The elimination of Benefit In Kind tax for company car drivers using an electric vehicle has since April driven a boom in EV leasing, according to Octopus Electric Vehicles New company car tax breaks appear to be boosting electric vehicles (EVs) uptake, with the number of drivers opting to lease an EV almost doubling since
Lower maintenance and charging costs mean they are £132-a-month less expensive If you’re planning to keep your next car for a few years, you should be considering an electric vehicle to save money, that’s according to a new study. Analysis of purchase prices and running costs found that family-size electric vehicles are now more cost
California just started the clock on a future that a few years ago would’ve been unthinkable: dealerships full of nothing but zero-emissions cars. On Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D, ordered regulators to phase out the internal combustion engine and ban the sale of all new gasoline-fueled cars after 2035. With that, California became the first
Rightcharge.co.uk lets electric-car owners compare energy suppliers and charger installations; savings of “more than £230 a year” claimed A new website described as “the UK’s first electric vehicle (EV) energy tariff, home charging and installation online comparison service” has launched at Rightcharge.co.uk Citing a lack of information on specialised electric-car domestic electricity tariffs and the
Find out how manufacturers plan to change car prices in response to a no deal Brexit, and how you can avoid being caught out Car buyers should complete their purchases soon to avoid the risk of price rises from a no-deal Brexit outcome, Which? has learned. Find out what impact car manufacturers say a no-deal
Is the new all-electric Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge worth its nearly £60k price tag? We find out… Verdict The XC40 EV is a beautifully engineered creation with excellent performance, decent range, exceptional refinement and no compromise on practicality compared with regular versions. Android Automotive feels like a worthy upgrade, too. But, if anything, the P8
Quasar’s unique technology will deliver vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home functionality that will transform the energy ecosystem by enabling consumers to feed energy stored in their EVs back to the grid or to their homes Octopus Electric Vehicles started installing the first units of Quasar as part of its energy management solution across the UK in August
THE issue of climate change is beginning to impact the ‘crude’ horizon. Last Tuesday, at its “Battery Day” Tesla unveiled plans to develop an in-house, “tabless” battery. This battery would improve the range and power of its electric cars, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced. It could dramatically reduce costs and lower the cost per kilowatt-hour
MG dealers are about to get their second pure battery electric vehicle to retail, plus a plug-in hybrid, as the brand expects its new car sales in 2020 to exceed 20,000 units. Its MG ZS SUV B-segment electric car, launched mid-2019 and now the fourth biggest selling electric car in the UK, will be joined
Battery prices are dropping faster than expected. Analysts are moving up projections of when an electric vehicle won’t need government incentives to be cheaper than a gasoline model. FRANKFURT — An electric Volkswagen ID.3 for the same price as a Golf. A Tesla Model 3 that costs as much as a BMW 3 Series. A
