In nearly 60 years of making cars Ellesmere Port’s Vauxhall factory had come close to the end several times, said the Unite union convener John Cooper, standing beside the body of an electric van on the production line. Last-minute negotiations saved the plant each time, but it was a close-run thing. Things have changed now: on Thursday
Some 143,921 new vehicles were registered in July, up 28.3% on a year ago Electric vehicles (BEVs) registrations jumped by almost 88% to 23,010 Demand for fleet and business vehicles was biggest driver of sales UK car sales have now risen for 12 months in a row, despite the ongoing consumer squeeze, with demand for
Motorists and businesses around the UK will be able to save money on electric vans and HGVs this year after the grant scheme was extended again. The Office for Zero Emissions (OZEV) has confirmed an extension to the Plug-in Van Grant, which allows motorists to save money on a new electric vehicle. It is understood that OZEV upgraded
The switch to electric vehicles will not be a simple process, according to one expert who exclusively told Express.co.uk that a number of factors still need to be considered. The UK is less than seven years away from the deadline to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles, the biggest measure in the transition to electric vehicles. Certain
With high-current cables becoming heavier, Hyundai’s ACR project provides hands-free charging Charging EVs, and particularly how fast EVs can be charged, is seen as a major barrier to their uptake. Speed is going to become an ever more pressing problem because, unlike petrol and diesel cars, EVs need a dedicated parking spot for a significant
Look at that diesel engine go Old Land Rovers never die, nor do they even fade away. Sometimes they become electrified. The British Army is about to begin a project to modify a quartet of in-service military Land Rovers, and to convert them from diesel to electric power. The conversions are to be done by UK defense contractor Babcock International in partnership with EV experts
When it comes to battery electric vehicles (BEVs), fleet decision-makers tend to be among the best-informed people in the country. And they need to be: fleets are setting the pace when it comes to electrification as organisations strive to lower emissions and costs and be ahead of the game when it comes to the 2030
After any budget announcement there is always a great deal of hand-wringing from those who are suddenly being taxed more, or feel that incentives don’t go far enough. This time, it is the turn of electric car drivers like me. The chancellor stood up today and said that the zero rate for road tax on
The Government has announced in the Autumn Statement that benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax for electric vehicles (EVs) will continue to be kept low to increase uptake. The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, said he had listened to the fleet industry and would increase company car tax for EVs by one percentage point year-on-year for three years from 2025. Currently,
UK-based Barclays has joined Climate Group’s EV100 initiative committing to electrify its fleets by 2030. The multinational bank confirmed it would introduce a variety of electric vehicles (EV) in order to decarbonise its UK operations. This is of growing concern with the impending internal combustion engine (ICE) sale ban coming into force from 2030. Although recognised
