• Drivers dissuaded from EVs by rising bills

    • 17 October 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research has found that although 14% of drivers says their next car will be an electric vehicle, the proportion of those expecting to switch has shrunk in the last year An RAC survey of 3,000 drivers found that 28% of those surveyed planned to change their vehicles in the near future, down from 36% in 2019, but [...]
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  • Motorway charging exceeds petrol prices

    • 8 September 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The cost of charging an electric car at motorway services can be up to 28% higher than filling up with petrol This is according to the latest research from What Car, which drove two electric cars and their petrol-powered equivalents in convoy on a 200-mile journey between Yorkshire and Cobham, just south of [...]
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  • EV buyers put off by lack of infrastructure

    • 17 August 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Underlining the current shortfall of public charge points, a new survey has found that only a quarter of drivers would be comfortable owning an electric vehicle if they had to solely rely on public chargers for recharging According to the latest research by What Car of 1276 in-market buyers, of which 265 were [...]
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  • Public charge rollout behind schedule

    • 11 August 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    More than half of local authorities are failing to rollout public electric car charge points at the speed necessary to meet the government’s target of 300,000 by 2030 According to research carried out by LeaseLoco, based on data from the Department of Transport, 61% of authorities are falling behind the required [...]
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  • Europcar broadens EV options

    • 15 July 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Europcar Mobility Group UK has increased the number of electric vehicles on offer within its mobility solutions The latest additions include an order for several hundred Tesla Model 3 for long-term business rental and a number of Mercedes-Benz EQB 350 SUV models, initially available from Heathrow Airport Ron [...]
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  • EV demand hits price barrier

    • 9 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    AutoTrader has reported an unexpected decline in interest in electric vehicles on its website Pure electric vehicles accounted for 116% of new car sales in 2021, up from 66% in 2020, but AutoTrader believes that the sky-high price of EVs could derail efforts to wean motorists off petrol and diesel vehicles Now, [...]
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  • Coventry named UK’s EV capital

    • 24 January 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Coventry has been named as the best city in the UK to own an electric vehicle It overtakes Sunderland at the top of the charts, with Newcastle ranked third Portsmouth was lowest ranked, with Leicester and Liverpool also among the worst The study, carried out by Forbes Advisor, looked  at 20 of the biggest [...]
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  • EV drivers say public charging inadequate

    • 17 November 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Nearly half of electric car buyers in the country do not know where their nearest public charging station is According to new research by What Car, based on feedback from 1483 in-market buyers, 47% of electric vehicle buyers do not know where their nearest public charging station is Previous research by the [...]
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  • Tesco top of the shops for EV charging

    • 24 September 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Tesco has topped the supermarket charts for charging points A new survey by Electrifyingcom found that 45% of its stores have charging points Morrisons was second with 40% of its stores providing EV charging points At Asda the ratio is less than one in five (1971%) while at Lidl it is 15%, Aldi 10% and [...]
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  • EV drivers missing out on £92m worth of savings

    • 13 September 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Electric vehicle (EV) drivers could save £92m a year by switching to a dedicated EV energy tariff New research by Love my EV, a UK dedicated electric vehicle and energy tariff price comparison site, has found that almost a fifth of EV drivers surveyed weren’t aware of EV-friendly energy [...]
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