Proposals to accelerate electric car rollout also call for grants towards buying secondhand electric vehicles Oil companies should be required to install rapid chargers for electric cars in all their petrol stations above a certain size by 2023 in order to speed up the rollout of vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions, according to thinktank Bright
Funding for the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) will continue into 2021/22, as local authorities are urged to take advantage of a new £20 million funding boost. ORCS was launched in 2017, and already 140 local authority projects have received funding from the scheme, helping to install nearly 4,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints around the
Fleet Alliance has reported a huge surge in electric vehicle orders, driven by both the 0% Benefit-in-Kind rate and the 2030 fossil-fuelled vehicles ban. The fleet management specialist, which manages a fleet of over 37,000 vehicles, saw a 214% increase in EV orders in 2020 – and has recorded a rise of over 5,000% since
Renault ZOE named ‘Best Buy’ for value in the small electric car category at the What Car? Car of the Year Awards 2021 All-electric supermini praised for its blend of affordable pricing, 245-mile range and practicality Recognised as being an attractive buy whether purchased outright or via PCP Eighth consecutive year that the Renault ZOE
Nearly eight-in-10 drivers (78%) think that pure electric cars are still too expensive when compared to conventional vehicles of a similar size, although a steadily increasing proportion are planning to choose one when they next change their car, research from the latest RAC Report on Motoring shows. Nine per cent of the 3,000 respondents to
The West Midlands will get a significant boost to its residential charging infrastructure. This follows Warwickshire County Council’s award of a £584,000 contract to bp pulse. A total of 118 new 7.4kW on-street chargers will be installed across North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Stratford-on-Avon, and Warwick. As part of the bp pulse network, these chargers
While the overall automotive market was still in the red in December (-4% YoY), Europe’s passenger plugin vehicle market had an historic month, having registered a record 281,000 vehicles (+264% YoY!) While the overall automotive market was still in the red in December (-4% YoY), Europe’s passenger plugin vehicle market had an historic month, having
Tesla unveiled the first major refresh of its flagship Model S electric performance sedan on Wednesday, and it was not an over-the-air update. The interior gets a major overhaul with an airplane-inspired steering wheel and the powertrain adds a third motor in some versions. Top-performance versions will be capable of a 520-mile range and a
OLEV is changing its name to OZEV
The governmental team supporting the transition to EVs has changed its name to align with the UK govt’s plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030. In November 2020, the UK government announced that: The sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned from 2030 (with the exception
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