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EV drivers stuck in charging gridlock
- 03/01/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Department for Transport plans to install more than 300,000 electric vehicle charging points by the end of the decade, after it was revealed that drivers waited for more than three hours to charge their cars during the festive period. A lack of rapid and ultra-rapid charge points on UK motorways meant there [...] -
EV survey highlights charging demand
- 20/12/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Zap-Map has released the most comprehensive survey of electric vehicle (EV) drivers in the country. Its annual EV Charging Survey, which was conducted in September 2022, took responses from more than 4,300 Zap-Map users. It revealed that although 84% of respondents have a home charger, the vast majority of EV [...] -
Drivers dissuaded from EVs by rising bills
- 17/10/2022
- 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, [...] -
Motorway charging exceeds petrol prices
- 08/09/2022
- 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 [...] -
EV buyers put off by lack of infrastructure
- 17/08/2022
- 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 [...] -
Public charge rollout behind schedule
- 11/08/2022
- 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 [...] -
Europcar broadens EV options
- 15/07/2022
- 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 [...] -
EV demand hits price barrier
- 09/03/2022
- 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 11.6% of new car sales in 2021, up from 6.6% in 2020, but AutoTrader believes that the sky-high price of EVs could derail efforts to wean motorists off petrol and diesel [...] -
Coventry named UK’s EV capital
- 24/01/2022
- 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 [...] -
EV drivers say public charging inadequate
- 17/11/2021
- 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 [...]