14 h. ago Driver whose electric car 'accelerated on its own' cleared of killing boy, 5, in south London

Ashenafei Demissie, 53, who claimed a fault made his car move on its own has been cleared of causing death by careless driving

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14 h. ago Electric car driver weeps as he is found not guilty of killing five

Ashenafei Demissie, 53, was behind the wheel of a Volkswagen ID.4 when it suddenly accelerated forward on November 25 2022 in Borough, south London.

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3 d. ago Child serial killer Lucy Letby lands 'top job' in prison leaving other inmates 'jealous'

Letby has been in custody since 2020 after being found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven moreat the Countess of Chester Hospital.

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4 d. ago Driver told police boy, five, 'touched external sensor' and electric car 'jumped forward' and killed him, court hears

During a police interview, Ashenafei Demissie, 53, blamed five-year-old Fareed Amir for making the car jump forward saying he touched an external sensor.

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5 d. ago Electric car driver 'pressed the accelerator instead of the brake' before hitting young boy who died, court hears

Ashenafei Demissie, 53, was driving an electric Volkswagen ID.4 when it struck five-year-old Fareed Amir and Demissie's son, Raphael, in a car park near London Bridge.

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5 d. ago Say hello to the Sony SUV: Afeela Prototype previews second electric car in the tech firm's tie

The SUV is expected to be produced at Honda's Ohio factory and shares much of its styling with the clean - and somewhat clinical - Afeela 1 saloon, which enters production in the US shortly.

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5 d. ago First picture of boy, five, killed when electric car accelerated ‘on its own accord’ in London Bridge

Driver Ashenafei Demissie, 52, claims the parked Volkswagen ID.4 suddenly sped into Fareed Amir and his own son Raphael

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6 d. ago Electric car discounts in 2026 – £9,250 off a Skywell, £4,000 off a Fiat 500e

Skywell BE11 gets £9,250 off plus £500 towards insurance, Fiat 500e city car has a £4,000 price cut, and 600e SUV is reduced by £3,285

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6 d. ago Electric bike rider seriously hurt after crash with car on busy junction

He is in hospital, in a stable condition

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6 d. ago Boy, 5, killed by electric car that accelerated ‘on its own accord’ at London Bridge, court hears

Driver Ashenafei Demissie, 52, claims the parked Volkswagen ID.4 suddenly sped into Fareed Amir and his own son Raphael

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7 d. ago New car sales hit two million in 2025 with nearly a quarter of buyers going electric

Ford Puma, Kia Sportage and Nissan Qashqai are UK’s best sellers; Tesla tops EV sales

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7 d. ago Child, 5, killed & another, 12, injured after electric car dad was sitting in ‘quickly accelerated of its own accord’

A FIVE-year-old was tragically killed and another injured after a dad's electric car 'accelerated of its own accord', a court heard. Ashenafei Demisse, 52, was sitting in his Volkswagen ID.4 when the horror unfolded in November 2022. He was with his son in a car park outside their flat close to London Bridge station, in south...

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7 d. ago Child, five, died after being struck by electric vehicle that accelerated 'on its own accord' in London, court hears

Ashenafei Demisse, 52, was sitting in his electric car in a car park when it rapidly accelerated into Fareed Amir - the child of a family friend - and his own son Raphael, 12.

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7 d. ago Migrant father who tied up his daughter, 18, and drowned her in a swamp because her 'Western behaviour' shamed the family is found guilty of honour killing in Holland

Khaled al Najjar, 53, skipped the country hours after the body of his daughter Ryan, 18, was found bound and gagged in a swap at an isolated nature reserve and is now hiding in Syria.

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8 d. ago Battery electric cars will overtake diesels in Great Britain by 2030, analysis suggests

London predicted to be the first UK city to go diesel-free, largely because of the ultra-low emission zoneBattery electric cars are poised to overtake diesels on Great Britain’s roads by 2030, according to analysis that suggests London will be the first UK city to go diesel-free.The number of diesel cars on Great Britain’s roads in June had fallen to 9.9m in June last year, 21% below its peak of 12.4m vehicles, according to analysis by New AutoMotive, a thinktank focused on the transition to electric cars. Electric car sales are still growing rapidly, albeit more slowly than manufacturers had expected. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Electric car discounts in 2026 – Fiat goes first with big EV price cuts

Fiat 500e city car gets a £4,000 price cut, 600e SUV gets £3,285 drop – cuts replace Fiat’s version of the Electric Car Grant

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9 d. ago Toyota RAV4 review: One of the cleanest and most efficient family SUVs on offer

The RAV4 is steeped in history having launched in the UK back in 1994. But it has matured with style and now offers excellent efficiency, impressive performance and all-round practicality, wrapped up in a stylish package.

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1 week ago China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s biggest electric car seller

Sales at Elon Musk’s company slump after Donald Trump’s withdrawal of EV subsidiesChina’s BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s largest electric carmaker in 2025, after the US company run by Elon Musk reported a slump in deliveries at the end of the year.BYD sold 2.26m battery electric cars during the year, easily outstripping the 1.63m deliveries reported on Friday by Tesla for the same period. Continue reading...

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1 week ago BYD overtakes Tesla as world's biggest electric car seller last year

BYD said on Thursday that sales of its battery-powered motors jumped nearly 28% to more than 2.5m.

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1 week ago Prominent California farmer pleads not guilty to killing estranged wife in Arizona

A prominent California farmer pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the shooting death of his estranged wife at her home in an eastern Arizona mountain community

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