberster wrong.
August 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Well done Andy for calling out this bollox from the Telegraph. Also subs, you've spelled Cyberster wrong.
All the car spot points are belong to me. Aston Martin Cygnet about to have no problem finding a parking space in Trouville
August 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
All the car spot points are belong to me. Aston Martin Cygnet about to have no problem finding a parking space in Trouville
What are these prototypes then fellow sleuths? German plates, different models, rolling through a seaside town in north western Spain like they’re on holiday
July 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What are these prototypes then fellow sleuths? German plates, different models, rolling through a seaside town in north western Spain like they’re on holiday
Kids entertainment in a Chongqing shopping mall - wash the strange supercar over and over. Pic from my mother in law, currently holidaying there
July 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Kids entertainment in a Chongqing shopping mall - wash the strange supercar over and over. Pic from my mother in law, currently holidaying there
Oof on.ft.com/4llP1P2 Nissan bets on its hybrid technology to spark its revival (gift link)
July 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Oof on.ft.com/4llP1P2 Nissan bets on its hybrid technology to spark its revival (gift link)
Hulk third! Did I see it was the first Sauber podium since 2012? Gutting for Piastri - a nonsense penalty that takes shine off the Lando win after a classic race
July 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hulk third! Did I see it was the first Sauber podium since 2012? Gutting for Piastri - a nonsense penalty that takes shine off the Lando win after a classic race
Stronger EV sales in June in the UK seem to have come at the expense of hybrids. Odd given the ever increasing number of new hybrid models on offer from Renault, Nissan, MG etc. Overall up on the year but worrying signal to Toyota ahead? (SMMT figs)
July 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Stronger EV sales in June in the UK seem to have come at the expense of hybrids. Odd given the ever increasing number of new hybrid models on offer from Renault, Nissan, MG etc. Overall up on the year but worrying signal to Toyota ahead? (SMMT figs)
The north+west/south+east divide on EV uptake in Europe as pictured by Mitsubishi. Portugal doesn’t fit quite so neatly (EV new car share at 22% Jan-May, compared to 21% for the UK)
June 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The north+west/south+east divide on EV uptake in Europe as pictured by Mitsubishi. Portugal doesn’t fit quite so neatly (EV new car share at 22% Jan-May, compared to 21% for the UK)
Zeekr 7X spotted in the Schiphol car park. Owner v pleased and chatty. “Finally it arrived”. Seen 450kw charging speed (!) but no CarPlay yet and software “could use an update.
June 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Zeekr 7X spotted in the Schiphol car park. Owner v pleased and chatty. “Finally it arrived”. Seen 450kw charging speed (!) but no CarPlay yet and software “could use an update.