• December sales rush unable to offset 2022 dip
    • 06/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The UK new car market recorded its fifth consecutive month of growth in December, with an 18.3% increase to reach 128,462 new registrations. However, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has reported that despite a strong second half to 2022 overall registrations for the year fell two per cent to 1.61 [...]
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  • Dual-fuel drivers go electric
    • 03/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Research from Zap-Map has shown that around a third of dual-fuel drivers make most of their journeys in their electric vehicles. Its survey of 4,300 drivers found that more than 1,300 use their EVs for the vast majority of their journeys. The type of journey electric is most likely to be favoured for is a local [...]
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  • Electricity costs slows EV switch
    • 28/10/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New data has revealed that the number of drivers planning to make the switch to electric has jumped in the last year. A study for Kwik Fit found that 42% of those planning to change their car expect their next vehicle to be a low emission model – either hybrid or fully electric. This is a significant increase [...]
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  • Government confirms 2030 ban to remain
    • 19/10/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    The UK government has confirmed that the 2030 ban of the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles will go ahead. Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan confirmed the decision was part of the government’s ambitions to reach net zero by 2050. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson brought the ban forward from 2035 [...]
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  • Workers priced out of commute by fuel costs
    • 08/09/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research has revealed that a third of drivers won’t be able to afford their commute if fuel prices continue to rise. As the cost-of-living intensifies, a new study by Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) has found that 32% of the nation will be priced out of driving to work if petrol and diesel prices [...]
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  • 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 [...]
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  • Fuel costs rise by £1.3bn in a year
    • 25/07/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    UK motorists have spent an additional £1.13bn during the last 12 months because of the rising cost of petrol and diesel. This is according to used car platform CarGurus, which calculated the average monthly cost of diesel and petrol prices from June 2021 to June 2022 based on the average monthly mileage and [...]
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  • 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 [...]
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  • EV hire demand still minimal
    • 13/07/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A quarter (26%) of customers would like to hire an electric car, although concerns around charging remain a dissuading factor. This is according to a survey carried out by Opinium, on behalf of iCarhireinsurance.com, a leading provider of stand-alone car hire excess insurance. Charging concerns (32%) and [...]
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  • 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 [...]
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