Electric vehicles: Following extensive consultation with car manufacturers and sellers, the Prime Minister has confirmed that the UK will end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, ten years earlier than planned. However we will allow the sale of hybrid cars and vans that can drive a significant distance with…
The registrations of Electric vehicles (almost) doubled in October 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, bringing them to 6.6% of the market. And sales of Pluggable Hybrids increased by 50%. SMMT New car registrations report for October 2020
A major problem with charging networks has been that each has had their own payment method. With so many there’s been a major concern about which one(s) to sign up to. However Octopus Energy has launched a multi-network card with the aim of covering many different networks to make this easier. Octopus Energy’s Electric Juice…
UK EV lease boom The number of UK drivers opting to lease an electric vehicle has almost doubled in the first six months of 2020 since a new tax incentive was introduced, according to EV specialists Octopus Electric Vehicles. The growth in EV leasing has contributed to an increase in total EV registrations of 157% so…
SMMT report The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders reports that the sale of Electric cars in September 2020 was 6.7% of new car sales, treble the share in the same month in 2019 (2.2%). Full details from SMMT. Diesel sales dropped the most, with Petrol next.
Scotland’s government will extend the Low Carbon Transport Loan to cover used EVs for the first time, starting on September 28. The extension will now enable an individual or business to obtain a loan of up to £20,000, interest free, over five years. The loan is being expanded to help people who may otherwise be…
NOW OPEN – See The Future of Electric car Charging The first of a £1billion nationwide network of ‘electric forecourts’ will open before the end of the year in Essex A 2.5-acre site is due to be completed in Braintree with links to Stansted Airport and the M11 motorway There will be 24 rapid electric…
£12 million in funding announced to propel groundbreaking electric vehicle research projects on first World EV Day future government plans could see green-coloured parking spaces, charge points at popular destinations and dedicated EV sites for buying and selling cars Highways England to provide local authorities with £9.3 million in funding to encourage businesses to switch to electric vans Parking…
At last the great EV plug wars are finally coming to an end, it has been accepted that multiple incompatible charging plug types is not a realistic way to promote Electric vehicles. Such convergent situations have existed many times in the past, the best known being the video-tape wars where VHS finally won. CCS charging…
Tonik Energy’s new ‘Home & Smart EV’ bundle will provide the growing number of UK households purchasing EVs with “transparency and control” over the running costs of their zero emissions vehicles by allowing them to benefit from competitive fixed overnight charging rates. Smart data from EV chargers installed at customers homes by Tonik’s in-house charger…
