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Car registrations down again in July
- 04/08/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK new car registrations fell by nine per cent to reach 112,162 units in July, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The result marks the fifth month of consecutive decline, although the fall is the smallest recorded this year. Ongoing global supply chain [...] -
Supermarkets keeping fuel prices ‘artificially high’
- 02/08/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
RAC data has found that although supermarkets are reducing the cost of petrol and diesel, the cuts have not happened fast enough and do not go far enough. Despite wholesale prices falling, the major supermarkets have been accused of keeping the cost of fuel artificially high. RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams [...] -
Fleets favouring EV switch
- 15/07/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
More and more commercial fleets are turning to electric vehicles. This is according to the number of enquiries for EVs being received by Reflex Vehicle Hire. It said that at one recent event, 80% of van fleet enquiries received by Reflex included requests for information about plug-in cars and vans, while more [...] -
EVs top fastest-selling list in June
- 04/07/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Figures from Auto Trader have revealed that electric cars were not only the fastest fuel type to sell in June, taking an average of just 27 days, compared to 33 and 35 days for used petrol and diesel cars respectively, but also made up 70% of the top fastest selling models. This is in stark contract to last June, [...] -
EV repairs slower and more costly
- 21/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new study from Activate Group has found that key-to-key times for EV and hybrid vehicles are up to 16% longer than vehicles with combustion engines. This is based on data from more than 100,000 claims handled by Activate Group. Overall, the average key-to-key times for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) was 1.5 [...] -
Rising prices means falling ownership
- 17/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The cost of living crisis is having a negative impact on car ownership. According to MotoNovo Finance's latest Customer Insight research, the fall in car ownership reported by the SMMT comes as little surprise, with economic and social factors along with associated environmental issues driving an evolution in [...] -
Fuel prices driving EV uptake
- 15/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
An online Opinion Matters poll commissioned by The Motor Ombudsman has found than 48% of UK car owners are considering a switch to electric a fuel prices continue to rise. The cost of filling up an average family car with a 55-litre fuel tank recently hit £100 for the first time, a figure never seen before in this [...] -
UK tech on show at EVS35
- 13/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Some of the UK’s most innovative companies in electric and zero emission vehicle technology are attending one of the world’s largest EV events, the Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS35) in Oslo. The trade mission, with a dedicated UK Pavilion organised by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and [...] -
Polestar begins EV deliveries
- 10/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Polestar has begun delivering new Polestar 2 electric cars to Hertz as part of the agreement to supply 65,000 cars over the next five years. The partnership between Polestar and Hertz is one of the largest single orders for electric cars ever made. The start of deliveries signifies Polestar’s operational [...] -
EV sales exceeding targets
- 08/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New data has found that the UK is on course to meet the government’s electric vehicle targets, with adoption rates now ahead of the required curve. Data from the Department for Transport included in Volkswagen Financial Services UK’s first EV tracking report found that over the past decade sales of electric [...]