Millions of people could miss out on the environmental and financial benefits of electric vehicles (EVs), according to a new report. The report by the think tank Localis warns poorer parts of the country could get left behind unless local authorities are given to power to draw up their own ‘smart city’ plans and energy
SWARCO eVolt, the award-winning Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging business, has reported a record year in which it has continued to innovate, deliver the highest levels of customer satisfaction, and increase its market share through the strength and reliability of its technology and engineering teams. The company, which began installing its first charging points more than
Leasing costs of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have fallen throughout 2018 according to data experts at Cap HPI. The study looked at five of the best-selling models in the UK and discovered that monthly lease costs had fallen by 9.5% on average. The UK’s best-selling electric car, the Nissan Leaf saw monthly lease values fall
Want to pay nothing in VED road tax? You’ll have to buy an EV. Here are out top 10 tax-free cars under the latest rules The UK VED road tax system can be full of pitfalls, especially for the unacquainted. If you’re buying a new car, you’ll want to know how much that vehicle is
Hyundai Kona Electric 150kW Premium SE 64kWh 204PS Auto review P11D value: £36,240 BIK: £36,240/13% 5-door small SUV 201bhp / 395Nm Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor electric battery Performance: 7.6s / 104mph CO2 emissions/economy: 0g/km / 248 miles What is it? THE standard Kona is a well liked compact SUV that takes the usual benefits and
The Jaguar I-PACE was the best selling vehicle (of any type) in December, while the Tesla Model S was the #1 plug-in vehicle for all of 2018. December had 6,232 plug-in vehicle registrations in the Netherlands, a four-fold increase compared to the same month last year and the market’s best month since December ’16. The
Performance-focused Cooper S E will be first for the brand and the first all-electric hot hatchback on sale Mini’s first electric car will also be the industry’s first electric hot hatch, engineering sources in Germany have revealed. Rather than a sole focus on economy and eking out range, Mini is developing its electric car with
Latest electric cars sales results show we may expect a dramatic rise this year. Lead times should increase too. In 2018 the electric vehicle segment grew by 10%. If we look at available figures, we’ll see, that one in every 100 cars sold in November 2018 was pure electric. Compared to the same month of
Research shows that some 37 per cent of motorists cite a distance of up to 300 miles as the range that would entice them to buy a pure electric vehicle. Their wait is over. For many years the main barrier to consumer acceptance of electric vehicles has been “range anxiety”. Drivers have often wildly overestimated
New Nissan Leaf e+ launched with extra power and range
Limited edition of Nissan’s popular electric car gains bigger batteries and produces 214bhp Nissan has launched a new range-topping version of the Leaf EV, which features a boost in power and a longer range. The Leaf 3.Zero e+ Limited Edition, launched at CES in Las Vegas, replaces the electric car’s standard 40kWh battery with a
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