• 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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  • Work begins on UK’s largest charging hub

    • 14 June 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The largest EV charging hub is being developed in Glasgow First Bus has begun work to turn its Glasgow Caledonia depot into a charging hub capable of charging 300 electric buses on site The redevelopment will take place over the next 18 months and phase one, to install 11 rapid charging units, will be completed [...]
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  • Workplace EV charging still hit and miss

    • 1 June 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Almost three in 10 (29%) electric fleets now offer workplace charging for free A further 18% plan to install workplace chargers within the next 12 months However, on the flip side, 44% offer no charging facilities at all This is according to research carried out in the 2021 Arval Mobility Observatory Barometer, [...]
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  • Ofgem turbo charges EV infrastructure

    • 24 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ofgem has approved £300m of funding to upgrade electricity grids so they can support more EV chargers, including up to 1,800 ultra-rapid chargers than can replenish a battery in under 40 minutes The investment will see the additional chargers installed at more than 200 sites, including 39 motorway service areas, [...]
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