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Nissan Sunderland continues EV drive
- 28/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Nissan has emphasised its commitment to UK manufacturing by announcing that five million units have now rolled off the lines at its Sunderland plant, while the first electric vehicle models are also now being delivered. The Nissan Qashqai is now offered with Nissan’s unique e-POWER system, a first for the [...] -
EV finance surges by 1062%
- 27/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has underlined the pace of electrification within the UK car parc. According to Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS), annual finance cases for electric vehicles (BEV/PHEV/HEV) surged 1062% from July 2019 to July 2022. Furthermore, the percentage of electric vehicles financed by the car finance [...] -
Price cap to cut home charging by a third
- 16/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New analysis from the RAC has revealed that charging an electric vehicle at home will be a third cheaper than it would have been as a result of the government’s recently-announced Energy Price Guarantee announcement. The guarantee means that from 1 October a typical UK household will now pay an average £2,500 a [...] -
Tesla sets pace in charging infrastructure
- 14/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Tesla has recorded a 34% increase in the number of supercharger stations around the world in the last year. According to data compiled by Finbold, Tesla had 3,971 supercharger stations globally in the second quarter of the year, recording a year-over-year (YoY) growth of 33.88% from the 2,966 recorded during a [...] -
EV training reaches record levels
- 12/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
The Institute of Motor Industry has revealed that more technicians than ever before underwent EV skills training in the first half of 2022. It found that record numbers secured an EV qualification that is eligible for its TechSafe recognition and that there are now 32,900 technicians in the UK qualified to safely [...] -
EV driving tests to become the norm
- 01/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Practical driving tests will soon be conducted almost exclusively in automatic electric cars, according to one electromobility expert. Emma Loveday, EV consultant at Volkswagen Financial Services UK, explained that young people learning to drive in automatic vehicles will ‘soon be the norm’ as consumers become [...] -
EV winners revealed
- 01/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Some of the UK’s best new and used electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars for every budget have been revealed at the 2022 What Car? Electric Car Awards. Now in their third year, the awards were launched following a surge of interest in electric and hybrid cars and are designed to help people who are keen to [...] -
Copart goes green with Colchester upgrades
- 31/08/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart has announced that infrastructure upgrades are now underway at its Colchester Operation Centre as part of its Plan-Net-Zero commitment. In line with the blueprint already established by the recent refurbishment of its Bristol Operation Centre, upgrades at the Colchester site will include state-of-the-art [...] -
Copart continues Super Centre expansion
- 23/08/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart has continued its progress toward net zero with further expansion of its Super Centre in Bristol. Following the latest phase of development the site is now offering more services and additional capacity, while the team has been busy planting trees in the new bio-diversity spaces to improve air [...] -
EV running costs ease inflationary pressures
- 18/08/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
As the cost of living increases, new data has found that electric vehicles can cost around a quarter of the price to run as petrol and diesel cars. According to Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS), data from its online EV-4-Me quiz, designed for consumers to discover how an EV would fit into their lifestyle, [...]