Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV remains the best selling plug-in car in the UK according to latest RAC Foundation report on plug-in car grant claims. The Japanese plug-in hybrid, through the end of June, noted 12,066 registrations out of 35,241 total. That’s more than one third of all plug-ins sold in the UK. The ratio in Q2
I’m not surprised – I see more plug-ins on the roads every week. August is typically one of the slowest month for car sales in the UK, although in relation to previous years it still brings solid growth of some 71% more plug-in electric car registrations (879 total). Market share of plug-ins stands at 1.11%,
A key milestone to celebrate! Plug-in electrified vehicles (PEVs) have transcended one million sales worldwide. Included in this count are highway legal, light-duty all-electric cars and plug-in hybrids sold in markets around the globe. Plug-in cars started in negligible volumes last decade, but the mass-market began just less than five years ago. The first half
I’m not surprised – it is a fab car! I’m coming up 35,000 miles in mine. Sales of Renault electric cars (like most plug-ins in Europe) are growing almost every month, year-over-year, so far, although August was up just 9% at 828 units. An additional 113 via the city-quadricycle EV, the Twizy. In eight months,
A report from the National Academy of Sciences looks at barriers and adoption. One of the more challenging jobs the auto industry has right now is explaining to consumers that the future isn’t going to be like the past. We desperately need to reduce vehicle carbon emissions in order to avoid turning the planet into
The Government has announced that its Plug-in Car Grant will continue until at least February 2016. Revealed this week (Wednesday 26th August), the grant will remain open to motorists looking to buy a new ultra-low emission vehicle (ULEV) until early 2016 at a minimum. A longer term plan will be drawn up and announced after
Electric car sales have fallen short of predictions, but the global push to cut carbon emissions and improved techology could see them poised to hit the mainstream, says Renault-Nissan’s head, Carlos Ghosn Carlos Ghosn, the fast-talking head of the Renault-Nissan alliance, is not keen to be drawn on targets for electric car sales. A 2011
Historic EV milestone reached in early June Alliance sells half of all EVs globally EV sales up nearly 15 per cent through May vs. same period last year Nissan LEAF remains world’s best-selling EV Frenchman from Bordeaux bought 250,000th Alliance EV: a Renault ZOE PARIS/YOKOHAMA (June 24th, 2015)—The Renault-Nissan Alliance, the world’s leader in zero-emission
Finally electric cars become aspirational! New research released today by Go Ultra Low has found that the majority of car buyers aspire to own high-tech, ultra-low emission electric vehicles to score social points over their neighbours and peers. According to Go Ultra Low, it is clear that many UK drivers aspire to the cost benefits,
More than half of 18-24-year-olds keen to go electric
Electric vehicles are a young person’s game, according to new research which found that 18-24-year-olds are more likely to go electric than any other age group. More than half of 18-24-year-olds (51.8%) said they would consider acquiring an electric car, significantly more than the 31% of 35-44-year-olds and 33.9% of those aged between 45-54. The
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