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Tim Pollard

United Kingdom

Director of Content at Bauer Media Group (US)

Writer at CAR

Group Digital Editorial Director of Bauer Media's motoring portfolio @CARmagazine and @ParkersCars, ambassador for @bsmeinfo. Insta/Threads: @TimPollardCars

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  • 1 month ago | flipboard.com | Tim Pollard

    8 hours ago"This has been our family car for three years, and it has been an absolute dream," says Ben Kilbey as he shows me his gleaming pearl-white Tesla Model Y. Ben is a staunch electric car advocate. He runs a communications firm that promotes sustainable businesses in the UK. Yet now, he says, the Model …

  • 1 month ago | carmagazine.co.uk | Tim Pollard

    ► BYD Dolphin Surf to launch in UK later this year► Expected retail price under £20k► A new rival to the likes of Dacia’s SpringThe boss of BYD in Europe has confirmed that the Chinese car maker will continue its aggressive expansion plans by importing the Dolphin Surf to the region – finally realising the brand’s potential to bring cut-throat pricing to the EV sector.

  • 1 month ago | carmagazine.co.uk | Tim Pollard

    ► Skoda confirms no small EV► Boss rules out Czech ID.1► Car maker posts £1.9bn profitThe boss of Skoda has ruled out a Czech version of Volkswagen’s upcoming ID.1 electric city car, saying that the company will instead extend the lifecycle of its existing smaller, cheaper combustion cars to appeal to customers who are not yet sure about plugging in.

  • 1 month ago | carmagazine.co.uk | Tim Pollard

    ► The new breed of cheap electric car► Electric car prices are finally falling► Will these EVs finally drive adoption? Seismic changes are being wrought before our eyes, wherever we look in 2025. From geopolitics to the foundations of the electric car industry – this is the year when the rulebook is being torn up, in more ways than one. And with the launch of the Volkswagen ID.Every1, we can now see a new chapter of cheap electric cars is being written before our eyes.

  • 2 months ago | carmagazine.co.uk | Tim Pollard

    ► Polestar chief commits to car numbers► Current badges to continue in future► Even though digits now out of sequence The new boss of Polestar is sticking with the Swedes’ mildly illogical numbering system and ruled out any switch to names or new nomenclature. It all started out so logically: the brand’s first model was the Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid and it was followed by the company’s first all-electric car, the Polestar 2.

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Tim Pollard
Tim Pollard @TimPollardCars
8 Apr 25

Twenty years ago to the day, the administrators were called in to MG Rover on 8 April 2005. Brand historian and sage Keith Adams looks back at what went wrong – and what could've been 🤔 https://t.co/qCMqBuqibm https://t.co/JxEvZx7yw4

Tim Pollard
Tim Pollard @TimPollardCars
8 Apr 25

Mustang Rally Now Baby… 🐎⚡️🎶 🏁 https://t.co/QjFJUQjcvC

Tim Pollard
Tim Pollard @TimPollardCars
5 Apr 25

Honest people DO exist… Thank you to the principled driver who left me a note after lightly smearing the front of the ID.7 in a tight parking bay. Genuine details, all sorted with minimum fuss, a lesson to us all…. 🙌 😃 https://t.co/y35f1imQgN