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
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
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
DETROIT — General Motors wants to end production of all diesel- and gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs by 2035 and shift its entire new fleet to electric vehicles as part of a broader plan to become carbon neutral by 2040, the company said Thursday. The company plans to use 100% renewable energy to power its
We’re on the cusp of transitioning to electric vehicles—if Biden and Congress take the right steps. Joe Biden’s father sold used cars, steeping the future president in the world of combustion engines. The younger Biden washed vehicles on weekends, borrowed a Chrysler off the lot to drive to the prom, and hit automobile auctions to
Global electric vehicle sales grew by 43% during 2020, and in some markets such as Norway or the Netherlands sales outnumber petrol and diesel cars. In Europe overall, electric sales during 2020 exceeded half a million units, while in the United States, the new Biden administration is considering incentives to put millions of electric vehicles
Sales of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars soared last year, with more than 175,000 vehicles registered representing a growth of 140%. The figures confirm that, for the first time, one in 10 cars registered in the UK last year were electric, with one EV registered every three minutes. Across 2020, 108,205 fully electric vehicles
EV batteries sourced from abroad could be subject to a 10% tariff, spelling trouble for cars assembled in UK Feet up, mug of tea in hand and… breathe. Time to tick Brexit off your worries list? Don’t you believe it, because among the devilish details (most of which present more difficulties than impossibilities, thereby still
That’s the precis of the sales story for new cars in 2020 but the devil is in the detail New car registrations fell by around 29.4% in the UK last year, with the 1,631,064 cars sold the lowest total since 1992, as the industry was hit hard by the effects of Covid-19 lockdowns. But new
How electric cars are mapping UK house prices
The size and style of the houses, the goods in the shops nearby – all this can help build a picture of the relative affluence of a neighbourhood. Now it seems we can add the number of electric cars to the mix. One of the building blocks to becoming zero carbon by 2050 will be
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