Kinghorn Electric Vehicles

27/05/2026

https://youtu.be/YTWYQ5uPwLU

So, we bought a dead Maeving RM1 electric motorcycle from a salvage...

12/05/2026

Well I went and bought a high mileage BMWi3 for more money than I should have - was it a good idea? https://youtu.be/qXHLyhkDLb0

03/05/2026

Want to know how much we have spent on rescuing this Maeving Electric Motorbike? It was only £600 from salvage auction but we had to spend £'s on it - was it a bargain or a money pit?

How Much We Spent Rescuing a Maeving Electric Bike Was it Worth it?

13/04/2026

Maeving RM1 Review & For Sale – The Ultimate Urban “Cheat Code”?

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....

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 dist…

06/04/2026

EV RESCUES Ep 1: The £600 Maeving Gamble – Scrap or Steal?

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....

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…

28/02/2026

New Nissan Leaf stock has just arrived.
We are getting back into stocking Nissan Leafs for sale and will start with entry level one between £1500 and £5000
All will be fully refurbished by your expert EV technicians before sale and carry a full 6 months warranty

https://kinghornelectricvehicles.com/showroom-stock

15/01/2026

100 MPG Is an Engineering Triumph — But Electric Cars Can Do It for Less 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…...

26/11/2025

Just a thought…
If the government is genuinely serious about getting to Net Zero and raising the tax revenue it keeps saying we need, shouldn’t we at least be looking at jet fuel?

Right now jet fuel pays no VAT and no fuel duty. Nothing.
Meanwhile car drivers pay both, and they’re even talking about a 3p-per-mile tax on electric cars — the one thing that actually helps us cut emissions. It makes no sense.

Plane travel is a luxury for most people, and aviation is one of the biggest polluters we have. Why is that the sector getting the tax break?

Rough numbers:
• Adding VAT to jet fuel would bring in around £2 billion a year
• Putting fuel duty on it (like we pay on petrol and diesel) could raise another £8–9 billion
So potentially £10–11.5 billion in total.

Compare that to the EV tax idea, which would raise about £0.5 billion.

If the government really wants Net Zero and extra revenue, surely taxing jet fuel properly should come before taxing people for driving electric cars.

20/08/2025

DVLA have announced their updated rule around classic car registration.

DVLA Eases Classic Electric Car Conversions: What It Means for YouKinghorn Electric Vehicles announces a significant update from the DVLA, simplifying the pr...

01/07/2025

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