EVs are finally making their presence felt in the True Fleet registrations. By the end of 2019, electric cars will probably hit six figures in the EU18 market. On some markets, the TCO is on a par with ICE cars – all depends on discounts, subsidies and residual values. Electric is finally appearing to make
‘I make no bones about it. We want to remove all the subsidy’ THINKING of upgrading to a new pure-electric car? You may want to consider putting your order in sooner rather than later, as the Department for Transport (DfT) plans to fully phase out the Plug-in Car Grant subsidy. In an interview with The
Research shows ‘electric cars’ will simply be called ‘cars’ by the end of the next decade. More than two-thirds of British adults expect electric cars to become so ‘normal’ that they will simply be called ‘cars’ by 2030, new research has found. A study of 2,000 UK adults found that 69 percent said they expected
Opel aims to deliver a small, punchy and affordable electric car when it launches a full-electric version of its popular small hatchback in November. The Corsa-e is the brand’s first battery-powered vehicle developed since becoming part of the PSA Group two years ago. Under previous owner General Motors, Opel was an early proponent of electromobility
After reigning in the auto industry as the powertrain of choice for a century, the internal combustion engine is finally dying. Now even Daimler says that it is stopping development of new internal combustion engines to focus on electric cars. The German automaker whose namesake, Gottlieb Daimler, is credited for having invented the prototype of
Estate agents have been urged to automatically disclose air pollution figures to home buyers. The industry trade body said providing this information should now be standard practice. “Air quality is now public information, and it will never not be again,” said Mark Hayward, chief executive of NAEA Propertymark. His comments came as a new website
Earlier this year, as part of a long-term test review, I had six months to discover just how good the Kia e-Niro is. But as the time neared its end, it became apparent that the car’s real-world 250-300-mile range meant I hadn’t driven anywhere that necessitated the use of the UK’s public charging network. So
I have a love-hate relationship with international motor shows such as this week’s extravaganza in Frankfurt. On the one hand, if you like cars, if you have a single drop of petrol in your veins, it’s impossible not to be impressed by the array of awesome engineering on display. And that of course is the
The oil industry vs. the electric car
Electric vehicles could make up nearly half the fleet of passenger cars and trucks by 2040. But oil and gas companies are striking back. The oil industry is trying to crush the booming electric car movement. Groups backed by industry giants like Exxon Mobil and the Koch empire are waging a state-by-state, multimillion-dollar battle to
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